Ait Majden

آيت ماجدن

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

Population, 2024: 18,538
Since 2014: +5.5%from 17,572 in 2014
Density: 123people per km², 150.3 km²
Households: 3,851
Rank: 340340th most populous of 1,503 communes8th 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 Majden.

Ait Majden +5.5%

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: 43.1%aged 10 and over51.1% in 201455.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.2%5.1% in 20149.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.6%aged 15 and over41.4% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.67children per woman2.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 98.0%of settled households54.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Majden: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.8%	75 and over	3.4%
3.0%	70–74	2.4%
3.7%	65–69	3.3%
4.0%	60–64	4.6%
3.7%	55–59	4.3%
4.2%	50–54	4.4%
4.9%	45–49	5.1%
6.4%	40–44	6.5%
7.1%	35–39	7.0%
7.2%	30–34	7.2%
7.0%	25–29	6.5%
7.4%	20–24	6.6%
9.3%	15–19	9.0%
11.1%	10–14	10.9%
9.6%	5–9	10.2%
8.4%	0–4	8.6%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit67.8%
Darija39.8%
Tamazight33.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.8%
French49.7%
English8.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot34.2%
Bus25.6%
Bike or motorcycle4.3%
Private car3.0%
Taxi2.2%
Employer’s transport0.3%

Can’t read or write: 51.1%aged 10 and over43.1% in 202466.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.1%9.2% in 202432.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.4%aged 15 and over34.6% in 20242.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.75children per woman2.67 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people5.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.9people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 54.6%of settled households98.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Majden: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.8%	75 and over	2.5%
1.5%	70–74	2.1%
1.8%	65–69	1.7%
3.3%	60–64	3.3%
3.9%	55–59	3.6%
4.5%	50–54	5.0%
4.1%	45–49	4.7%
4.7%	40–44	5.5%
5.3%	35–39	5.7%
7.5%	30–34	7.2%
9.0%	25–29	8.1%
9.7%	20–24	8.9%
9.2%	15–19	9.6%
10.3%	10–14	10.2%
10.3%	5–9	9.8%
12.1%	0–4	12.0%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit86.5%
Darija40.5%
Tamazight11.4%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only56.3%
Arabic and French37.9%
Arabic, French and English5.1%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot70.5%
Bus20.3%
Taxi2.0%
Private car1.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.4%
Employer’s transport0.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood38.6%
No fixed place27.5%
Another province25.0%
Another commune3.7%
Another in the commune1.9%
Somewhere else0.6%
At home0.3%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades38.1%
Crafts and skilled trades22.7%
Farming and fishing21.4%
Farm and fishing labour6.4%
Clerical work4.2%
Trade and broking2.7%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Machine operating1.3%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma77.0%
Primary15.2%
Lower secondary4.6%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
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: 44123.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 26059.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6122.4 per business
Public services: 147
Associations: 34in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce42.3%
Industry35.4%
Services14.2%
Construction8.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person68.1%
2 to 330.8%
4 to 90.4%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.3%
2011–201944.2%
2001–201011.2%
1991–20007.3%
1981–19902.7%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19561.2%

In the data

Code: 05.081.15.03
As digits: 050811503
Slug: ait-majden
Record: /api/communes/05.081.15.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.15.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.15.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.15.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.15.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887266

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-majden");

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