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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
90
Population
191
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
66
Scotland❚KW14 8NW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
191
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
159
Single
62
Married
74
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
8
Widowed
10

Health

Population
191
Very good
86
Good
72
Fair
24
Bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
159
Scotland❚KW14 8NW❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
191
White British
12
White Scottish
173
White Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
191
England
13
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
170
Wales
1
Germany
2
Hungary
2
Canada
1

Religion

Population
191
Christian
80
Jewish
1
No religion
94
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
92
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
151
Scotland❚KW14 8NW❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
5
Unemployed
6
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
90
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
26
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
28
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
93
Occupied
90
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
41
Terraced
47
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
90
One person
26
Two people
41
Three people
12
Four people
9
Five people
1
Six people
1

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