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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
45
Population
86
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚KW14 7JX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
86
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
74
Single
42
Married
20
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
4

Health

Population
86
Very good
42
Good
18
Fair
16
Bad
9
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
74
Scotland❚KW14 7JX❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
86
White British
8
White Scottish
76
White Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
86
England
9
Scotland
76
Wales
1

Religion

Population
86
Christian
35
No religion
47
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
35
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
71
Scotland❚KW14 7JX❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
4
Unemployed
8
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
45
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
47
Occupied
45
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
12
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
45
One person
20
Two people
13
Three people
9
Four people
2
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