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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
50
Population
81
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 8BS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
81
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
44%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
22%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
79
Single
27
Married
34
Separated
1
Divorced
8
Widowed
9

Health

Population
81
Very good
21
Good
26
Fair
22
Bad
6
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
79
Scotland❚KW14 8BS❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
15
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
81
White British
6
White Scottish
74
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
81
England
6
Scotland
75

Religion

Population
81
Christian
59
No religion
18
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
30
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
3
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
61
Scotland❚KW14 8BS❚
Full-Time employee
18
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
4
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
50
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
4
Rented - council
14
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7

Housing Types

All categoies
51
Occupied
50
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Semi detached
17
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
50
One person
27
Two people
17
Three people
4
Four people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW14 7JG KW14 7JA KW14 7HF KW14 8BH KW14 8BQ KW14 8BJ KW14 8BG KW14 8AN KW14 8BE KW14 8BD KW14 8BL KW14 8AL KW14 8AW KW14 8AJ KW14 8AP KW14 8BB KW14 8AZ KW14 8AX 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