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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
57
Population
124
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚KW14 7NH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
124
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
99
Single
39
Married
39
Separated
7
Divorced
11
Widowed
3

Health

Population
124
Very good
76
Good
36
Fair
8
Bad
3
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
99
Scotland❚KW14 7NH❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
124
White British
15
White Scottish
102
White Other
1
Mixed Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
124
England
21
Scotland
100
Wales
1
Italy
1
Spain
1

Religion

Population
124
Christian
49
Buddhist
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
3
No religion
66
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
68
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
1
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
94
Scotland❚KW14 7NH❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
6
Unemployed
6
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
1
Detached
5
Semi detached
25
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
17

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
22
Two people
19
Three people
5
Four people
7
Five people
3
Six 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