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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
25
Population
54
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

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

Age Groups

Population
54
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
46
Single
14
Married
24
Divorced
6
Widowed
2

Health

Population
54
Very good
30
Good
17
Fair
6
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
46
Scotland❚KW14 8HU❚
Degree or above
8
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
13
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
54
White British
1
White Scottish
53

Country of Birth

Population
54
England
2
Scotland
52

Religion

Population
54
Christian
24
No religion
29
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
34
Mining
1
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
3
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
42
Scotland❚KW14 8HU❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
1
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
25
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
1
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
25
Occupied
25
Detached
1
Semi detached
14
Terraced
9
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
25
One person
5
Two people
12
Three people
7
Four people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW14 8NF KW14 8NE KW14 8NQ KW14 8NG KW14 8NH KW14 8NN KW14 8NW KW14 8JZ KW14 8HS KW14 8HT KW14 8HL KW14 8HN 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