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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
55
Population
105
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
32
Scotland❚KW14 8NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
105
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
5%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
88
Single
25
Married
40
Separated
3
Divorced
10
Widowed
10

Health

Population
105
Very good
34
Good
41
Fair
22
Bad
6
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
88
Scotland❚KW14 8NG❚
Degree or above
9
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
105
White British
8
White Scottish
96
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
105
England
7
Scotland
97
Wales
1

Religion

Population
105
Christian
59
No religion
39
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
39
Mining
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
79
Scotland❚KW14 8NG❚
Full-Time employee
18
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
1
Unemployed
5
Retired
26
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
55
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
56
Occupied
55
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Semi detached
26
Terraced
29

Household Size

All categoies
55
One person
23
Two people
17
Three people
12
Four people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW14 8NF KW14 8NE KW14 8NQ 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 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