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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
53
Population
122
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
39
Scotland❚KW12 6XE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
122
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
102
Single
46
Married
37
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
10
Widowed
4

Health

Population
122
Very good
60
Good
46
Fair
14
Bad
1
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
102
Scotland❚KW12 6XE❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
122
White British
15
White Scottish
105
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
122
England
19
Scotland
101
USA
1

Religion

Population
122
Christian
61
Other
2
No religion
48
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
56
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
7
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
93
Scotland❚KW12 6XE❚
Full-Time employee
39
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
3
Unemployed
11
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - council
7
Rented - private landlord
11
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
69
Occupied
53
Unoccupied
16
Detached
22
Semi detached
21
Terraced
14
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
10

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
18
Two people
16
Three people
10
Four people
5
Five people
2
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