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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
47
Population
159
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚DG8 6DG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
3
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
159
Under 16
33%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
23%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
106
Single
42
Married
48
Civil partnership
6
Divorced
7
Widowed
3

Health

Population
159
Very good
94
Good
49
Fair
11
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
106
Scotland❚DG8 6DG❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
159
White British
5
White Scottish
149
White Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
159
England
8
Scotland
145
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
Slovakia
4

Religion

Population
159
Christian
77
No religion
72
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
79
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
103
Scotland❚DG8 6DG❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
9
Unemployed
9
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
47
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
51
Occupied
47
Unoccupied
4
Detached
1
Semi detached
37
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
47
One person
7
Two people
11
Three people
7
Four people
10
Five people
6
Six people
4
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 6DU DG8 6DN DG8 6DW DG8 6DS DG8 6DT DG8 6TH DG8 6DJ DG8 6TD DG8 6DL DG8 6PP DG8 6PR DG8 6PX DG8 6SH DG8 6AP DG8 6AQ DG8 6AB DG8 6AA DG8 6SJ

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