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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
48
Population
125
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
33
Scotland❚KW14 7LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
125
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
92
Single
26
Married
50
Separated
1
Divorced
7
Widowed
8

Health

Population
125
Very good
77
Good
34
Fair
11
Bad
1
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
92
Scotland❚KW14 7LN❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
125
White British
8
White Scottish
114
Mixed Other
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
125
England
9
Scotland
115

Religion

Population
125
Christian
59
No religion
52
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
48
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
84
Scotland❚KW14 7LN❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
7
Unemployed
4
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
5
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
20
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
48
Detached
5
Semi detached
42
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
8
Two people
16
Three people
14
Four people
7
Five 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