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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
63
Population
145
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚KW14 7XB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
145
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
18%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
35%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
134
Single
38
Married
86
Divorced
4
Widowed
6

Health

Population
145
Very good
85
Good
37
Fair
20
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
134
Scotland❚KW14 7XB❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
145
White British
12
White Scottish
129
White Irish
1
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
145
England
18
Scotland
123
Ireland
1
France
2
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
145
Christian
90
No religion
41
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
86
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
9
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
11
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
125
Scotland❚KW14 7XB❚
Full-Time employee
59
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
5
Unemployed
4
Retired
23
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
63
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
63
Detached
47
Semi detached
16

Household Size

All categoies
63
One person
14
Two people
26
Three people
13
Four people
10

Nearby postcodes

KW14 7UD KW14 7UB KW14 7XA KW14 7UE KW14 7PJ KW14 7PG KW14 7PQ KW14 7XT KW14 7PH KW14 7PD KW14 7LG KW14 7UU KW14 7UG

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