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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
51
Population
78
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
21
Scotland❚KW14 8RE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
78
Under 16
5%
16 - 64
45%
65 or over
50%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
32%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
74
Single
17
Married
35
Divorced
2
Widowed
20

Health

Population
78
Very good
28
Good
28
Fair
14
Bad
6
Very bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
74
Scotland❚KW14 8RE❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
78
White British
9
White Scottish
67
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
78
England
13
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
61
Wales
1
Bangladesh
1
India
1

Religion

Population
78
Christian
54
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
16
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
29
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
3
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
49
Scotland❚KW14 8RE❚
Full-Time employee
19
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
4
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
51
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
22
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
52
Occupied
51
Unoccupied
1
Detached
12
Semi detached
10
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
51
One person
31
Two people
16
Three people
1
Four people
3

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 8RA KW14 8QS KW14 8QT KW14 8QY KW14 8QU KW14 8QX KW14 8QZ KW14 8RB KW14 8RD

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