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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
31
Population
100
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
23
Scotland❚KW14 7RW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
100
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
47%
65 or over
40%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
32%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
89
Single
17
Married
42
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
20

Health

Population
100
Very good
33
Good
39
Fair
24
Bad
3
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
89
Scotland❚KW14 7RW❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
5
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
100
White British
25
White Scottish
75

Country of Birth

Population
100
England
27
Scotland
73

Religion

Population
100
Christian
68
No religion
22
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
38
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
3
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚KW14 7RW❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
5
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
31
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
35
Occupied
31
Unoccupied
4
Detached
27
Semi detached
8

Household Size

All categoies
31
One person
6
Two people
14
Three people
5
Four people
6

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