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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
70
Population
128
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚KW14 7RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
128
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
114
Single
20
Married
64
Separated
6
Divorced
10
Widowed
14

Health

Population
128
Very good
53
Good
53
Fair
18
Bad
3
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
114
Scotland❚KW14 7RJ❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
128
White British
22
White Scottish
106

Country of Birth

Population
128
England
27
Scotland
101

Religion

Population
128
Christian
82
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
39
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
55
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
97
Scotland❚KW14 7RJ❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
4
Unemployed
7
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
19
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
76
Occupied
70
Unoccupied
6
Detached
20
Semi detached
39
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
31
Two people
27
Three people
6
Four people
5
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