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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Rural
Households
34
Population
76
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
22
Scotland❚DG1 3TB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
76
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
18%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
62
Single
18
Married
34
Divorced
7
Widowed
3

Health

Population
76
Very good
46
Good
20
Fair
7
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
62
Scotland❚DG1 3TB❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
76
White British
2
White Scottish
70
Asian Pakistani
4

Country of Birth

Population
76
England
4
Scotland
71
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
76
Christian
36
No religion
34
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
41
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
54
Scotland❚DG1 3TB❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
7
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
34
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
35
Occupied
34
Unoccupied
1
Detached
21
Semi detached
5
Terraced
8
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
34
One person
11
Two people
13
Three people
5
Four people
2
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3PY

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019