KW12 6YQ maps, stats, and open data

KW12 6YQ 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 6YQ maps

KW12 6YQ map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

KW12 6YQ map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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KW12 6YQ geodata

Easting	313365
Northing	958838
Latitude	58.509041
Longitude	-3.488584

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Where is KW12 6YQ?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	KW12
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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 bus stops to KW12 6YQ

Sinclair Square (Sinclair Street)	Halkirk	601m
Sinclair Square (Sinclair Street)	Halkirk	621m
Mace Shop (Sinclair Street)	Halkirk	635m
Mace Shop (Sinclair Street)	Halkirk	656m
Braal Terrace (Bridge Street)	Halkirk	841m

Nearest railway stations to KW12 6YQ

Georgemas Junction Station	2.2km
Scotscalder Station	4.7km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in KW12 6YQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	77.3%
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 6YQ (2019 data)

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Median download speed	25.2Mbps
Average download speed	26.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	51.61Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	3.5Mbps
Average upload speed	3.8Mbps
Maximum upload speed	8.49Mbps

Broadband limitations in KW12 6YQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	22.7%

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KW12 6YQ gas and electricity consumption

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

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	95,057
Meter count	20
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,753
Median (kWh/meter)	4,816

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in KW12 6YQ, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in KW12 6YQ.
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

32.6% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than KW12 6YQ:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to KW12 6YQ (metres)

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Plot 4 J B Court

348m

Kw Kitchen

22 Henrietta Street

505m

Mr William Budge

Bank House

507m

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Nearest post box to KW12 6YQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Halkirk Post Office	16:15	14:30	740m
Achies	14:00	14:00	4,000m

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KW12 6YQ ITL and KW12 6YQ 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 6YQ:

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 6YQ 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 6YQ:

	Code	Name
OA	S00119604
LSOA	S01010795	Caithness North West - 04
MSOA	S02002030	Caithness North West

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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