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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
32
Population
56
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
15
Scotland❚DG8 8BQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
56
Under 16
4%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
39%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
4%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
48%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
54
Single
9
Married
28
Separated
2
Divorced
5
Widowed
10

Health

Population
56
Very good
25
Good
14
Fair
9
Bad
7
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
54
Scotland❚DG8 8BQ❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
1
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
6
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
56
White British
19
White Scottish
37

Country of Birth

Population
56
England
15
Scotland
35
Wales
2
South Africa
1
China
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
56
Christian
36
Buddhist
1
No religion
16
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
22
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
4
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
46
Scotland❚DG8 8BQ❚
Full-Time employee
10
Part-Time employee
4
Self employed
7
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
32
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
5
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
55
Occupied
32
Unoccupied
23
Detached
9
Semi detached
8
Terraced
36
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
32
One person
13
Two people
15
Three people
3
Four people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8BT DG8 8BN DG8 8BL DG8 8BP DG8 8BH 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