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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
56
Population
127
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚DG8 6EW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
127
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
104
Single
34
Married
43
Separated
6
Divorced
11
Widowed
10

Health

Population
127
Very good
71
Good
35
Fair
12
Bad
6
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
104
Scotland❚DG8 6EW❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
127
White British
12
White Scottish
88
White Polish
6
White Other
16
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
127
England
20
Scotland
79
Poland
6
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
Netherlands
3
Czech Republic
2
Hungary
6
Latvia
2
Slovakia
7

Religion

Population
127
Christian
74
No religion
33
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
65
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
16
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
2
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
91
Scotland❚DG8 6EW❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
9
Unemployed
2
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
56
Unoccupied
8
Detached
8
Semi detached
11
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
21
Two people
18
Three people
5
Four people
5
Five people
7

Nearby postcodes

DG8 6QY DG8 1AB DG8 6LT DG8 6ND DG8 6HB DG8 6HE DG8 6HF DG8 6JT DG8 6HX DG8 6LQ DG8 6JF DG8 6HY DG8 6GY DG8 6GZ DG8 6BP DG8 6BS DG8 6LW DG8 6LN DG8 6HA DG8 6EZ DG8 6EU DG8 6ES DG8 6LS DG8 6JX DG8 6JR DG8 6JL DG8 6EY DG8 6ET DG8 6JH DG8 6JJ DG8 6HD DG8 6ER DG8 6UA DG8 6HG DG8 6HQ DG8 6DA DG8 6NH DG8 6BT DG8 6NL DG8 6NG

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