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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
63
Population
123
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚DG8 9JS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
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
123
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
105
Single
33
Married
48
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
14

Health

Population
123
Very good
50
Good
42
Fair
21
Bad
9
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
105
Scotland❚DG8 9JS❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
123
White British
19
White Scottish
101
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
123
England
23
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
95
Kenya
1
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
123
Christian
78
Other
4
No religion
29
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
38
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
90
Scotland❚DG8 9JS❚
Full-Time employee
17
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
13
Unemployed
4
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
63
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
65
Occupied
63
Unoccupied
2
Detached
19
Semi detached
27
Terraced
14
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
63
One person
27
Two people
18
Three people
12
Four people
6

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 9JA DG8 9ES DG8 9HL DG8 9EH DG8 9ET DG8 9EW DG8 9EN DG8 9EL DG8 9HZ DG8 9HN DG8 9JH DG8 9HW DG8 9HY DG8 9HX DG8 9EJ DG8 9HR DG8 9HP DG8 9HS DG8 9HT DG8 9HU

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