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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
63
Population
136
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
35
Scotland❚KW14 8XW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
136
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
120
Single
28
Married
72
Separated
2
Divorced
11
Widowed
7

Health

Population
136
Very good
69
Good
47
Fair
9
Bad
10
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
120
Scotland❚KW14 8XW❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
136
White British
52
White Scottish
82
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
136
England
53
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
78
Wales
1
USA
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
136
Christian
68
Other
1
No religion
45
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
65
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
106
Scotland❚KW14 8XW❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
15
Unemployed
3
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
63
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
63
Unoccupied
7
Detached
57
Semi detached
7
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
63
One person
18
Two people
31
Three people
7
Four people
3
Five people
2
Six people
1
Seven 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