Agadir

أكادير

Urban commune in the préfecture of Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
504,768
Since 2014
+19.7%from 421,844 in 2014
Density
4,479people per km², 112.7 km²
Households
143,553
Foreign residents
3,899
Rank
1010th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 13 in its préfecture

Where it is

Its préfecture, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

AourirTaghazoutTamriImsouaneAmskroudDrarguaAqsriImouzzerIdmineTiqqiTadrartAziar

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Agadir.

Agadir +19.7%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
13.0%aged 10 and over17.9% in 201418.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.0%17.2% in 201426.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.9%aged 15 and over50.8% in 201426.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.46children per woman1.90 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.2%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.6%of settled households94.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Agadir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over2.8%
2.6%70–742.2%
3.6%65–693.2%
5.0%60–644.8%
5.4%55–595.2%
6.0%50–546.2%
6.2%45–496.8%
7.1%40–447.5%
7.1%35–397.7%
7.3%30–348.1%
7.1%25–297.9%
7.9%20–248.2%
8.0%15–197.6%
8.9%10–148.2%
8.5%5–97.6%
6.5%0–46.1%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Darija94.3%
  • Tachelhit51.7%
  • Tamazight3.4%
  • Hassania1.0%
  • Tarifit0.4%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.7%
  • French74.8%
  • English36.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car29.7%
  • On foot20.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.8%
  • Taxi11.8%
  • Bus8.9%
  • Employer’s transport8.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Agadir’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
215,553
Standing empty
36.4%12.5% vacant23.9% a second home
Precarious
1.0%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.1%97.2% on the water mains97.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house50.7%
  • Apartment43.7%
  • Villa4.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Other0.4%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years64.9%
  • 20 to 49 years33.0%
  • 50 years or more2.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
26,33452.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
24,93994.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
89,3523.6 per business
Public services
807
Associations
588in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce46.6%
  • Services38.8%
  • Industry10.3%
  • Construction4.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person41.6%
  • 2 to 342.2%
  • 4 to 911.6%
  • 10 to 493.8%
  • 50 and over0.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.1%
  • 2011–201934.0%
  • 2001–201015.8%
  • 1991–20009.2%
  • 1981–19903.4%
  • 1956–19802.4%
  • Before 19560.2%

In the data

Code
09.001.01.01
As digits
090010101
Slug
agadir
Record
/api/communes/09.001.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.001.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.001.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.001.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.001.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.001.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2529624
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("agadir");

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