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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
33
Population
84
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
21
Scotland❚DG1 4LP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
84
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
64
Single
18
Married
35
Separated
1
Divorced
4
Widowed
6

Health

Population
84
Very good
38
Good
37
Fair
8
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
64
Scotland❚DG1 4LP❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
84
White British
4
White Scottish
80

Country of Birth

Population
84
England
6
Scotland
78

Religion

Population
84
Christian
35
No religion
38
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
45
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
4
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚DG1 4LP❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
12
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
33
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
33
Occupied
33
Detached
15
Semi detached
16
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
33
One person
11
Two people
8
Three people
3
Four people
8
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 4JE DG1 4JF DG1 4JH

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