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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
Very Remote Rural
Households
45
Population
92
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚DG8 8BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
92
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
32%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
82
Single
12
Married
54
Separated
1
Divorced
8
Widowed
7

Health

Population
92
Very good
39
Good
28
Fair
20
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
82
Scotland❚DG8 8BJ❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
92
White British
29
White Scottish
57
White Irish
3
Asian Indian
3

Country of Birth

Population
92
England
37
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
51
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
92
Christian
53
Other
2
No religion
26
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
39
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
71
Scotland❚DG8 8BJ❚
Full-Time employee
18
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
13
Unemployed
2
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
5
Student
3
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
45
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
6
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
45
Unoccupied
22
Detached
26
Semi detached
12
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
45
One person
18
Two people
17
Three people
2
Four people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8BW DG8 8BR DG8 8BG DG8 8BE DG8 8BA DG8 8BD DG8 8BU

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