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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
63
Population
140
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
39
Scotland❚KW12 6WU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
140
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
114
Single
19
Married
65
Separated
6
Divorced
9
Widowed
15

Health

Population
140
Very good
56
Good
58
Fair
20
Bad
5
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
114
Scotland❚KW12 6WU❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
140
White British
26
White Scottish
112
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
140
England
24
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
108
Wales
2
Germany
1

Religion

Population
140
Christian
80
No religion
51
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
57
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
2
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
101
Scotland❚KW12 6WU❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
8
Unemployed
4
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
6
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
63
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
11
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
73
Occupied
63
Unoccupied
10
Detached
20
Semi detached
40
Terraced
13

Household Size

All categoies
63
One person
15
Two people
32
Three people
7
Four people
6
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW12 6ZA KW12 6YH KW12 6XX KW12 6XG KW12 6AB 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