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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
79
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚KW14 8RA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
79
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
82%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
72
Single
30
Married
30
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
3

Health

Population
79
Very good
43
Good
27
Fair
6
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
72
Scotland❚KW14 8RA❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
79
White British
3
White Scottish
70
White Polish
1
White Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
79
England
6
Scotland
67
Poland
1
Romania
2
Latvia
3

Religion

Population
79
Christian
36
No religion
40
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
48
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
70
Scotland❚KW14 8RA❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
6
Unemployed
4
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
1
Semi detached
7
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
17

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
17
Two people
14
Three people
7
Four people
2
Five 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 8QB KW14 8QW KW14 8QP KW14 8QR KW14 8PX KW14 7EQ KW14 8PU KW14 8PT KW14 8QS KW14 8QT KW14 8QY KW14 8QU 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