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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
51
Population
99
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
29
Scotland❚KW12 6XY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
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
8

Age Groups

Population
99
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
32%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
92
Single
26
Married
50
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
7

Health

Population
99
Very good
44
Good
25
Fair
25
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
92
Scotland❚KW12 6XY❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
99
White British
20
White Scottish
79

Country of Birth

Population
99
England
24
Scotland
74
Hong Kong
1

Religion

Population
99
Christian
50
Other
2
No religion
40
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
39
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Accommodation and food
4
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
2
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
81
Scotland❚KW12 6XY❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
3
Unemployed
8
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
51
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
16
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
51
Unoccupied
2
Detached
13
Semi detached
31
Terraced
8
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
51
One person
19
Two people
23
Three people
3
Four people
5
Five people
1

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