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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
44
Population
84
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚KW14 8JW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
84
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
76
Single
17
Married
42
Civil partnership
4
Separated
1
Divorced
8
Widowed
4

Health

Population
84
Very good
33
Good
24
Fair
24
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
76
Scotland❚KW14 8JW❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
5
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
13
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
84
White British
4
White Scottish
77
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
84
England
5
Scotland
78

Religion

Population
84
Christian
48
Buddhist
1
No religion
32
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
34
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
60
Scotland❚KW14 8JW❚
Full-Time employee
17
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
44
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
14
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
10
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
44
Occupied
44
Detached
3
Semi detached
29
Terraced
12

Household Size

All categoies
44
One person
16
Two people
19
Three people
6
Four people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW14 8NF KW14 8NE KW14 8NQ KW14 8NG KW14 8NH KW14 8NN KW14 8NW KW14 8HR KW14 8HU 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 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