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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
58
Population
96
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
33
Scotland❚KW14 8AJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
96
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
22%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
90
Single
28
Married
31
Separated
3
Divorced
10
Widowed
18

Health

Population
96
Very good
36
Good
29
Fair
26
Bad
4
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
90
Scotland❚KW14 8AJ❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
96
White British
8
White Scottish
85
White Polish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
96
England
10
Scotland
83
Poland
1
Pakistan
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
96
Christian
47
No religion
45
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
38
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
1
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
69
Scotland❚KW14 8AJ❚
Full-Time employee
26
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
4
Unemployed
4
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
6
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
11
Rented - private landlord
8

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
58
Detached
8
Semi detached
14
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
30
Two people
19
Three people
8
Four people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW14 7JG KW14 7JA KW14 7HF KW14 8BG KW14 8AN KW14 8BE KW14 8BD KW14 8BL KW14 8AW KW14 8AP KW14 8BB KW14 8AR KW14 8AZ KW14 8AS KW14 8AU KW14 8AX KW14 8AY KW14 8BS KW14 8BP KW14 8BW KW14 8BN

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