Eastriggs, Dumfries and Galloway

Population 1,876 Eastriggs in Dumfries and Galloway is located between Annan and Gretna. It was planned as a settlement for the workers at the explosives factory in 1915, many of whom were migrants from Commonwealth countries, giving the settlement the name the Commonwealth Village. A munitions depot was established in WWII and the MOD used the site until 2010. This type of small town is extremely mixed in terms of demographics. There are particularly wide ranges of people, housing and activities. The number of older couples with no children is higher than average. There is a mix of professional and non- professional jobs, and part-time and self-employment are both important for a significant proportion of residents. Socioeconomic status is higher than in other types of town and there is a mix of professionals and nonprofessionals, those with higher and lower educational attainment. Eastriggs is a dependent to interdependent town. Its most similar towns are Shieldhill, Dunkeld and Birnam, Ochiltree, and Portknockie. To gain more insight into Eastriggs, compare it to any of the other towns included in USP.

Inter-relationships

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Eastriggs is a dependent to interdependent town. Combining inter-relationships and typology, Eastriggs is grouped with 19 other towns. It has similarities to these towns in terms of the number of charities, hospitals, children in primary schools, children in secondary schools, jobs, public sector jobs, shops, GP's and dentists, and diversity of retail offer. It also has similarities in the diversity of jobs. Employment Public Commercial Social Average for the category

Change

Population Population Net Jobs change change 2001 change 2011 Migration 2009 to 2014 to 2011 to 2016 Rate 2011 to 2016 - 4% -2% 3 13%

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Population Households Population change 2001 to 2011 2k 829 4% Less than similar More than similar More than similar towns per head of towns towns population Age Household composition Car ownership

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Less than similar towns per head of population Jobs change 2009 to 2014 -13%

More than similar towns per head of population Employment (% working age 16-74)

100%

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75%

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Education (% all people aged 16 and over) 60%

No education Standard grade Higher grade or HNC, HND, SVQ4 Degree or higher or equivalent equivalent degree Children in Children in Hospitals GP's and primary secondary dentists schools schools 146 0 0 0

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Commercial

Number of Diversity of Number of Number of Diversity of Number of people per retail offer tourist beds shop (%) 171 5 0

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Distance travelled to study

7.5%

2.5

At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over Number of Amount of residents per grant charity funding (£) 313 2k

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Average Greenspace Number of Download (hectares) Buildings at Speed (MBs) per 1000 Risk Population 23 37 0 Less than similar Less than similar Less than similar towns per head of towns per head of towns per head of population population population