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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
39
Population
86
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
25
Scotland❚DG8 6LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
86
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
79
Single
25
Married
43
Divorced
3
Widowed
8

Health

Population
86
Very good
43
Good
28
Fair
8
Bad
6
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
79
Scotland❚DG8 6LN❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
86
White British
10
White Scottish
74
White Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
86
England
10
Scotland
73
Germany
3

Religion

Population
86
Christian
56
Other
1
No religion
26
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
44
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
2
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
67
Scotland❚DG8 6LN❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
3
Unemployed
2
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
39
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
41
Occupied
39
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
16
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
8

Household Size

All categoies
39
One person
13
Two people
13
Three people
7
Four people
4
Five people
2

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 6HA DG8 6EZ DG8 6EU DG8 6ES DG8 6LS DG8 6JX DG8 6JR DG8 6JL DG8 6EY DG8 6EX DG8 6ET DG8 6EQ DG8 6JH DG8 6JJ DG8 6HD DG8 6ER DG8 6EW DG8 6UA DG8 6EN DG8 6EP DG8 6EJ DG8 6EF DG8 6EG DG8 6JG 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