Ait Ouaarda

آيت وعرضى

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

Population, 2024
1,459
Since 2014
−11.3%from 1,644 in 2014
Density
20.3people per km², 71.9 km²
Households
279
Rank
1,4591,459th most populous of 1,503 communes44th of 44 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

22072

How it changed

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

Ait Ouaarda −11.3%

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
41.0%aged 10 and over47.7% in 201454.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
2.4%2.5% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.9%aged 15 and over45.1% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.74children per woman2.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people8.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.2people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.6%of settled households78.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ouaarda: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.2%75 and over4.3%
2.8%70–744.2%
3.8%65–693.6%
4.6%60–644.7%
4.1%55–593.9%
6.0%50–544.4%
5.6%45–494.8%
7.0%40–445.8%
7.5%35–396.6%
7.7%30–346.9%
3.4%25–297.0%
4.6%20–245.4%
6.8%15–199.8%
11.5%10–148.5%
11.0%5–910.5%
8.5%0–49.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight99.1%
  • Darija66.1%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French51.2%
  • English2.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work26.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.5%
  • Taxi5.5%
  • Employer’s transport3.3%
  • Private car1.2%
  • Informal transport0.9%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
4430.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1636.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
261.6 per business
Public services
22
Associations
6in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce75.0%
  • Services18.8%
  • Industry6.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person68.8%
  • 2 to 318.8%
  • 4 to 912.5%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later6.3%
  • 2011–201943.8%
  • 2001–20106.3%
  • 1991–200012.5%
  • 1981–199018.8%
  • 1956–198012.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Ouaarda’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 1 fraction, with 1,459 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
آيت أولغومAit Aoulghoum8 douars · 1,459 people
ايت الفتاكAyt Al FatakDispersed512861.71.97.4
امزاوروAmzaourouDispersed371772.02.07.9
ايت عيسىAit AissaDispersed28145———
تفرنتTafrantDispersed28148———
ايت كيرتAit GuirtDispersed392131.01.12.9
ايت الطالب اوعليAit Talib AliDispersed361501.01.01.1
احجامنIhajjamenDispersed351990.81.91.8
بن عموBen AmmouDispersed25141———

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

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.081.11.05
As digits
050811105
Slug
ait-ouaarda
OpenStreetMap
2887191
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-ouaarda");

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