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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
43
Population
70
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
29
Scotland❚KW14 8DE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
70
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
64
Single
26
Married
17
Separated
3
Divorced
7
Widowed
11

Health

Population
70
Very good
35
Good
12
Fair
15
Bad
2
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
64
Scotland❚KW14 8DE❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
8
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
7
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
70
White British
3
White Scottish
64
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
70
England
8
Scotland
61
USA
1

Religion

Population
70
Christian
26
Other
2
No religion
34
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
35
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
1

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚KW14 8DE❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
2
Unemployed
1
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
43
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
14
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
45
Occupied
43
Unoccupied
2
Detached
1
Semi detached
7
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
43
One person
25
Two people
12
Three people
4
Four people
1
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW14 8TQ KW14 8BT KW14 8HP KW14 8HW

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