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Administrative Areas

Ward
Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Remote Small Town
Households
66
Population
158
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚DG8 6AJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
158
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
129
Single
40
Married
64
Civil partnership
2
Divorced
11
Widowed
12

Health

Population
158
Very good
81
Good
47
Fair
22
Bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
129
Scotland❚DG8 6AJ❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
158
White British
16
White Scottish
139
White Irish
3

Country of Birth

Population
158
England
17
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
136
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1

Religion

Population
158
Christian
90
No religion
53
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
67
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
4
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
116
Scotland❚DG8 6AJ❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
5
Unemployed
7
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
66
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - other social
27
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
66
Unoccupied
1
Detached
13
Semi detached
30
Terraced
21
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
66
One person
20
Two people
23
Three people
6
Four people
14
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 6NR DG8 6NP DG8 6PQ DG8 6PG DG8 6QR DG8 6NT DG8 6PE DG8 6NY DG8 6NZ DG8 6NS

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