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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
36
Population
72
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
19
Scotland❚DG8 8EL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
3
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
72
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
35%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
4%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
43%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
66
Single
10
Married
43
Separated
1
Divorced
3
Widowed
9

Health

Population
72
Very good
26
Good
27
Fair
13
Bad
5
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
66
Scotland❚DG8 8EL❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
13
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
72
White British
29
White Scottish
40
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
72
England
32
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
36
Spain
1
Poland
1

Religion

Population
72
Christian
44
Other
2
No religion
16
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
28
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Education
5
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
60
Scotland❚DG8 8EL❚
Full-Time employee
11
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
8
Unemployed
2
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
36
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
36
Unoccupied
7
Detached
17
Semi detached
9
Terraced
17

Household Size

All categoies
36
One person
12
Two people
14
Three people
8
Four people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8EJ DG8 8ER DG8 8EQ DG8 8EN

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