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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
72
Population
170
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 7RN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
170
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
32%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
148
Single
28
Married
101
Separated
1
Divorced
10
Widowed
8

Health

Population
170
Very good
95
Good
58
Fair
13
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
148
Scotland❚KW14 7RN❚
Degree or above
55
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
170
White British
43
White Scottish
118
White Polish
6
White Other
1
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
170
England
50
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
108
Wales
2
Germany
1
Poland
5
Hong Kong
1
North America - Other
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
170
Christian
94
No religion
60
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
1
Information and communication
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
12
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
132
Scotland❚KW14 7RN❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
6
Unemployed
6
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
82
Occupied
72
Unoccupied
10
Detached
65
Semi detached
14
Terraced
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
9
Two people
40
Three people
15
Four people
4
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