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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
71
Population
179
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚DG1 4JW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
179
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
150
Single
27
Married
96
Separated
3
Divorced
16
Widowed
8

Health

Population
179
Very good
101
Good
56
Fair
20
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
150
Scotland❚DG1 4JW❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
179
White British
39
White Scottish
131
White Polish
2
White Irish
5
White Gypsy
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
179
England
44
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
120
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Spain
1
Poland
2
Romania
1
Australia
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
179
Christian
104
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
54
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
97
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
16
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
4
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
136
Scotland❚DG1 4JW❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
32
Unemployed
4
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
71
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
78
Occupied
71
Unoccupied
7
Detached
61
Semi detached
10
Terraced
4
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
71
One person
8
Two people
35
Three people
14
Four people
11
Five people
3

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