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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
44
Population
101
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
30
Scotland❚DG8 8BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
101
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
83
Single
26
Married
40
Divorced
10
Widowed
7

Health

Population
101
Very good
49
Good
26
Fair
12
Bad
11
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
83
Scotland❚DG8 8BL❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
101
White British
14
White Scottish
87

Country of Birth

Population
101
England
11
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
85

Religion

Population
101
Christian
58
Other
2
No religion
29
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
40
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
13
Manufacturing
2
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Education
2
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
79
Scotland❚DG8 8BL❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
5
Unemployed
9
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
44
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
45
Occupied
44
Unoccupied
1
Detached
4
Semi detached
35
Terraced
6

Household Size

All categoies
44
One person
16
Two people
11
Three people
8
Four people
6
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8BT DG8 8BP DG8 8BH DG8 8BQ DG8 8BS DG8 8BY DG8 8BZ DG8 8BB

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