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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
57
Population
130
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚DG8 7HL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
130
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
100
Single
34
Married
45
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
12

Health

Population
130
Very good
68
Good
38
Fair
17
Bad
4
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
100
Scotland❚DG8 7HL❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
130
White British
17
White Scottish
113

Country of Birth

Population
130
England
17
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
112

Religion

Population
130
Christian
69
Other
1
No religion
58
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
7
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
90
Scotland❚DG8 7HL❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
4
Unemployed
10
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
22
Terraced
31

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
24
Two people
15
Three people
4
Four people
9
Five people
2
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

DG8 7JP DG8 7JJ DG8 7JY DG8 7JT DG8 7JH DG8 7HU DG8 7HB DG8 7HS DG8 7JQ DG8 7JF DG8 7JB DG8 7HQ DG8 7HX DG8 7HT DG8 7HY DG8 7JA DG8 7HZ DG8 7DB DG8 7HF DG8 7JS DG8 7JX DG8 7JW DG8 7HH DG8 7HG DG8 7HR DG8 7HJ DG8 7HW

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