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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 Rural
Households
54
Population
123
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW14 7QN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
123
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
101
Single
21
Married
62
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
9

Health

Population
123
Very good
80
Good
30
Fair
9
Bad
3
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
101
Scotland❚KW14 7QN❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
123
White British
10
White Scottish
111
White Irish
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
123
England
11
Scotland
108
Ireland
1
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
123
Christian
71
Other
1
No religion
36
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
64
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
14
Mining
2
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
7
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
90
Scotland❚KW14 7QN❚
Full-Time employee
38
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
13
Unemployed
3
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
3
Detached
42
Semi detached
13
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
15
Two people
20
Three people
9
Four people
9
Five 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