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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Rural
Households
32
Population
78
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚DG2 0RU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
78
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
32%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
67
Single
21
Married
40
Separated
2
Divorced
2
Widowed
2

Health

Population
78
Very good
54
Good
18
Fair
5
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
67
Scotland❚DG2 0RU❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
10

Ethnicity

Population
78
White British
18
White Scottish
56
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
78
England
20
Scotland
55
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
78
Christian
42
Muslim
3
No religion
28
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
50
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
66
Scotland❚DG2 0RU❚
Full-Time employee
26
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
8
Unemployed
1
Retired
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
32
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
33
Occupied
32
Unoccupied
1
Detached
27
Semi detached
3
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
32
One person
9
Two people
12
Three people
4
Four people
3
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG2 0RS DG2 0SA

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