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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
51
Population
126
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚KW14 7PW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
126
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
101
Single
35
Married
49
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
8

Health

Population
126
Very good
79
Good
31
Fair
13
Bad
2
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
101
Scotland❚KW14 7PW❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
126
White British
15
White Scottish
110
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
126
England
11
Scotland
108
Wales
1
Germany
2
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
Greece
1
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
126
Christian
62
No religion
54
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
64
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
6
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
92
Scotland❚KW14 7PW❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
4
Unemployed
1
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
51
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
51
Occupied
51
Detached
1
Semi detached
42
Terraced
7
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
51
One person
12
Two people
19
Three people
7
Four people
11
Five people
1
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