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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
36
Population
66
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
20
Scotland❚KW14 8HS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
66
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
45%
65 or over
35%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
53
Single
13
Married
28
Separated
2
Divorced
1
Widowed
9

Health

Population
66
Very good
31
Good
19
Fair
9
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
53
Scotland❚KW14 8HS❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
14

Ethnicity

Population
66
White British
5
White Scottish
61

Country of Birth

Population
66
England
8
Scotland
57
Germany
1

Religion

Population
66
Christian
32
No religion
24
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
23
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
44
Scotland❚KW14 8HS❚
Full-Time employee
14
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
4
Unemployed
1
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
36
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
6
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
36
Occupied
36
Detached
13
Semi detached
6
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
36
One person
17
Two people
12
Three people
3
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

KW14 8NF KW14 8NE KW14 8NQ KW14 8NG KW14 8NH KW14 8NN KW14 8NW KW14 8HR KW14 8HU KW14 8HT KW14 8NR KW14 8JT KW14 8JX KW14 8JP KW14 8JU KW14 8JR KW14 8DF KW14 8HX KW14 8JW KW14 8JS KW14 8HY KW14 8JF KW14 8JE KW14 8HZ KW14 8JN KW14 8JL KW14 8JG KW14 8JQ KW14 8JJ KW14 8JD KW14 8JA KW14 8JB

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