Ait Malek

آيت مالك

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

Population, 2024
3,809
Since 2014
−21.6%from 4,856 in 2014
Density
28.1people per km², 135.7 km²
Households
927
Foreign residents
3
Rank
1,3191,319th most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 35 in its province

Next door in Sidi Allal El Bahraoui, 97.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 10.1%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 55.4% to 84.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Ait Malek −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
39.2%aged 10 and over48.5% in 201450.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.5%6.0% in 201420.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.1%aged 15 and over50.8% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.38children per woman1.54 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.2%of people6.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
11.7%of settled households14.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Malek: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over3.4%
2.8%70–742.9%
3.6%65–693.3%
5.0%60–645.6%
4.5%55–594.4%
5.3%50–546.0%
7.9%45–496.5%
7.0%40–447.6%
6.6%35–397.9%
5.9%30–346.6%
5.6%25–295.5%
7.0%20–246.4%
8.1%15–198.4%
10.3%10–148.6%
9.7%5–99.1%
7.2%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French30.3%
  • English4.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work38.6%
  • On foot22.7%
  • Informal transport19.4%
  • Private car7.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.4%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Another way2.2%
  • Taxi1.9%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Train0.1%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6116.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3659.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1042.9 per business
Public services
25
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.8%
  • Services30.6%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction2.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person47.2%
  • 2 to 344.4%
  • 4 to 95.6%
  • 10 to 492.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.0%
  • 2011–201922.2%
  • 2001–201036.1%
  • 1991–200016.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Malek’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 3,809 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت مالك الغربيةAit Malek Gharbia5 douars · 2,402 people
ايت بويحييAit BouyahiaDispersed843351.72.45.0
ايت لحسن ايشو الجنوبيةAit Lahcen Ichou JanoubiaIn parts1074851.73.06.5
سوق الاتنين المركزSouk El Atnine CentreGrouped1043950.00.10.4
ايت عيسى أوملوك الجنوبية سيدي بوشوكةAit Aissa Aoumlouk Janoubia Sidi BouchoukaDispersed1134371.95.36.1
ايت بوزيان الغربية (عين الجرف)Ait Bouziane Gharbia (Ain Jorf)Dispersed1847500.62.27.6
ايت مالك الشرقيةAit Malek Charqia3 douars · 1,407 people
ايت لحسن ايشو الشمالية بازاياتAit Lahcen Ichou Chamalia BazayatDispersed633010.72.16.2
ايت عيسى أوملوك الشماليةAit Aissa Aoumlouk ChamaliaDispersed793290.93.83.9
ايت بوزيان الشرقية (أيت بولمان)Ait Bouziane Charqia (Ait Boulemane)Dispersed1937770.32.25.5

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.291.09.07
As digits
042910907
Slug
ait-malek
OpenStreetMap
2808224
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-malek");

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