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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
49
Population
124
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
40
Scotland❚KW14 7LU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
124
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
90
Single
29
Married
41
Separated
4
Divorced
10
Widowed
6

Health

Population
124
Very good
75
Good
36
Fair
11
Bad
1
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
90
Scotland❚KW14 7LU❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
124
White British
15
White Scottish
103
White Polish
5
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
124
England
18
Scotland
100
Wales
1
Poland
5

Religion

Population
124
Christian
54
No religion
67
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
67
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
5
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
83
Scotland❚KW14 7LU❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
4
Unemployed
2
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
49
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
11
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
49
Occupied
49
Detached
3
Semi detached
29
Terraced
17

Household Size

All categoies
49
One person
12
Two people
15
Three people
10
Four people
8
Five people
4

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