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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
40
Population
126
Males
40%
Females
60%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
19
Scotland❚KW14 7UQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
1
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
126
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
31%
65 or over
55%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
5%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
40%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
113
Single
24
Married
40
Divorced
10
Widowed
39

Health

Population
126
Very good
43
Good
30
Fair
35
Bad
14
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
113
Scotland❚KW14 7UQ❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
126
White British
20
White Scottish
104
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
126
England
20
Scotland
102
Germany
1
South Africa
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
126
Christian
83
Buddhist
1
No religion
33
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
31
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
58
Scotland❚KW14 7UQ❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
7
Unemployed
1
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
40
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
40
Detached
15
Semi detached
24
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
40
One person
15
Two people
15
Three people
6
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

KW14 7UY

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