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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 Rural
Households
56
Population
127
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚KW14 8SU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
127
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
31%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
110
Single
24
Married
58
Separated
6
Divorced
17
Widowed
5

Health

Population
127
Very good
51
Good
55
Fair
15
Bad
5
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
110
Scotland❚KW14 8SU❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
127
White British
35
White Scottish
85
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
127
England
37
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
80
Germany
1
China
1
USA
3
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
127
Christian
69
No religion
51
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
73
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
16
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
4
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
105
Scotland❚KW14 8SU❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
29
Unemployed
3
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
60
Occupied
56
Unoccupied
4
Detached
50
Semi detached
8
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
11
Two people
27
Three people
10
Four people
8

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