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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
44
Population
75
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
30
Scotland❚KW14 8AZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
75
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
23%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
69
Single
31
Married
19
Separated
7
Divorced
5
Widowed
7

Health

Population
75
Very good
28
Good
26
Fair
9
Bad
10
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
69
Scotland❚KW14 8AZ❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
17
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
75
White British
4
White Scottish
66
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Asian Pakistani
1

Country of Birth

Population
75
England
5
Scotland
67
Germany
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
75
Christian
40
No religion
31
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
36
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
6
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
1
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚KW14 8AZ❚
Full-Time employee
26
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
44
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
44
Occupied
44
Detached
2
Semi detached
8
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
44
One person
19
Two people
21
Three people
2
Four people
2

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