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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
46
Population
88
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
34
Scotland❚DG8 6JY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
88
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
77
Single
29
Married
33
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
5

Health

Population
88
Very good
39
Good
28
Fair
17
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
77
Scotland❚DG8 6JY❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
88
White British
16
White Scottish
57
White Polish
7
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Asian Chinese
3

Country of Birth

Population
88
England
18
Scotland
55
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Poland
7
Hong Kong
2
Slovakia
3

Religion

Population
88
Christian
43
Buddhist
2
Other
1
No religion
35
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
43
Manufacturing
9
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Education
2
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
69
Scotland❚DG8 6JY❚
Full-Time employee
21
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
13
Unemployed
1
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
6
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
46
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
14

Housing Types

All categoies
52
Occupied
46
Unoccupied
6
Detached
3
Semi detached
11
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
46
One person
23
Two people
12
Three people
7
Four people
2
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 6EH DG8 6NQ DG8 6DH DG8 6QB DG8 6QS DG8 6QT DG8 6QA DG8 6AL DG8 6QU

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