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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
67
Population
165
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚KW14 7YF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
165
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
127
Single
24
Married
90
Separated
1
Divorced
7
Widowed
5

Health

Population
165
Very good
99
Good
47
Fair
14
Bad
4
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
127
Scotland❚KW14 7YF❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
165
White British
36
White Scottish
129

Country of Birth

Population
165
England
36
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
124
Wales
2

Religion

Population
165
Christian
84
No religion
72
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
86
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
2
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
7
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
119
Scotland❚KW14 7YF❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
25
Unemployed
4
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
3
Detached
59
Semi detached
5
Terraced
5
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
17
Two people
23
Three people
12
Four people
10
Five people
4
Six 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