Ain Aicha

عين عائشة

Rural commune in the cercle of Tissa, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 24,723
Since 2014: −2.7%from 25,417 in 2014
Density: 137people per km², 180.2 km²
Households: 5,192
Foreign residents: 22
Rank: 234234th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 49 in its province

Next door in Ain Maatouf, 59.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 25.8%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 48.9% to 36.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Al Haouafate. Read French: 25.8% here, 25.4% there; running water: 30.5% here, 39.4% there; unemployment: 17.0% here, 16.1% there.

Compare it with Al Haouafate

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

34252

How it changed

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

Ain Aicha −2.7%

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: 40.4%aged 10 and over49.5% in 201452.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.0%7.5% in 201435.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.3%aged 15 and over48.9% in 20145.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.47children per woman2.70 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 9.8%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 30.5%of settled households22.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Aicha: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.4%
2.1%	70–74	2.1%
3.1%	65–69	3.3%
4.3%	60–64	4.1%
4.5%	55–59	4.6%
5.5%	50–54	5.5%
5.8%	45–49	5.7%
6.5%	40–44	6.6%
6.2%	35–39	6.4%
5.8%	30–34	6.1%
4.8%	25–29	5.4%
6.6%	20–24	6.5%
9.5%	15–19	9.3%
11.6%	10–14	11.2%
11.6%	5–9	10.7%
9.2%	0–4	9.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French25.8%
English5.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.1%
Taxi7.5%
Private car7.3%
Doesn’t travel to work7.0%
Informal transport6.8%
Animal6.5%
Employer’s transport2.0%
Bike or motorcycle1.9%
Bus0.4%
Another way0.3%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 49.5%aged 10 and over40.4% in 202463.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.5%17.0% in 202413.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.9%aged 15 and over36.3% in 202419.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 88.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.70children per woman2.47 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people9.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 22.9%of settled households30.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Aicha: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	2.3%
1.8%	70–74	2.1%
1.6%	65–69	1.7%
2.7%	60–64	2.7%
3.2%	55–59	3.2%
4.3%	50–54	4.1%
4.5%	45–49	4.5%
5.5%	40–44	5.8%
6.1%	35–39	6.5%
7.0%	30–34	7.4%
7.4%	25–29	8.3%
8.3%	20–24	8.7%
8.8%	15–19	10.1%
12.5%	10–14	11.2%
11.5%	5–9	10.5%
11.7%	0–4	10.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French54.1%
Arabic only36.0%
Arabic, French and English9.1%
Other combinations0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot75.6%
Taxi8.6%
Bus4.3%
Another way3.5%
Private car3.1%
Not stated2.8%
Bike or motorcycle0.9%
Works at home0.9%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood67.8%
No fixed place10.8%
Another in the commune9.7%
Another province4.8%
Another commune2.9%
Not stated2.8%
At home0.9%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour30.5%
Farming and fishing29.9%
Crafts and skilled trades13.7%
Labouring and small trades11.3%
Clerical work4.4%
Machine operating4.0%
Trade and broking3.2%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.6%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma71.8%
Primary18.7%
Lower secondary6.2%
Upper secondary2.1%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 1,693
Standing empty: 13.9%7.9% vacant6.0% a second home
Precarious: 11.7%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 50.6%84.3% on the water mains96.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 17.9%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house85.2%
Rural-type10.6%
Traditional house1.5%
Apartment1.3%
Slum or basic house0.5%
Other0.5%
Villa0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years70.8%
20 to 49 years22.9%
50 years or more6.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 65126.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 45069.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 8121.8 per business
Public services: 197
Associations: 4in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce60.0%
Services24.7%
Industry11.1%
Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person60.4%
2 to 334.9%
4 to 94.0%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later21.8%
2011–201949.1%
2001–201020.4%
1991–20006.4%
1981–19901.1%
1956–19801.1%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ain Aicha

