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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
32
Population
69
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
22
Scotland❚KW12 6ZA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
69
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
6%
45 - 59
38%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
62
Single
15
Married
33
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
8

Health

Population
69
Very good
38
Good
20
Fair
9
Bad
1
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
62
Scotland❚KW12 6ZA❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
69
White British
14
White Scottish
52
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
69
England
17
Scotland
48
Germany
2
USA
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
69
Christian
41
Other
1
No religion
23
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
33
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
56
Scotland❚KW12 6ZA❚
Full-Time employee
16
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
7
Unemployed
5
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
32
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
33
Occupied
32
Unoccupied
1
Detached
22
Semi detached
10
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
32
One person
10
Two people
12
Three people
6
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW12 6YH KW12 6WU KW12 6XX KW12 6AB KW12 6YN

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