Ait Amira

آيت عميرة

Urban commune in the province of Chtouka-Aït Baha, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
113,236
Since 2014
+47.7%from 76,646 in 2014
Density
641people per km², 176.8 km²
Households
30,592
Foreign residents
4,578
Rank
3737th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 22 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi BibiOued EssafaBiougraInchadenSidi OuassayMassaBelfaâAit MilkSidi Abdallah El BouchouariSidi BoushabAit OuadrimTargua-NtouchkaImi-MqournAit BahaAit MzalTassegdeltHilalaIda-OugnidifAouguenzTanaltTizi Ntakoucht

How it changed

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

Ait Amira +47.7%

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
31.5%aged 10 and over40.7% in 201441.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.0%7.0% in 201412.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
56.5%aged 15 and over60.6% in 201430.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.31children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.9%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.6%of settled households91.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Amira: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.2%75 and over1.4%
1.1%70–741.1%
1.5%65–691.4%
2.5%60–642.6%
2.9%55–593.1%
4.8%50–544.6%
6.3%45–496.3%
7.6%40–448.2%
7.8%35–398.4%
8.1%30–348.7%
8.3%25–297.6%
9.0%20–247.9%
9.2%15–198.5%
10.4%10–1410.2%
10.4%5–910.6%
9.1%0–49.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija85.9%
  • Tachelhit40.1%
  • Tamazight12.5%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic94.2%
  • French54.8%
  • English13.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Employer’s transport50.6%
  • On foot18.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.1%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Taxi1.9%
  • Bus1.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
21,528
Standing empty
11.4%8.7% vacant2.8% a second home
Precarious
2.1%1.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
7.6%96.9% on the water mains94.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
4.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house94.7%
  • Apartment1.8%
  • Slum or basic house1.3%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Other0.7%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years87.1%
  • 20 to 49 years12.2%
  • 50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,89425.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,62590.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,8691.5 per business
Public services
166
Associations
103in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.9%
  • Services23.0%
  • Industry14.1%
  • Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person74.9%
  • 2 to 322.1%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later58.3%
  • 2011–201931.7%
  • 2001–20107.2%
  • 1991–20002.1%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19800.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ait Amira78,163

In the data

Code
09.163.01.01
As digits
091630101
Slug
ait-amira
Record
/api/communes/09.163.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.163.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.163.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.163.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.163.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.163.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2832937
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-amira");

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