Map of KW12 6XE postcode

General information

Postcode	KW12 6XE
Post Town	Halkirk
Nearest station	Georgemas Junction (2 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Number of UPRNs	31 View
Businesses	PEATCENSE LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.520343
	Longitude	-3.482917
	Easting	313722
	Northing	960087
	Grid reference	ND137600
	UTM reference	30V 471870 6486745
	what3words	milder.firmly.worldwide
	FixPhrase	curing lunchtime shakily unaware
	Plus code	9CCRGGC8+4R
	Altitude	32 metres (103 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:39
	Sunset (today)	16:13
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	8.9 KMs (5.5 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Thurso and Northwest Caithness	S13002991
Council Area	Highland	S12000017
Constituency (2024)	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	S14000069
MP	Jamie Stone	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	December 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	43
Households (2011)	19
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	4,677 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162171
Census output area (2011)	S00118965
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North West - 04	S01017971
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North West - 04	S01010795
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North West	S02003333
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North West	S02002030
Travel to work area	Thurso	S22000080

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