Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway

Population 2,021 Sanquhar is located in Dumfries and Galloway. It is a 16th century burgh and was a centre of the woollen trade with Sanquhar patterned knitted gloves being a key product. Mining and brickmaking became important in the 19th century but Gateside Colliery closed in the 1960s. Brocks had a fireworks factory in the town. Today school furniture (EME) and carpet tiles (Sanquhar Tile Services) are made. Carpets had been made in Sanquhar since the 1830s. Social and council housing are the norm in this type of small town. Manufacturing and construction are the dominant forms of employment. Health and social work services are particularly active. There is a higher level of unemployment. Educational attainment is low. Car ownership is low, meaning that many residents in these towns are reliant on public transport. Sanquhar is an interdependent town. Its most similar towns are Polbeth, Leslie, and Brora. To gain more insight into Sanquhar, compare it to any of the other towns included in USP.

Inter-relationships

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Sanquhar is an interdependent town. Combining inter-relationships and typology, Sanquhar is grouped with 3 other towns. It has similarities to these towns in terms of the number of hospitals, public sector jobs, and GP's and dentists. It also has similarities in the distance travelled to work, and the distance travelled to study. It differs in terms of the number of charities, children in primary schools, children in secondary schools, and jobs. Sanquhar differs most from its group in the number of diversity of retail offer; and the diversity of jobs. Employment Public Commercial Social Average for the category

Change

Population change 2001 to 2011 Interim population change 2012-2016 0%

Less than similar towns per head of population More Population

Population 2011 Population 2011 2k

Less than similar towns Age Household composition Car ownership

40% 40%

20 20

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Jobs 334

Less than similar towns per head of population Jobs change 2009 to 2014 3%

More than similar towns per head of population Employment type(% working full time vs part time aged 16-74)

75%

Part time Full time Occupation (% aged 16-74) 75%

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50%

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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 primary schools Children in secondary schools 346

More than similar towns per head of population Less Commuter Flow Map

Coloured and grey lines/pins show the main and smaller commuter flows, respectively, between this town and the other towns in Scotland.

Commercial

Number of people per shop 55 More than similar towns per head of population Less Social

Distance travelled to study

15%

At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over Number of residents per charity Amount of grant funding (£) 112

Less than similar towns per head of population More Connectivity and environment assets

Average download speed (MBs) Greenspace (hectares) per 1000 population 28

More than similar towns per head of population Less Download

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