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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 Rural
Households
39
Population
78
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
23
Scotland❚DG8 6SH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
78
Under 16
3%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
31%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
8%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
31%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
76
Single
16
Married
51
Separated
2
Divorced
4
Widowed
3

Health

Population
78
Very good
34
Good
28
Fair
11
Bad
3
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
76
Scotland❚DG8 6SH❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
78
White British
30
White Scottish
48

Country of Birth

Population
78
England
28
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
45
USA
1

Religion

Population
78
Christian
48
No religion
21
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
41
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
10
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
5
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
62
Scotland❚DG8 6SH❚
Full-Time employee
14
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
19
Unemployed
1
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
39
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
6
Rented - private landlord
6

Housing Types

All categoies
47
Occupied
39
Unoccupied
8
Detached
41
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
39
One person
11
Two people
17
Three people
11

Nearby postcodes

DG8 6DG DG8 6DX 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 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