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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Small Town
Households
54
Population
130
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚DG1 3TJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
130
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
104
Single
20
Married
72
Civil partnership
2
Divorced
4
Widowed
6

Health

Population
130
Very good
79
Good
35
Fair
15
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
104
Scotland❚DG1 3TJ❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
130
White British
15
White Scottish
111
Asian Chinese
4

Country of Birth

Population
130
England
17
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
107
South Africa
1
China
1
Malaysia
2

Religion

Population
130
Christian
76
No religion
53
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
74
Manufacturing
11
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
4
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
92
Scotland❚DG1 3TJ❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
1
Unemployed
3
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
1
Student
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
54
Occupied
54
Detached
29
Semi detached
22
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
14
Two people
18
Three people
11
Four people
8
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3UB DG1 3SQ DG1 3RA DG1 3SB DG1 3SD DG1 3SG DG1 3NS DG1 3UQ DG1 3TF DG1 3TE DG1 3NR DG1 3NW

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