Ait Haddou Youssef

آيت حدو يوسف

Rural commune in the cercle of Imintanoute, province of Chichaoua, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,174
Since 2014
−17.4%from 6,263 in 2014
Density
36.3people per km², 142.5 km²
Households
1,022
Rank
1,1841,184th most populous of 1,503 communes30th of 35 in its province

Next door in Lalla Aaziza, 48.7% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 17.8%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 22.5% to 63.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Tamlil. Higher education: 0.9% here, 1.9% there; can’t read or write: 44.1% here, 45.9% there; aged 65 and over: 7.1% here, 7.6% there.

Compare it with Ait Tamlil

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 Haddou Youssef.

Ait Haddou Youssef −17.4%

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
44.1%aged 10 and over56.4% in 201454.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.7%1.1% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
28.6%aged 15 and over44.1% in 20140.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.24children per woman4.55 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.1people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
63.3%of settled households22.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Haddou Youssef: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over2.5%
1.9%70–741.8%
2.9%65–692.5%
3.2%60–643.6%
2.9%55–593.8%
4.1%50–544.8%
4.3%45–495.5%
5.0%40–445.0%
5.4%35–395.7%
7.5%30–345.8%
8.2%25–297.0%
8.2%20–247.2%
10.1%15–1910.7%
11.9%10–1411.8%
12.2%5–911.8%
9.9%0–410.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.3%
  • Darija19.3%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.5%
  • French17.8%
  • English2.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot76.2%
  • Bus14.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.3%
  • Private car2.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Informal transport0.1%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12924.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4938.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
491.0 per business
Public services
79
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce87.8%
  • Services10.2%
  • Industry2.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 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 later18.4%
  • 2011–201942.9%
  • 2001–201022.4%
  • 1991–200014.3%
  • 1981–19902.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The average distance to a paved road went from 52.3 km in 2014 to 0.6 km in 2024, a far bigger fall than in other communes.

Of the communes it borders, only Lalla Aaziza can be compared: −4.4 km since 2014.

Across Morocco, it went from 3.0 to 1.5 km.

The share of workers with another status is 67.1%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across 2 of the 6 communes it borders, the median is 10.5%. Lalla Aaziza is furthest from it, at 2.5%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Ait Haddou Youssef’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,174 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت حدو يوسفAit Haddou Youssef8 douars · 3,094 people
أوزاكةOuzagaIn parts1538080.00.24.1
فنسوAfensouIn parts1125480.82.32.4
متيليMtiliGrouped24112———
تاساTassaIn parts693981.80.35.5
أيت باحموAït BahammouIn parts1166170.00.12.6
أكرسافنAgarsafenGrouped482022.00.813.2
أيت زملالAït ZemlalGrouped462620.00.05.0
مضلوسMedlousGrouped311470.60.16.1
زاوية سيدي لحسن أوتيقيZaouia Sidi Lahcen Aoutiki7 douars · 2,080 people
إغل ملنIghilmalnIn parts573000.71.115.0
ركتوArektouGrouped26127———
زاوية سيدي لحسن أوتيقيZaouia Sidi Lahcen AoutikiGrouped402331.10.314.4
تنرغاتTinarghatGrouped773710.40.114.7
ترݣا أوفلاTarga OufellaGrouped421800.00.015.1
أسيف لحلوAssif LahlouIn parts1034790.10.416.0
اكيسIkisGrouped783902.01.020.1

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
07.161.05.05
As digits
071610505
Slug
ait-haddou-youssef
OpenStreetMap
2830920
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-haddou-youssef");

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