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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
88
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
30
Scotland❚KW14 7NW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
88
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
76
Single
23
Married
28
Separated
1
Divorced
9
Widowed
15

Health

Population
88
Very good
43
Good
31
Fair
9
Bad
3
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
76
Scotland❚KW14 7NW❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
88
White British
13
White Scottish
74
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
88
England
14
Scotland
72
South America
1

Religion

Population
88
Christian
40
No religion
43
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
38
Mining
2
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
1
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
3
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚KW14 7NW❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
10
Unemployed
3
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
27
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
49
Occupied
48
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
15
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
22

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
29
Two people
7
Three people
6
Four people
3
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