Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway

Population 2,227 Langholm or the Muckle Toun is in Dumfries and Galloway. It is a planned town on the Buccleuch estate. Wool was the centre of the town's economy and indeed still provides local employment. Border Fine arts is also based in Langholm. 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. Langholm is an independent to interdependent town. Its most similar towns are Tarbert, Thornhill (Dumfries & Galloway), Ullapool, and Stromness. To gain more insight into Langholm, compare it to any of the other towns included in USP.

Inter-relationships

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Langholm is an independent to interdependent town. Combining inter-relationships and typology, Langholm is grouped with 9 other towns. It has similarities to these towns in terms of the number of charities, children in secondary schools, jobs, public sector jobs, shops, GP's and dentists, and diversity of retail offer. It also has similarities in the distance travelled to work, and the distance travelled to study. It differs in terms of the number of hospitals, and children in primary schools. Langholm differs most from its group in the diversity of jobs. Employment Public Commercial Social Average for the category

Change

Population change 2001 to 2011 Interim population change 2012-2016 -4%

Less than similar towns per head of population Less Population

Population 2011 Population 2011 2k

More than similar towns Age Household composition Car ownership

40% 50%

20 25

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Jobs 938

Less than similar towns per head of population Jobs change 2009 to 2014 -15%

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

100%

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

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Education (% all people aged 16 and over) 40%

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 174

Less 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 64 Less 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 (£) 66

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

Average download speed (MBs) Greenspace (hectares) per 1000 population 21

Less than similar towns per head of population Less Download

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