Thurso and Northwest Caithness
WardNorth east Highland. About 12,315 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 580 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 87% of people in Thurso and Northwest Caithness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Thurso and Northwest Caithness compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Thurso and Northwest Caithness?
Thurso and Northwest Caithness had 12,416 usual residents at the census.
Thurso and Northwest Caithness is the joint 1,460th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Highland
These figures are published for the whole of Highland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Highland and not Thurso and Northwest Caithness alone. See Highland
Thurso and Northwest Caithness in brief
Thurso and Northwest Caithness had 12,416 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in Thurso and Northwest Caithness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thurso and Northwest Caithness, 82.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Thurso and Northwest Caithness, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.