Ait Aadel

آيت عادل

Rural commune in the cercle of Touama, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 8,724
Since 2014: +10.1%from 7,925 in 2014
Density: 83.6people per km², 104.4 km²
Households: 1,603
Rank: 834834th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 40 in its province

Next door in Ait Oumdis, 67.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 99.1%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 73.5% to 93.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouaoula. Darija: 40.2% here, 30.9% there; household size: 5.4 here, 5.5 there; aged 0 to 14: 33.1% here, 32.6% there.

Compare it with Ouaoula

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42073

How it changed

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

Ait Aadel +10.1%

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: 41.6%aged 10 and over51.3% in 201453.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.9%9.7% in 201417.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.2%aged 15 and over44.6% in 20141.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.10children per woman2.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.6%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.4people on average6.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 99.1%of settled households85.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Aadel: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.4%
2.4%	70–74	2.0%
2.3%	65–69	2.8%
2.8%	60–64	2.8%
2.6%	55–59	3.7%
4.3%	50–54	4.2%
4.0%	45–49	4.4%
5.6%	40–44	5.9%
6.6%	35–39	7.2%
7.8%	30–34	7.0%
8.2%	25–29	7.5%
9.0%	20–24	7.3%
10.2%	15–19	8.6%
10.5%	10–14	11.9%
11.9%	5–9	11.9%
9.7%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.2%
Darija40.2%
Tamazight0.3%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.7%
French26.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh15.4%
English4.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.6%
Doesn’t travel to work35.1%
Employer’s transport11.0%
Informal transport4.0%
Bus1.6%
Private car1.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.4%
Taxi1.4%
Another way0.4%
Animal0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 51.3%aged 10 and over41.6% in 202466.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.7%12.9% in 202436.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.6%aged 15 and over39.2% in 20242.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.93children per woman2.10 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people2.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.8people on average5.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 85.8%of settled households99.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Aadel: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	1.8%
1.0%	70–74	1.3%
1.3%	65–69	0.6%
3.1%	60–64	2.5%
2.9%	55–59	3.4%
3.4%	50–54	3.8%
3.4%	45–49	3.4%
5.0%	40–44	5.1%
6.0%	35–39	5.6%
6.6%	30–34	8.2%
8.1%	25–29	8.3%
10.2%	20–24	9.2%
10.6%	15–19	10.6%
12.2%	10–14	11.8%
12.2%	5–9	11.5%
12.1%	0–4	12.9%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.0%
Darija42.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only58.7%
Arabic and French38.4%
Arabic, French and English2.6%
Other combinations0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bus49.7%
On foot26.9%
Taxi15.3%
Another way2.9%
Private car2.0%
Not stated1.8%
Employer’s transport1.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%
Works at home0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province35.9%
No fixed place31.9%
Their own neighbourhood22.4%
Somewhere else5.3%
Not stated1.9%
Another commune1.8%
Another in the commune0.8%
At home0.0%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades48.9%
Crafts and skilled trades15.8%
Clerical work12.6%
Farming and fishing9.4%
Farm and fishing labour6.6%
Machine operating2.5%
Trade and broking1.7%
Not classified1.3%
Technicians0.6%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma81.4%
Primary14.6%
Lower secondary2.7%
Upper secondary0.8%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 11713.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 4639.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 471.0 per business
Public services: 68
Associations: 3in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce91.3%
Industry4.3%
Services4.3%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person97.8%
2 to 32.2%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later19.6%
2011–201939.1%
2001–201023.9%
1991–200015.2%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19802.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Aadel’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,724 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ايت الربعAit Rbaa8 douars · 4,112 people
تاوريرتTaourirt	Grouped	75	428	2.4	1.0	31.4
أكنيAgni	In parts	117	634	0.9	1.0	42.0
إغالنIghaln	Grouped	101	531	0.6	0.9	41.8
أمشݣضاضAmchekdal	In parts	63	375	0.4	0.5	1.7
إموݣارImouguer	Grouped	47	314	1.2	1.6	42.0
أساكاAssaka	Grouped	68	364	0.0	0.0	36.0
تراستTaraste	Grouped	85	468	0.0	0.2	32.0
تمصماطTamesmat	In parts	164	998	2.2	2.2	10.6
ايت احسنAit Hssen12 douars · 4,612 people
ايت عادلAit Aadel	Grouped	54	267	2.9	2.9	3.1
تيمنوتينTimnoutine	Grouped	48	236	1.2	1.1	1.1
إݣرنانIgarnane	In parts	83	408	0.9	2.3	15.6
إحودجينIhoudjine	In parts	77	425	0.9	3.8	13.6
ايت مسعودAït Msâoud	Grouped	86	457	1.1	1.3	12.0
ايت سليمانAit Sliman	In parts	122	653	1.6	2.5	20.2
إبراغنIbaraghn	In parts	108	579	0.9	1.3	19.3
تمزاوروتTamzaourout	In parts	154	805	0.2	0.9	12.0
بوعيدلBouadele	In parts	51	274	0.0	1.0	13.0
إدعلاIdalla	In parts	68	382	0.1	1.5	16.1
الحي الإداريHay El Idari	Grouped	15	51	—	—	—
إݣنانIgounane	Grouped	17	75	—	—	—

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: 07.041.11.03
As digits: 070411103
Slug: ait-aadel
Record: /api/communes/07.041.11.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.041.11.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.041.11.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.041.11.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.041.11.03/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.041.11.03/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.041.11.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 3535410

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-aadel");

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