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Wick and East Caithness

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North east Highland. About 12,848 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1,163 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 71% of people in Wick and East Caithness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,774
1,355th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
71%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
74.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wick and East Caithness compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Wick and East CaithnessMiddle
Population21 wards, Highland · 2021
Population: every ward in Highland21 areas from 5,876 to 16,716. The middle area is 11,497. Wick and East Caithness is 12,774.
12,7745th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Highland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Highland21 areas from 6.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 67.0%. Wick and East Caithness is 71.0%.
71%10th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Highland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Highland21 areas from 16.0% to 98.2%. The middle area is 74.9%. Wick and East Caithness is 74.9%.
74.9%11th highest
Claimant rate21 wards, Highland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Highland21 areas from 1.2% to 5.2%. The middle area is 2.0%. Wick and East Caithness is 2.6%.
2.6%5th highest

What is the population of Wick and East Caithness?

Wick and East Caithness had 12,774 usual residents at the census.

Wick and East Caithness is the 1,355th 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 Wick and East Caithness alone. See Highland

Average house price
£224,574
Up 7.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,740
144th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
Joint 72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
237,260
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Wick and East Caithness in brief

Wick and East Caithness had 12,774 usual residents at the census.

About 71% of people in Wick and East Caithness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Wick and East Caithness, 74.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wick and East Caithness, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.