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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
59
Population
150
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚KW14 7PJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
150
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
122
Single
28
Married
78
Separated
1
Divorced
8
Widowed
7

Health

Population
150
Very good
94
Good
38
Fair
15
Bad
2
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
122
Scotland❚KW14 7PJ❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
150
White British
25
White Scottish
125

Country of Birth

Population
150
England
27
Scotland
121
Wales
1

Religion

Population
150
Christian
71
No religion
74
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
9
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
115
Scotland❚KW14 7PJ❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
6
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
20
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
59
Detached
3
Semi detached
52
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
11
Two people
23
Three people
10
Four people
12
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