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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
64
Population
147
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚KW14 7PZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
147
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
115
Single
36
Married
63
Separated
4
Divorced
7
Widowed
5

Health

Population
147
Very good
83
Good
40
Fair
18
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
115
Scotland❚KW14 7PZ❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
24
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
147
White British
20
White Scottish
120
White Polish
2
White Gypsy
3
White Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
147
England
19
Scotland
123
Wales
1
Germany
1
Poland
2
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
147
Christian
67
Other
1
No religion
66
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
72
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
8
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
6
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
5
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
106
Scotland❚KW14 7PZ❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
6
Unemployed
4
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
7
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
64
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
18
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
64
Detached
3
Semi detached
41
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
64
One person
14
Two people
30
Three people
12
Four people
5
Five people
2
Seven 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