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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
27
Population
54
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
22
Scotland❚KW14 7LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
54
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
81%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
49
Single
22
Married
14
Separated
2
Divorced
5
Widowed
6

Health

Population
54
Very good
23
Good
23
Fair
5
Bad
2
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
49
Scotland❚KW14 7LF❚
Degree or above
9
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
54
White British
2
White Scottish
50
White Irish
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
54
England
4
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
47
Germany
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
54
Christian
29
Other
1
No religion
24

Industry

Population
35
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
47
Scotland❚KW14 7LF❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
4
Unemployed
3
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
27
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
8
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
29
Occupied
27
Unoccupied
2
Detached
5
Semi detached
23
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
27
One person
10
Two people
10
Three people
4
Four people
3

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