Ait Iaaza

آيت إيعزة

Urban commune in the province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
17,339
Since 2014
+21.6%from 14,259 in 2014
Density
1,406people per km², 12.3 km²
Households
4,145
Foreign residents
8
Rank
367367th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 89 in its province

Next door in Sidi Dahmane, 1.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 87.3%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 45.8% to 87.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tan-Tan. Can’t read or write: 21.8% here, 20.3% there; higher education: 9.8% here, 10.8% there; aged 65 and over: 6.9% here, 7.1% there.

Compare it with Tan-Tan

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

83200

How it changed

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

Ait Iaaza +21.6%

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
21.8%aged 10 and over24.2% in 201429.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.4%21.9% in 201441.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.4%aged 15 and over45.0% in 201415.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.34children per woman2.09 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.2%of settled households93.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Iaaza: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.2%
1.9%70–741.8%
3.1%65–692.6%
3.8%60–643.6%
4.5%55–594.9%
5.9%50–545.7%
6.5%45–496.2%
6.7%40–447.8%
6.9%35–397.5%
7.1%30–347.3%
6.7%25–297.0%
7.9%20–248.3%
9.4%15–199.4%
10.4%10–1410.2%
9.5%5–98.4%
7.4%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.6%
  • Tachelhit48.0%
  • Tamazight3.4%
  • Hassania0.9%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French57.9%
  • English23.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle31.0%
  • Employer’s transport11.3%
  • Private car8.4%
  • Bus5.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.8%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,044
Standing empty
21.0%14.2% vacant6.8% a second home
Precarious
0.7%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.6%96.0% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house96.7%
  • Traditional house1.8%
  • Villa0.7%
  • Rural-type0.6%
  • Apartment0.2%
  • Other0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years86.1%
  • 20 to 49 years13.7%
  • 50 years or more0.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
77944.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
71992.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5,9368.3 per business
Public services
40
Associations
20in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.3%
  • Services25.3%
  • Industry17.4%
  • Construction4.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.0%
  • 2 to 320.4%
  • 4 to 92.6%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later49.2%
  • 2011–201925.9%
  • 2001–201014.5%
  • 1991–20008.8%
  • 1981–19901.3%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.1%

Figures that stand out

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

The number of permanent jobs in businesses is 342.3 per 1,000 people, against 49.0 per 1,000 people across its province.

Across the 2 communes it borders, the median is 11.2 per 1,000 people. Freija is furthest from it, at 3.3 per 1,000 people.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.541.01.01
As digits
095410101
Slug
ait-iaaza
OpenStreetMap
2889037
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-iaaza");

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