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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
65
Population
155
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚KW14 8YD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
155
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
131
Single
27
Married
88
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
7

Health

Population
155
Very good
89
Good
47
Fair
16
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
131
Scotland❚KW14 8YD❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
155
White British
30
White Scottish
121
White Polish
1
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
155
England
30
Scotland
117
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Poland
1
South America
1
Australia
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
155
Christian
80
Sikh
1
No religion
61
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
82
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
9
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
121
Scotland❚KW14 8YD❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
26
Unemployed
4
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
65
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
68
Occupied
65
Unoccupied
3
Detached
62
Semi detached
3
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
65
One person
11
Two people
31
Three people
11
Four people
11
Five 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