KW12 6XQ maps, stats, and open data

KW12 6XQ is located in the Thurso and Northwest Caithness electoral ward, within the council area of Highland and the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. The Community Health Partnership is Highland Health and Social Care Partnership and the police force is Scotland. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

KW12 6XQ geodata

Easting	310191
Northing	959577
Latitude	58.515046
Longitude	-3.543319

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is KW12 6XQ?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	KW12
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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Politics

Ward	Thurso And Northwest Caithness
Constituency	Caithness, Sutherland And Easter Ross

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest railway stations to KW12 6XQ

Scotscalder Station	3.6km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in KW12 6XQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in KW12 6XQ (2019 data)

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Median download speed	7.4Mbps
Average download speed	9.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	20.48Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	0.8Mbps
Average upload speed	0.7Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.24Mbps

Broadband limitations in KW12 6XQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	42.9%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	71.4%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	100.0%

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Source: Ofcom
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KW12 6XQ gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in KW12 6XQ by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	165,217
Meter count	31
Mean (kWh/meter)	5,330
Median (kWh/meter)	4,580

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in KW12 6XQ, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in KW12 6XQ.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

43.6% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than KW12 6XQ:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Nearest post box to KW12 6XQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Halkirk Post Office	16:15	14:30	2,872m
Achies	14:00	14:00	5,617m
Bridge Of Westfield	15:15	13:00	6,226m

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Source: Dracos
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KW12 6XQ ITL and KW12 6XQ LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for KW12 6XQ:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLM	Scotland
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLM6	Highlands and Islands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLM61	Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty
LAU 1 Code	Name
S30000029	Caithness and Sutherland

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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KW12 6XQ census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for KW12 6XQ:

	Code	Name
OA	S00117708
LSOA	S01010796	Caithness North West - 05
MSOA	S02002030	Caithness North West

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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