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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
68
Population
161
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚KW12 6AB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
161
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
132
Single
27
Married
86
Separated
3
Divorced
8
Widowed
8

Health

Population
161
Very good
90
Good
48
Fair
21
Bad
1
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
132
Scotland❚KW12 6AB❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
161
White British
37
White Scottish
123
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
161
England
37
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
119
Wales
2

Religion

Population
161
Christian
99
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
41
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
84
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
15
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
3
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
8
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
113
Scotland❚KW12 6AB❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
21
Unemployed
1
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
68
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
20
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
78
Occupied
68
Unoccupied
10
Detached
54
Semi detached
23
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
68
One person
15
Two people
29
Three people
12
Four people
9
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW12 6ZA KW12 6YH KW12 6WU KW12 6XX KW12 6XG KW12 6YJ KW12 6YN

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