8,103

Douars

Ain Aicha’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 46 douars in 4 fractions, with 16,620 people. Another 8,103 live in Ain Aicha, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
اولاد بغاينة الغربيةOulad Bghayna Gharbia9 douars · 2,011 people
حياطةLhiyata	In parts	34	120	1.5	5.5	12.7
اولاد الشرقيOulad Echarqi	In parts	70	316	1.2	3.9	10.1
اولاد سيدي علي بنحنيOulad Sidi Ali Ben Hnni	In parts	23	88	—	—	—
سيدي احمدSidi Ahmed	Grouped	195	774	0.1	0.8	4.2
ساحل المراحSahel Lemrah	In parts	31	121	2.0	5.7	7.0
عين بيضةAin Beida	Dispersed	35	110	0.7	2.9	4.6
راس الكديةRas Lkoudia	Grouped	33	119	3.9	6.8	7.8
الحدادةHaddada	Grouped	43	198	0.0	3.4	3.4
الشلوحةChlouha	In parts	41	165	3.1	3.2	16.2
الجعافرة العلياJaafra El Oulia12 douars · 6,304 people
عين لقرعAïn el Kraa	In parts	219	957	6.4	2.2	17.4
أولاد أحمد بن الجيلاليOulad Ahmed Ben Jilali	In parts	85	395	0.3	1.1	13.8
القلةLqoulla	Dispersed	12	59	—	—	—
الرميلةer Rmila	Grouped	51	210	15.1	1.2	79.8
المودنيينMoudnine	Grouped	27	107	—	—	—
العزيبLaazib	Grouped	34	113	6.2	2.7	9.9
بوعوادBououad	In parts	304	1,350	2.5	1.7	49.3
الرشاشيينRchachiyine	In parts	85	383	3.3	2.0	10.9
الرقابيينEr Rekabiyne	In parts	153	798	13.8	3.2	63.2
الفريشةFarricha	In parts	180	857	12.6	2.2	46.8
مزدوMazdou	In parts	128	674	7.5	3.3	45.1
كوراتGourat	Grouped	84	401	1.7	1.8	16.9
اولاد بوشتةOulad Bouchta17 douars · 5,091 people
اولاد قدورOulad Kaddour	In parts	53	245	1.0	4.6	4.8
التوانسةTouansa	In parts	99	426	0.7	2.8	6.6
اولاد النيفOulad Ennif	Dispersed	84	415	0.2	1.3	6.7
عين بوشالةAin Bou Challa	Grouped	74	358	2.6	3.2	9.7
اولاد الحاج احميدوOulad El Haj Hmidou	Dispersed	45	224	0.2	4.1	5.0
قرونةQrouna	Dispersed	80	381	0.8	0.5	9.8
التوازةTouaza	Dispersed	18	96	—	—	—
اولاد مسعودOulad Massaoud	In parts	97	464	0.8	3.1	8.7
عين الديبAin Eddib	In parts	59	244	0.5	2.7	11.0
القليعEl Kli	In parts	58	282	2.3	2.8	9.1
عين بوحجاجAin Bouhajaj	In parts	108	570	1.2	2.6	9.0
اولاد يحيىOulad Yahya	In parts	92	406	1.3	5.1	8.9
اولاد ملاكOulad Mellak	Dispersed	24	118	—	—	—
المصلىElmasalla	Grouped	16	77	—	—	—
المناعEl Mna	In parts	44	192	2.1	1.1	4.8
بوعلوBou Allou	Dispersed	57	269	2.9	3.0	11.2
الحرارشةLahrarcha	In parts	72	324	3.8	2.5	16.4
أولاد باينة الشرقيةOulad Bayna Charqia8 douars · 3,214 people
العدامةel Adadma	In parts	83	410	3.0	1.0	8.0
فراطةFraita	Dispersed	54	257	3.9	2.7	5.1
الكعايدينEl Gaidiyne	Dispersed	93	372	2.9	3.1	5.1
تعاونية الانبعاتCoopérative El Anbaat	In parts	99	493	0.3	0.7	3.9
أولاد غنامOulad Ghannam	In parts	102	419	2.7	1.3	7.7
أولاد دحوOulad Dahou	Dispersed	128	588	2.4	1.3	9.1
تهريزTahriz	Dispersed	47	179	3.5	5.5	11.7
أولاد بوعطيةOulad Bou Atia	In parts	128	496	9.9	6.1	14.6

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 03.531.09.01
As digits: 035310901
Slug: ain-aicha
Record: /api/communes/03.531.09.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.531.09.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.531.09.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.531.09.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/03.531.09.01/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.531.09.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.531.09.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.531.09.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2755026

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