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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
34
Population
80
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
26
Scotland❚KW14 8UH❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
80
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
59
Single
19
Married
26
Separated
3
Divorced
6
Widowed
5

Health

Population
80
Very good
41
Good
27
Fair
11
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
59
Scotland❚KW14 8UH❚
Degree or above
6
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
80
White British
7
White Scottish
71
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
80
England
8
Scotland
71
Canada
1

Religion

Population
80
Christian
38
Buddhist
1
Jewish
2
No religion
31
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
34
Manufacturing
5
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
4
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚KW14 8UH❚
Full-Time employee
18
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
4
Unemployed
4
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
34
Owned outright
2
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
36
Occupied
34
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
26
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
34
One person
12
Two people
9
Three people
7
Four people
2
Five people
3
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