Ait Ayach
آيت عياش
Rural commune in the cercle of Midelt, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 12,932
- Since 2014
- +8.3%from 11,946 in 2014
- Density
- 25.1people per km², 515 km²
- Households
- 2,773
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 550550th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 29 in its province
Next door in Boumia, 88.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.8%.
Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 72.3% to 92.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Taguella. Apartments: 0.0% here, 0.0% there; aged 65 and over: 9.1% here, 8.5% there; higher education: 4.5% here, 4.0% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ait Ayach.
Ait Ayach +8.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 36.1%aged 10 and over44.0% in 201447.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 16.9%5.4% in 201426.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 39.4%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.99children per woman2.94 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.1%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 72.3%of settled households65.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 3.3% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 2.9% | 65–69 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 40–44 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.5% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.7% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.9% | 15–19 | 8.0% | ||
| 10.3% | 10–14 | 9.9% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 10.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 44.0%aged 10 and over36.1% in 202457.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.4%16.9% in 202416.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.7%aged 15 and over39.4% in 20248.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.94children per woman1.99 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people6.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 65.8%of settled households72.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9% | 75 and over | 2.5% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 1.5% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.1% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.7% | 45–49 | 4.3% | ||
| 6.6% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.7% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 8.0% | 30–34 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.4% | 25–29 | 8.6% | ||
| 9.2% | 20–24 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.4% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 9.0% | ||
| 10.1% | 0–4 | 11.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 23217.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 15566.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2441.6 per business
- Public services
- 69
- Associations
- 8in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 2counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Ait Ayach’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 7 fractions, with 12,820 people. 112 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| ايت علي أويوسفAït Ali Ou Youssef3 douars · 970 people | ||||||
| ايت علي أويوسفAït Ali Ou Youssef | Grouped | 130 | 637 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| إعفيفنIfifen | Grouped | 22 | 141 | — | — | — |
| تلخاضيرتTalkhadirt | Grouped | 40 | 192 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| ايت بن عليAït Ben Ali6 douars · 1,253 people | ||||||
| ايت بن عليAït Ben Ali | Grouped | 77 | 334 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| ايت عثمان أوعليAit Athmane | Grouped | 40 | 179 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| ايت هاديAit Hadi | Grouped | 5 | 20 | — | — | — |
| تابنعيساتTaban Issat | Grouped | 44 | 226 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| ايت علي أوعلاAït Ali Ou Alla | Grouped | 47 | 208 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 7.2 |
| أسكارAskar | Dispersed | 56 | 286 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 6.4 |
| بودراعBoudraa2 douars · 2,130 people | ||||||
| ايت بن إيشوAit Ben Ichou | Grouped | 142 | 790 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 6.4 |
| بودراعBoudraa | Grouped | 283 | 1,340 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| ايت سيدي بوموسىAit Sidi Boumoussa5 douars · 2,221 people | ||||||
| ايت سيدي بوموسىAit Sidi Boumoussa | Grouped | 196 | 899 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 13.1 |
| بوالنحاسBounhas | Grouped | 72 | 337 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 12.2 |
| أوخاجةOukhajja | Grouped | 76 | 376 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 11.6 |
| تطحانتTathant | Grouped | 5 | 21 | — | — | — |
| تمالوتTamalout | In parts | 112 | 588 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 18.3 |
| أيت أومغارAit Oumghar2 douars · 2,050 people | ||||||
| ايت سيدي عمرAït Sidi Amar | Grouped | 203 | 887 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| تيشوتTichchout | Grouped | 275 | 1,163 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| أيت أومغار السفلىAit Oumghar Essoufla3 douars · 2,877 people | ||||||
| أيت أومغارAit Oumghar | Grouped | 355 | 1,517 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| الزهيرةZhiyra | Grouped | 104 | 541 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| بوعمامةBoumama | Grouped | 158 | 819 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| أيت أوغاشAït Toughach3 douars · 1,319 people | ||||||
| أيت أوغاشAït Toughach | Grouped | 137 | 621 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 23.9 |
| أيت الربعAit Rbaa | Grouped | 28 | 121 | — | — | — |
| أݣلموسAguelmous | Dispersed | 143 | 577 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 25.0 |
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
08.363.07.05- As digits
083630705- Slug
ait-ayach- Census figures
/api/communes/08.363.07.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.363.07.05/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.363.07.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.363.07.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2826601
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ait-ayach");