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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
62
Population
165
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚DG2 0SQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
165
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
120
Single
32
Married
73
Separated
2
Divorced
9
Widowed
4

Health

Population
165
Very good
92
Good
47
Fair
18
Bad
7
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
120
Scotland❚DG2 0SQ❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
165
White British
30
White Scottish
129
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1

Country of Birth

Population
165
England
23
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
130
Wales
2
Italy
1
South Africa
2
Singapore
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
165
Christian
85
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
61
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
81
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
25
Manufacturing
4
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
110
Scotland❚DG2 0SQ❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
16
Unemployed
2
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
62
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
2
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
20
Living rent free
18

Housing Types

All categoies
68
Occupied
62
Unoccupied
6
Detached
47
Semi detached
12
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
3
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
62
One person
14
Two people
23
Three people
9
Four people
7
Five people
6
Six people
2
Eight or over
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