Ait M'hamed

آيت امحمد

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

Population, 2024: 23,531
Since 2014: −0.7%from 23,696 in 2014
Density: 41.9people per km², 562.2 km²
Households: 4,183
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 252252nd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 44 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 M'hamed.

Ait M'hamed −0.7%

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: 47.1%aged 10 and over60.2% in 201457.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 28.5%5.2% in 201423.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.5%aged 15 and over45.3% in 20144.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.63children per woman2.98 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average6.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 82.6%of settled households35.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait M'hamed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.0%	75 and over	2.9%
2.1%	70–74	1.9%
2.6%	65–69	2.8%
3.3%	60–64	3.5%
3.8%	55–59	3.4%
4.0%	50–54	3.9%
4.5%	45–49	4.6%
5.4%	40–44	5.4%
6.5%	35–39	6.5%
7.2%	30–34	7.2%
7.0%	25–29	6.2%
7.8%	20–24	6.7%
10.0%	15–19	10.1%
11.6%	10–14	12.7%
11.5%	5–9	12.2%
9.6%	0–4	9.9%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight75.6%
Tachelhit33.5%
Darija21.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.8%
French32.1%
English6.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.1%
Bus16.7%
Taxi4.9%
Private car2.8%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%

Can’t read or write: 60.2%aged 10 and over47.1% in 202471.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.2%28.5% in 202412.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.3%aged 15 and over40.5% in 20246.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 83.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.98children per woman2.63 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people4.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.8people on average5.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 35.3%of settled households82.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait M'hamed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.2%	75 and over	2.3%
1.7%	70–74	1.5%
2.0%	65–69	1.7%
2.7%	60–64	2.2%
3.0%	55–59	3.1%
3.7%	50–54	3.9%
4.2%	45–49	3.8%
4.7%	40–44	4.5%
5.2%	35–39	5.3%
6.8%	30–34	6.6%
8.3%	25–29	7.8%
9.7%	20–24	8.9%
10.0%	15–19	10.7%
11.4%	10–14	11.3%
11.9%	5–9	12.5%
12.5%	0–4	13.8%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.6%
Darija29.8%
Tachelhit0.8%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only54.6%
Arabic and French38.3%
Arabic, French and English5.6%
Other combinations1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.5%
Bus29.5%
Taxi4.1%
Private car0.6%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Employer’s transport0.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood54.1%
Another province19.9%
No fixed place17.2%
Another commune3.6%
Another in the commune3.1%
At home0.4%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing30.7%
Labouring and small trades30.6%
Farm and fishing labour16.4%
Crafts and skilled trades11.0%
Trade and broking3.4%
Clerical work3.1%
Machine operating2.8%
Managers and senior professionals1.1%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma83.5%
Primary11.6%
Lower secondary3.1%
Upper secondary1.2%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 29212.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 10736.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1091.0 per business
Public services: 152
Associations: 33in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce82.2%
Services15.9%
Industry0.9%
Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person98.1%
2 to 31.9%
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 later6.5%
2011–201957.0%
2001–201027.1%
1991–20009.3%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 05.081.03.07
As digits: 050810307
Slug: ait-m-hamed
Record: /api/communes/05.081.03.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887315

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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