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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
37
Population
72
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
18
Scotland❚KW14 8XS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
1

Age Groups

Population
72
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
39%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
33%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
67
Single
14
Married
42
Divorced
4
Widowed
7

Health

Population
72
Very good
30
Good
29
Fair
12
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
67
Scotland❚KW14 8XS❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
13
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
72
White British
29
White Scottish
41
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
72
England
28
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
36
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Malaysia
1

Religion

Population
72
Christian
31
No religion
35
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
28
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
1
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
57
Scotland❚KW14 8XS❚
Full-Time employee
19
Part-Time employee
2
Self employed
7
Unemployed
2
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
37
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
49
Occupied
37
Unoccupied
12
Detached
42
Semi detached
5
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
37
One person
11
Two people
20
Three people
3
Four people
3

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