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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
41
Population
89
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
29
Scotland❚KW14 8QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
89
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
68
Single
28
Married
26
Separated
1
Divorced
7
Widowed
6

Health

Population
89
Very good
45
Good
36
Fair
4
Bad
3
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
68
Scotland❚KW14 8QS❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
9
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
89
White British
3
White Scottish
83
White Polish
1
White Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
89
England
2
Scotland
85
Germany
1
Poland
1

Religion

Population
89
Christian
49
Other
4
No religion
30
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
47
Mining
2
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
7
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
60
Scotland❚KW14 8QS❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
5
Unemployed
1
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
2
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
8
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
15
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
16
Two people
13
Three people
5
Four people
4
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW14 8QA KW14 8QG KW14 8QF KW14 8QE KW14 8PZ KW14 8QD KW14 8QQ KW14 8QH KW14 8QJ KW14 8QL KW14 8QN KW14 8PY KW14 8QW KW14 8QR KW14 8PX KW14 7EQ KW14 8PU KW14 8PT KW14 8RA KW14 8QY KW14 8QU KW14 8QX KW14 8QZ KW14 8RB KW14 8RD KW14 8RE KW14 8RF

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