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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
37
Population
77
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚KW14 7XS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
77
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
69
Single
22
Married
36
Separated
1
Divorced
6
Widowed
4

Health

Population
77
Very good
42
Good
23
Fair
8
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
69
Scotland❚KW14 7XS❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
17
No qualifications
10

Ethnicity

Population
77
White British
9
White Scottish
65
White Polish
3

Country of Birth

Population
77
England
13
Scotland
61
Poland
3

Religion

Population
77
Christian
46
No religion
28
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
42
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
62
Scotland❚KW14 7XS❚
Full-Time employee
26
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
5
Unemployed
4
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
37
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
37
Occupied
37
Detached
27
Semi detached
3
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
37
One person
14
Two people
12
Three people
6
Four people
4
Five people
1

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