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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
54
Population
138
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚KW14 8YN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
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
138
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
112
Single
32
Married
68
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
4

Health

Population
138
Very good
86
Good
36
Fair
9
Bad
6
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
112
Scotland❚KW14 8YN❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
138
White British
18
White Scottish
116
White Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
138
England
19
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
113
Wales
1
USA
3

Religion

Population
138
Christian
59
No religion
73
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
73
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Mining
3
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
7
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
109
Scotland❚KW14 8YN❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
11
Unemployed
3
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
24
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
55
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
1
Detached
53
Terraced
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
12
Two people
21
Three people
6
Four people
9
Five people
6

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