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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 Small Town
Households
35
Population
85
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
33
Scotland❚KW14 7BY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
85
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
79%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
34%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
70
Single
35
Married
26
Separated
1
Divorced
6
Widowed
2

Health

Population
85
Very good
60
Good
15
Fair
7
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
70
Scotland❚KW14 7BY❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
No qualifications
6

Ethnicity

Population
85
White British
7
White Scottish
77
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
85
England
6
Scotland
78

Religion

Population
85
Christian
43
Other
1
No religion
24
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
49
Mining
2
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
67
Scotland❚KW14 7BY❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
6
Unemployed
5
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
41
Occupied
35
Unoccupied
6
Detached
7
Semi detached
8
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
14
Two people
7
Three people
5
Four people
7
Five people
1
Eight or over
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