Ait Ouallal

آيت ولال

Rural commune in the cercle of Ain Orma, préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
19,079
Since 2014
+258.0%from 5,330 in 2014
Density
180people per km², 106.3 km²
Households
5,047
Foreign residents
53
Rank
332332nd most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Ait Siberne, 9.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 75.6%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 2.8% to 75.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Nouaceur. Apartments: 41.2% here, 42.8% there; can’t read or write: 15.2% here, 13.2% there; read French: 70.9% here, 69.1% there.

Compare it with Nouaceur

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Ouallal.

Ait Ouallal +258.0%

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
15.2%aged 10 and over41.6% in 201420.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.7%11.2% in 201422.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.8%aged 15 and over47.5% in 201419.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.26children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.3%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.6%of settled households64.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ouallal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.9%75 and over2.3%
2.2%70–741.5%
3.5%65–692.8%
4.8%60–644.3%
4.8%55–594.8%
5.9%50–545.4%
6.8%45–496.1%
7.8%40–447.5%
7.0%35–398.0%
5.6%30–348.6%
5.2%25–297.0%
5.8%20–246.7%
7.8%15–197.4%
10.9%10–149.5%
10.9%5–910.0%
9.2%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tamazight18.7%
  • Tachelhit6.8%
  • Tarifit3.0%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French70.9%
  • English35.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car40.2%
  • On foot27.2%
  • Taxi8.1%
  • Employer’s transport7.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.4%
  • Bus3.0%
  • Informal transport0.9%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Train0.6%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
8,871
Standing empty
56.8%22.1% vacant34.8% a second home
Precarious
0.5%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.1%93.3% on the water mains92.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment58.7%
  • Modern house31.1%
  • Villa9.6%
  • Traditional house0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Rural-type0.2%
  • Other0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years99.6%
  • 20 to 49 years0.2%
  • 50 years or more0.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
38120.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
31181.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,1123.6 per business
Public services
61
Associations
9in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.4%
  • Services32.2%
  • Industry12.2%
  • Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person47.3%
  • 2 to 336.7%
  • 4 to 910.3%
  • 10 to 495.1%
  • 50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later72.7%
  • 2011–201917.4%
  • 2001–20106.4%
  • 1991–20001.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of workers who get to work by car went from 5.7% in 2014 to 40.2% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Across 9 of the 10 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +2.9 points. Ras Ijerri is furthest from it, at −2.1 points.

Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

The share of households living in an apartment went from 0.0% in 2014 to 41.2% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Across 9 of the 10 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +3.9 points. Ait Yaazem is furthest from it, at −0.1 points.

Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

The share of people with higher education went from 2.3% in 2014 to 18.5% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Across 9 of the 10 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +1.9 points. Ras Ijerri is furthest from it, at +1.3 points.

Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

El Fath Ait Ouallal14,417

Douars

Ait Ouallal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,662 people. Another 14,417 live in El Fath Ait Ouallal, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت عيسى عديAit Aissa Addi5 douars · 1,599 people
أيت عيسى عديAit Aissa AddiDispersed1385390.83.76.6
أيت احسينAit HsineDispersed2168090.11.51.6
أيت عليAit AliDispersed411752.411.716.2
أيت أوعزيزAit Ou AzizDispersed627———
إعزوزن واد الكلIzouzen Oued El KlDispersed1049———
أيت ولال 1Ait Ouallal 110 douars · 1,404 people
أيت أودادAit OudadDispersed1541———
أيت ولالAit Ou AllalDispersed1064380.52.09.8
إمزوينImezouineDispersed28121———
تامعاشتTamaachateGrouped1955———
تنوتTanouteDispersed11———
إعزوزن (برطميل)Izouzen (Bertmil)Dispersed928———
دوار الجامعDouar JamaaGrouped662321.04.04.7
سهب سيدي بنعيسىSehb Sidi BenaissaGrouped2999———
صوديا 1202Soudya 1202Grouped1043370.23.011.8
صوديا 1203Soudya 1203Grouped1452———
أيت ولال 2Ait Ouallal 23 douars · 1,659 people
تعاونية المسيرةCoopérative MassiraGrouped2259491.01.512.5
تعاونية الساقية الحمراءCoopérative Sakia El HamraGrouped1646611.03.010.9
ثكنة مخزن موبيل الثامنةCaserne Makhzen Mobile EttamnaGrouped1449———

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
03.061.03.07
As digits
030610307
Slug
ait-ouallal-030610307
OpenStreetMap
3551736
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-ouallal-030610307");

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