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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wick and East Caithness
Local Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
70
Population
144
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚KW1 4NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
144
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
122
Single
43
Married
63
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
8

Health

Population
144
Very good
62
Good
55
Fair
21
Bad
5
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
122
Scotland❚KW1 4NZ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
144
White British
8
White Scottish
135
White Gypsy
1

Country of Birth

Population
144
England
9
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
133
Germany
1

Religion

Population
144
Christian
77
No religion
60
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
73
Mining
4
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
8
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
113
Scotland❚KW1 4NZ❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
6
Unemployed
5
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
70
Unoccupied
1
Detached
9
Semi detached
12
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
24
Two people
28
Three people
10
Four people
6
Five people
2

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