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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
35
Population
61
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
20
Scotland❚DG8 8LH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
61
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
52
Single
14
Married
15
Separated
2
Divorced
13
Widowed
8

Health

Population
61
Very good
25
Good
16
Fair
15
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
52
Scotland❚DG8 8LH❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
61
White British
16
White Scottish
43
White Irish
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
61
England
17
Scotland
40
Wales
1
USA
1
Carribean
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
61
Christian
35
No religion
24
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
22
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
3
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Administrative and support
2
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
45
Scotland❚DG8 8LH❚
Full-Time employee
7
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
9
Retired
18
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
2
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
35
Unoccupied
29
Detached
49
Semi detached
6
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
5

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
21
Two people
8
Three people
2
Four people
2
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8LB DG8 8LJ

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