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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
67
Population
163
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚DG2 0UB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
163
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
134
Single
40
Married
76
Civil partnership
1
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
7

Health

Population
163
Very good
94
Good
32
Fair
26
Bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
134
Scotland❚DG2 0UB❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
163
White British
26
White Scottish
135
White Irish
2

Country of Birth

Population
163
England
26
Scotland
133
Wales
1
Ireland
2

Religion

Population
163
Christian
80
No religion
74
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
89
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
13
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
121
Scotland❚DG2 0UB❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
25
Unemployed
6
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
3
Detached
59
Semi detached
9
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
18
Two people
22
Three people
9
Four people
16
Five people
2

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