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Administrative Areas

Ward
Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Local Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
58
Population
156
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚KW1 4UF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
156
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
122
Single
30
Married
81
Separated
3
Divorced
5
Widowed
3

Health

Population
156
Very good
92
Good
38
Fair
17
Bad
7
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
122
Scotland❚KW1 4UF❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
156
White British
27
White Scottish
128
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
156
England
30
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
124
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
156
Christian
88
No religion
63
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
72
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
19
Mining
3
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
119
Scotland❚KW1 4UF❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
30
Unemployed
4
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
8
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
60
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
2
Detached
46
Semi detached
10
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
8
Two people
26
Three people
7
Four people
12
Five people
3
Six 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