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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
45
Population
96
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
24
Scotland❚DG8 8WD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
3
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
96
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
81
Single
27
Married
28
Separated
3
Divorced
11
Widowed
12

Health

Population
96
Very good
36
Good
32
Fair
15
Bad
9
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
81
Scotland❚DG8 8WD❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
96
White British
17
White Scottish
79

Country of Birth

Population
96
England
21
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
73
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
96
Christian
63
No religion
25
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
28
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
2
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
76
Scotland❚DG8 8WD❚
Full-Time employee
11
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
11
Unemployed
4
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
45
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
2
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
50
Occupied
45
Unoccupied
5
Detached
8
Semi detached
20
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
45
One person
17
Two people
16
Three people
4
Four people
6
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 8QG DG8 8QP DG8 8QJ DG8 8QH DG8 8QL DG8 8QQ DG8 8QE DG8 8QF DG8 8PZ DG8 8PY

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