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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
67
Population
185
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚DG1 4PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
185
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
154
Single
48
Married
95
Separated
2
Divorced
4
Widowed
5

Health

Population
185
Very good
95
Good
71
Fair
12
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
154
Scotland❚DG1 4PU❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
185
White British
27
White Scottish
153
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
185
England
40
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
138
Romania
1

Religion

Population
185
Christian
103
No religion
65
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
105
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
14
Mining
1
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
6
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
147
Scotland❚DG1 4PU❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
27
Unemployed
4
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
69
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
2
Detached
55
Semi detached
13
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
12
Two people
21
Three people
14
Four people
14
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
1

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