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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
115
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚KW14 7PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
115
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
83
Single
20
Married
50
Separated
2
Divorced
10
Widowed
1

Health

Population
115
Very good
59
Good
38
Fair
14
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
83
Scotland❚KW14 7PU❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
115
White British
11
White Scottish
101
White Irish
1
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
115
England
11
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
99
Germany
1
USA
1
Russia
1
Greece
1

Religion

Population
115
Christian
49
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
56
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
47
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
1
Information and communication
8
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
78
Scotland❚KW14 7PU❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
5
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
48
Detached
2
Semi detached
22
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
11

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
12
Two people
18
Three people
9
Four people
5
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