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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
23
Population
56
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
13
Scotland❚KW12 6YG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
56
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
49
Single
10
Married
32
Separated
2
Divorced
2
Widowed
3

Health

Population
56
Very good
29
Good
21
Fair
5
Very bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
49
Scotland❚KW12 6YG❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
14

Ethnicity

Population
56
White British
12
White Scottish
43
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
56
England
13
Scotland
41
Wales
1

Religion

Population
56
Christian
39
Other
1
No religion
15
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
26
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
1
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
39
Scotland❚KW12 6YG❚
Full-Time employee
15
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
5
Unemployed
1
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
23
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
24
Occupied
23
Unoccupied
1
Detached
18
Semi detached
5
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
23
One person
3
Two people
10
Three people
7
Four people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW12 6YQ KW12 6YB KW12 6YE KW12 6YA KW12 6WB KW12 6YT KW12 6YD 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