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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
77
Population
138
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚DG8 9HY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
138
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
119
Single
39
Married
42
Civil partnership
4
Separated
4
Divorced
13
Widowed
17

Health

Population
138
Very good
59
Good
42
Fair
22
Bad
10
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
119
Scotland❚DG8 9HY❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
138
White British
27
White Scottish
105
White Polish
1
White Other
4
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
138
England
27
Scotland
102
Wales
2
Germany
3
Poland
1
USA
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
138
Christian
85
No religion
43
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
59
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
3
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
4
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
100
Scotland❚DG8 9HY❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
16
Unemployed
8
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
77
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
88
Occupied
77
Unoccupied
11
Detached
10
Semi detached
15
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
77
One person
38
Two people
25
Three people
8
Four people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG8 9EF DG8 9EG DG8 9EQ DG8 9DU DG8 9DX DG8 9DT DG8 9HQ DG8 9DS DG8 9JG DG8 9HH DG8 9HG DG8 9HJ DG8 9JQ DG8 9JP DG8 9JF DG8 9JA DG8 9JE DG8 9JS DG8 9JD DG8 9JN DG8 9ES DG8 9HL DG8 9EW DG8 9EN DG8 9EL DG8 9JB DG8 9HX DG8 9EJ DG8 9HR DG8 9HT

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