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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
75
Population
179
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚KW14 8SW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
179
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
149
Single
33
Married
95
Separated
5
Divorced
5
Widowed
11

Health

Population
179
Very good
96
Good
51
Fair
22
Bad
8
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
149
Scotland❚KW14 8SW❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
179
White British
24
White Scottish
153
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
179
England
25
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
148
Wales
3
USA
2

Religion

Population
179
Christian
121
No religion
48
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
83
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
19
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
132
Scotland❚KW14 8SW❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
24
Unemployed
5
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
16
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
81
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
6
Detached
68
Semi detached
13

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
16
Two people
31
Three people
17
Four people
6
Five people
4
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