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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
72
Population
190
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚KW12 6XQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
190
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
150
Single
50
Married
78
Separated
2
Divorced
11
Widowed
9

Health

Population
190
Very good
120
Good
48
Fair
19
Bad
2
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
150
Scotland❚KW12 6XQ❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
190
White British
71
White Scottish
114
White Irish
2
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
190
England
63
Nortern Ireland
7
Scotland
115
Germany
1
Australia
3

Religion

Population
190
Christian
83
No religion
92
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
96
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Mining
2
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
7
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
9
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
143
Scotland❚KW12 6XQ❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
22
Unemployed
8
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
76
Occupied
72
Unoccupied
4
Detached
71
Semi detached
2
Caravan
3

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
18
Two people
24
Three people
7
Four people
12
Five people
11

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