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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Local Authority
Highland
Constituency
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
59
Population
157
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚IV26 2UQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
157
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
125
Single
43
Married
53
Divorced
10
Widowed
19

Health

Population
157
Very good
81
Good
41
Fair
18
Bad
13
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
125
Scotland❚IV26 2UQ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
157
White British
25
White Scottish
117
White Polish
4
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Asian Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
157
England
21
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
113
Wales
2
Ireland
1
France
2
Spain
1
Poland
4
Romania
1
Nigeria
1
Philippines
1
Czech Republic
2
Canada
1
New Zealand
2

Religion

Population
157
Christian
78
No religion
60
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
102
Scotland❚IV26 2UQ❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
16
Unemployed
2
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
4
Student
5
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
21
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
59
Unoccupied
5
Detached
22
Semi detached
22
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
19
Two people
16
Three people
18
Four people
3
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

IV26 2UW IV26 2XG IV26 2UZ IV26 2XN IV26 2TF IV26 2TE IV26 2AD IV26 2AE IV26 2AB IV26 2XF IV26 2UX

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