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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
71
Population
175
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
67
Scotland❚KW14 7SL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
175
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
122
Single
68
Married
25
Separated
12
Divorced
13
Widowed
4

Health

Population
175
Very good
101
Good
49
Fair
19
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
122
Scotland❚KW14 7SL❚
Degree or above
9
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
175
White British
10
White Scottish
165

Country of Birth

Population
175
England
17
Scotland
157

Religion

Population
175
Christian
49
No religion
112
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
66
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
119
Scotland❚KW14 7SL❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
32
Unemployed
16
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
71
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
46
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
71
Detached
7
Semi detached
14
Terraced
47
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
71
One person
13
Two people
32
Three people
14
Four people
7
Five people
3
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW14 7LH KW14 7LF KW14 7LD KW14 7LB KW14 7LQ KW14 7AT KW14 7GY KW14 7QU KW14 7SN KW14 7SW KW14 7AS KW14 7EJ KW14 7EP KW14 7EW KW14 7EL

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