Ait Melloul

آيت ملول

Urban commune in the préfecture of Inezgane-Aït Melloul, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
210,870
Since 2014
+22.7%from 171,847 in 2014
Density
7,345people per km², 28.7 km²
Households
53,781
Foreign residents
457
Rank
1717th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 6 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

InezganeLqliaaTemsiaOulad DahouDcheira El Jihadia

How it changed

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

Ait Melloul +22.7%

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
19.1%aged 10 and over25.9% in 201426.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.4%14.9% in 201426.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.3%aged 15 and over47.7% in 201419.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.81children per woman2.18 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.5%of settled households92.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Melloul: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.2%
2.0%70–741.7%
2.6%65–692.3%
4.1%60–643.8%
4.5%55–594.2%
5.9%50–545.5%
6.4%45–496.6%
7.3%40–447.7%
7.2%35–397.8%
7.2%30–348.0%
6.8%25–297.6%
7.7%20–248.3%
8.6%15–198.4%
10.1%10–149.5%
9.6%5–99.2%
7.7%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija90.7%
  • Tachelhit65.9%
  • Tamazight2.5%
  • Hassania0.7%
  • Tarifit0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French64.7%
  • English24.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot22.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle19.3%
  • Private car18.9%
  • Employer’s transport14.8%
  • Taxi9.2%
  • Bus8.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
66,055
Standing empty
21.0%12.7% vacant8.3% a second home
Precarious
1.4%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.0%95.8% on the water mains96.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house84.1%
  • Apartment9.9%
  • Traditional house3.4%
  • Villa1.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.9%
  • Other0.5%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years60.6%
  • 20 to 49 years38.3%
  • 50 years or more1.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
8,06438.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7,69295.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
31,2274.1 per business
Public services
206
Associations
166in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.7%
  • Services29.0%
  • Industry15.4%
  • Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person64.1%
  • 2 to 325.4%
  • 4 to 97.1%
  • 10 to 492.7%
  • 50 and over0.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later47.8%
  • 2011–201930.2%
  • 2001–201013.0%
  • 1991–20005.3%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19801.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
09.273.01.05
As digits
092730105
Slug
ait-melloul
Record
/api/communes/09.273.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.273.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.273.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.273.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.273.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.273.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2529626
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-melloul");

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