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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
56
Population
103
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
39
Scotland❚KW14 7HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
103
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
94
Single
26
Married
48
Separated
5
Divorced
6
Widowed
9

Health

Population
103
Very good
58
Good
30
Fair
8
Bad
4
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
94
Scotland❚KW14 7HJ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
103
White British
15
White Scottish
86
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
103
England
15
Scotland
82
Kenya
1
USA
2
South America
1
Netherlands
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
103
Christian
53
Other
2
No religion
39
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
61
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
12
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
81
Scotland❚KW14 7HJ❚
Full-Time employee
34
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
12
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
56
Unoccupied
2
Detached
19
Semi detached
19
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
24
Two people
19
Three people
11
Four people
2

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