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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
76
Population
165
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
58
Scotland❚KW14 7JA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
165
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
21%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
149
Single
48
Married
53
Separated
6
Divorced
7
Widowed
35

Health

Population
165
Very good
90
Good
46
Fair
22
Bad
5
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
149
Scotland❚KW14 7JA❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
165
White British
15
White Scottish
138
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
165
England
18
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
136
China
2
Hong Kong
3
Philippines
1
USA
2
Malaysia
1

Religion

Population
165
Christian
101
No religion
58
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
79
Mining
3
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
5
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
113
Scotland❚KW14 7JA❚
Full-Time employee
54
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
10
Unemployed
5
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
76
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
13
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
78
Occupied
76
Unoccupied
2
Detached
7
Semi detached
33
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
76
One person
37
Two people
25
Three people
7
Four people
3
Five people
2
Six people
1
Seven people
1

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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