Logo of PostcodeInfo website

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
145
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
40
Scotland❚KW14 8SZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
145
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
124
Single
26
Married
83
Separated
3
Divorced
5
Widowed
7

Health

Population
145
Very good
85
Good
46
Fair
11
Bad
2
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
124
Scotland❚KW14 8SZ❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
145
White British
30
White Scottish
111
White Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
145
England
27
Scotland
110
Germany
1
Zimbabwe
1
Latvia
4

Religion

Population
145
Christian
87
Buddhist
1
No religion
44
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
83
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
15
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
5
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
115
Scotland❚KW14 8SZ❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
21
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
56
Unoccupied
7
Detached
54
Semi detached
7
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
11
Two people
24
Three people
7
Four people
7
Five people
5
Six people
2

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