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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
60
Population
145
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚KW14 8YB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
145
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
114
Single
38
Married
59
Civil partnership
1
Separated
1
Divorced
8
Widowed
7

Health

Population
145
Very good
76
Good
49
Fair
10
Bad
9
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
114
Scotland❚KW14 8YB❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
145
White British
17
White Scottish
124
White Other
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
145
England
22
Scotland
114
South Africa
5
Philippines
1
USA
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
145
Christian
68
No religion
69
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
78
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
10
Mining
2
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
3
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
111
Scotland❚KW14 8YB❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
13
Unemployed
6
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
12
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
1
Detached
35
Semi detached
15
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
5

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
15
Two people
22
Three people
10
Four people
10
Five people
2
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