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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
63
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
45
Scotland❚KW14 8EG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
96
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
86
Single
39
Married
18
Civil partnership
1
Separated
7
Divorced
11
Widowed
10

Health

Population
96
Very good
38
Good
35
Fair
12
Bad
10
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
86
Scotland❚KW14 8EG❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
96
White British
9
White Scottish
86
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
96
England
10
Scotland
84
Germany
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
96
Christian
39
No religion
49
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
49
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
6
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
79
Scotland❚KW14 8EG❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
8
Unemployed
7
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
63
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
7
Shared ownership
5
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
66
Occupied
63
Unoccupied
3
Detached
1
Semi detached
12
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
63
One person
36
Two people
21
Three people
6

Nearby postcodes

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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