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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
42
Population
66
Males
42%
Females
58%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
20
Scotland❚KW14 8BG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
66
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
47%
65 or over
45%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
27%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
61
Single
18
Married
26
Separated
3
Divorced
2
Widowed
12

Health

Population
66
Very good
25
Good
30
Fair
7
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
61
Scotland❚KW14 8BG❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
7
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
66
White British
6
White Scottish
59
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
66
England
4
Scotland
60
Wales
1
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
66
Christian
32
Other
2
No religion
30
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
29
Mining
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
1
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
1

Economic Activity

Population
43
Scotland❚KW14 8BG❚
Full-Time employee
19
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
4
Unemployed
2
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
42
Detached
1
Semi detached
29
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
23
Two people
14
Three people
5

Nearby postcodes

KW14 7JG KW14 7JA KW14 7HF KW14 8BH KW14 8BQ KW14 8BJ KW14 8AN KW14 8AL KW14 8AJ 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