Ait Ishaq

آيت إسحاق

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kbab, province of Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
17,847
Since 2014
−6.7%from 19,133 in 2014
Density
62.3people per km², 286.5 km²
Households
4,975
Foreign residents
4
Rank
357357th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 22 in its province

Where it is

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

KerrouchenAit SaadelliTighassalineEl KbabLehriOuaoumanaSidi LamineSidi AmarAguelmousSebt Ait RahouMoulay BouazzaHad BouhssoussenSidi HcineM'rirtEl HammamAguelmam AzegzaEl BorjOum RabiaMoha Ou Hammou ZayaniKhenifraSidi Yahya Ou Saad

How it changed

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

Ait Ishaq −6.7%

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
40.7%aged 10 and over46.9% in 201449.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.7%13.7% in 201421.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.6%aged 15 and over42.2% in 20148.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.57children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people7.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
71.8%of settled households69.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ishaq: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.7%75 and over4.5%
3.3%70–743.3%
4.2%65–693.9%
5.7%60–645.9%
5.1%55–596.1%
5.6%50–546.0%
6.6%45–497.4%
7.0%40–447.0%
6.7%35–396.8%
6.0%30–347.0%
5.9%25–296.1%
6.5%20–246.3%
7.8%15–197.0%
9.9%10–148.4%
8.4%5–98.0%
6.7%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight89.2%
  • Darija78.3%
  • Tachelhit2.0%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.6%
  • French60.0%
  • English17.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh7.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot70.2%
  • Bus5.7%
  • Private car4.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.2%
  • Taxi2.7%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,470
Standing empty
23.2%13.8% vacant9.4% a second home
Precarious
0.5%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.4%97.3% on the water mains96.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house93.4%
  • Traditional house5.3%
  • Apartment0.5%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Other0.2%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years28.8%
  • 20 to 49 years63.4%
  • 50 years or more7.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
63935.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
50679.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7191.4 per business
Public services
120
Associations
13in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.0%
  • Services28.5%
  • Industry20.2%
  • Construction3.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person76.7%
  • 2 to 320.9%
  • 4 to 91.8%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.1%
  • 2011–201935.4%
  • 2001–201014.6%
  • 1991–20008.1%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ait Ishaq11,832

In the data

Code
05.301.03.01
As digits
053010301
Slug
ait-ishaq
Record
/api/communes/05.301.03.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.301.03.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/05.301.03.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.301.03.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.301.03.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.301.03.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2826613
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-ishaq");

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