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

Where it is

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

Ait Ben YacoubZaidaItzerTanourdiTizi N'ghachouAghbalouBoumiaAgoudimTounfiteAnemziSidi Yahia Ou YoussefAmersidMibladenAit IzdegMideltGuirGourramaEn-NzalaEr-RichSidi AayadZaouiat Sidi HamzaGuers TiaallalineM'zizelAmouguerImilchilBou-AzmouOuterbatAit Yahya

How it changed

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

Ait Ayach +8.3%

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
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.

Ait Ayach: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over3.3%
2.4%70–742.6%
2.9%65–693.2%
3.7%60–643.9%
4.2%55–594.3%
6.1%50–545.8%
6.5%45–496.3%
6.9%40–447.3%
6.8%35–396.7%
7.0%30–347.3%
6.5%25–296.7%
6.7%20–246.5%
7.9%15–198.0%
10.3%10–149.9%
10.2%5–910.0%
8.2%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight79.2%
  • Darija56.5%
  • Tachelhit20.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French66.4%
  • English19.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot75.2%
  • Private car4.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.0%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Taxi0.1%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.1%
  • Services32.3%
  • Construction5.8%
  • Industry3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.3%
  • 2 to 314.2%
  • 4 to 93.2%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.3%
  • 2011–201943.9%
  • 2001–201011.0%
  • 1991–20002.6%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19800.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.363.07.05
As digits
083630705
Slug
ait-ayach
Record
/api/communes/08.363.07.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.363.07.05/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2826601
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-ayach");

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