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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
149
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
50
Scotland❚KW14 8TW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
149
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
128
Single
45
Married
55
Separated
8
Divorced
7
Widowed
13

Health

Population
149
Very good
72
Good
54
Fair
17
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
128
Scotland❚KW14 8TW❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
149
White British
21
White Scottish
127
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
149
England
18
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
130

Religion

Population
149
Christian
72
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
69
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
7
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
116
Scotland❚KW14 8TW❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
6
Unemployed
5
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
16
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
81
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
6
Detached
33
Semi detached
25
Terraced
23

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
34
Two people
20
Three people
11
Four people
8
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW14 8TT KW14 8TS

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