Ait Ikkou

آيت إيكو

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulmes, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 8,179
Since 2014: −7.7%from 8,865 in 2014
Density: 26.4people per km², 309.8 km²
Households: 2,311
Rank: 887887th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 35 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ait Ikkou −7.7%

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: 50.2%aged 10 and over60.1% in 201461.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 31.4%8.1% in 201440.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 23.9%aged 15 and over47.9% in 20142.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 87.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.15children per woman2.04 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 8.5%of people7.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.5people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 17.7%of settled households17.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ikkou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.8%	75 and over	6.0%
4.2%	70–74	4.7%
5.2%	65–69	4.3%
5.0%	60–64	6.1%
5.1%	55–59	5.3%
6.9%	50–54	6.1%
7.0%	45–49	6.9%
6.8%	40–44	7.1%
6.0%	35–39	6.8%
5.6%	30–34	5.0%
4.4%	25–29	4.3%
5.3%	20–24	6.0%
9.3%	15–19	7.8%
10.1%	10–14	9.9%
8.1%	5–9	7.4%
6.3%	0–4	6.2%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight75.9%
Darija62.0%
Tachelhit4.6%
Tarifit0.4%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic89.0%
French46.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh11.1%
English10.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot53.3%
Taxi5.5%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%
Bus1.0%
Private car0.9%

Can’t read or write: 60.1%aged 10 and over50.2% in 202472.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.1%31.4% in 202410.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.9%aged 15 and over23.9% in 202418.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 84.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman2.15 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.0%of people8.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average3.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 17.6%of settled households17.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ikkou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.4%	75 and over	4.2%
2.2%	70–74	2.9%
2.7%	65–69	3.1%
4.3%	60–64	5.0%
4.5%	55–59	4.1%
4.7%	50–54	5.4%
4.8%	45–49	5.1%
6.1%	40–44	6.4%
7.0%	35–39	6.8%
6.9%	30–34	7.5%
7.0%	25–29	7.3%
7.8%	20–24	7.9%
8.8%	15–19	7.6%
10.0%	10–14	9.3%
9.2%	5–9	8.2%
9.9%	0–4	9.3%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight96.3%
Darija79.0%
Tachelhit2.6%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French49.9%
Arabic only43.9%
Arabic, French and English5.7%
Other combinations0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot81.9%
Taxi4.1%
Bus3.0%
Private car1.2%
Bike or motorcycle0.9%
Employer’s transport0.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood72.3%
Another in the commune11.2%
At home5.7%
No fixed place4.9%
Another province1.9%
Another commune1.8%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour40.5%
Farming and fishing39.8%
Labouring and small trades6.5%
Clerical work4.8%
Crafts and skilled trades4.7%
Trade and broking1.9%
Machine operating1.2%
Not classified0.3%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%
Technicians0.0%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma78.5%
Primary15.2%
Lower secondary4.9%
Upper secondary1.1%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 11814.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6454.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 991.5 per business
Public services: 53
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce40.6%
Services32.8%
Industry26.6%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person57.8%
2 to 339.1%
4 to 93.1%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later31.3%
2011–201943.8%
2001–201014.1%
1991–20007.8%
1981–19901.6%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19561.6%

In the data

Code: 04.291.05.03
As digits: 042910503
Slug: ait-ikkou
Record: /api/communes/04.291.05.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.291.05.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.291.05.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.291.05.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.291.05.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2808313

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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