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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
71
Population
152
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚DG8 7HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
152
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
124
Single
25
Married
64
Separated
3
Divorced
15
Widowed
17

Health

Population
152
Very good
71
Good
53
Fair
22
Bad
4
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
124
Scotland❚DG8 7HJ❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
152
White British
33
White Scottish
115
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
152
England
36
Scotland
109
Ireland
2
Germany
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
152
Christian
83
No religion
60
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
67
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
8
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
2
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
103
Scotland❚DG8 7HJ❚
Full-Time employee
34
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
13
Unemployed
4
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
71
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
80
Occupied
71
Unoccupied
9
Detached
11
Semi detached
34
Terraced
34
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
71
One person
25
Two people
25
Three people
11
Four people
8
Five people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 7JP DG8 7JJ DG8 7JY DG8 7JT DG8 7JH DG8 7HU DG8 7HB DG8 7HS DG8 7JQ DG8 7JF DG8 7HX DG8 7HT DG8 7HY DG8 7JA DG8 7HZ DG8 7DB DG8 7JX DG8 7JW DG8 7HH DG8 7HL DG8 7HN DG8 7HP

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