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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
69
Population
187
Males
58%
Females
42%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
57
Scotland❚DG11 1SP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
187
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
151
Single
37
Married
100
Separated
4
Divorced
6
Widowed
4

Health

Population
187
Very good
114
Good
55
Fair
14
Bad
1
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
151
Scotland❚DG11 1SP❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
187
White British
39
White Scottish
144
White Irish
4

Country of Birth

Population
187
England
34
Nortern Ireland
17
Scotland
136

Religion

Population
187
Christian
117
No religion
52
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
106
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
29
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
11
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
143
Scotland❚DG11 1SP❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
34
Unemployed
1
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
69
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
69
Unoccupied
2
Detached
52
Semi detached
19

Household Size

All categoies
69
One person
9
Two people
31
Three people
7
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six 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