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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
67
Population
139
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚DG8 6QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
139
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
123
Single
37
Married
62
Separated
3
Divorced
11
Widowed
10

Health

Population
139
Very good
56
Good
51
Fair
23
Bad
5
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
123
Scotland❚DG8 6QS❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
139
White British
8
White Scottish
124
White Polish
1
White Other
5
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
139
England
15
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
115
Wales
1
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Slovakia
5

Religion

Population
139
Christian
84
No religion
50
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
55
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
7
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
2
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
107
Scotland❚DG8 6QS❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
9
Unemployed
5
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
4
Detached
39
Semi detached
22
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
27
Two people
23
Three people
9
Four people
3
Five people
4
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 6JY DG8 6EH DG8 6NQ DG8 6DH 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