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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
67
Population
134
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚DG8 8PA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
134
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
116
Single
35
Married
55
Separated
3
Divorced
7
Widowed
16

Health

Population
134
Very good
54
Good
38
Fair
32
Bad
6
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
116
Scotland❚DG8 8PA❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
134
White British
23
White Scottish
109
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
134
England
31
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
99
Wales
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
134
Christian
90
Buddhist
2
No religion
28
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
47
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
94
Scotland❚DG8 8PA❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
14
Unemployed
5
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
5
Rented - other social
30
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
4
Detached
17
Semi detached
26
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
10

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
28
Two people
24
Three people
7
Four people
4
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8QB DG8 8NU DG8 8PB DG8 8NS

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