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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
54
Population
138
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚KW12 6YQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
138
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
97
Single
22
Married
57
Separated
5
Divorced
9
Widowed
4

Health

Population
138
Very good
83
Good
43
Fair
9
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
97
Scotland❚KW12 6YQ❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
8
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
138
White British
15
White Scottish
122
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
138
England
16
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
119
Pakistan
1
Latvia
1

Religion

Population
138
Christian
83
Other
1
No religion
54

Industry

Population
67
Mining
2
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
6
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
90
Scotland❚KW12 6YQ❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
7
Unemployed
3
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
2
Student
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - council
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
3
Detached
40
Semi detached
16
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
18
Two people
12
Three people
7
Four people
11
Five people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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