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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
41
Population
92
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
21
Scotland❚KW14 7DU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
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
92
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
46%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
73
Single
19
Married
41
Separated
2
Divorced
5
Widowed
6

Health

Population
92
Very good
44
Good
31
Fair
14
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
73
Scotland❚KW14 7DU❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
92
White British
8
White Scottish
82
White Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
92
England
9
Scotland
80
South Africa
1
Philippines
1
Slovakia
1

Religion

Population
92
Christian
45
No religion
39
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
37
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚KW14 7DU❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
2
Unemployed
2
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
1
Detached
2
Semi detached
28
Terraced
11
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
11
Two people
17
Three people
6
Four people
6
Five people
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