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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
41
Population
83
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
20
Scotland❚DG8 8LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
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
5

Age Groups

Population
83
Under 16
5%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
39%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
79
Single
24
Married
35
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
10

Health

Population
83
Very good
30
Good
26
Fair
15
Bad
8
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
79
Scotland❚DG8 8LN❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
83
White British
21
White Scottish
60
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
83
England
20
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
57
Germany
1
Romania
1
Middle East
1
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
83
Christian
59
No religion
8
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
33
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
4
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚DG8 8LN❚
Full-Time employee
12
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
11
Unemployed
5
Retired
19
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
5
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
65
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
24
Detached
10
Semi detached
9
Terraced
44
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
14
Two people
17
Three people
6
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8JE DG8 8LT DG8 8JW DG8 8LD DG8 8LQ

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