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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
140
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚KW12 6YD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
140
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
119
Single
30
Married
68
Separated
5
Divorced
7
Widowed
9

Health

Population
140
Very good
83
Good
36
Fair
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
119
Scotland❚KW12 6YD❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
140
White British
16
White Scottish
122
White Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1

Country of Birth

Population
140
England
22
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
117

Religion

Population
140
Christian
90
Other
1
No religion
39
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
65
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
10
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
5
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
105
Scotland❚KW12 6YD❚
Full-Time employee
39
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
11
Unemployed
7
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
68
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
13
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
68
Occupied
68
Detached
36
Semi detached
29
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
68
One person
27
Two people
22
Three people
8
Four people
10
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW12 6YG KW12 6YQ KW12 6YB KW12 6YE KW12 6WB KW12 6YT KW12 6YF KW12 6WD KW12 6XR

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