Ait Ouassif

آيت واسيف

Rural commune in the cercle of Kalaat M'gouna, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 8,885
Since 2014: +7.8%from 8,246 in 2014
Density: 38.7people per km², 229.8 km²
Households: 1,599
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 821821st most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 25 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 Ouassif.

Ait Ouassif +7.8%

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: 40.1%aged 10 and over42.7% in 201452.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.6%7.0% in 20143.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.1%aged 15 and over46.2% in 201418.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.43children per woman2.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.5%of people3.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average7.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.4%of settled households90.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ouassif: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.3%	75 and over	3.6%
2.5%	70–74	2.6%
3.5%	65–69	3.1%
3.8%	60–64	4.6%
3.2%	55–59	4.0%
3.8%	50–54	4.4%
5.1%	45–49	5.3%
6.5%	40–44	6.6%
6.9%	35–39	6.5%
6.2%	30–34	7.0%
6.7%	25–29	7.1%
7.3%	20–24	6.5%
9.3%	15–19	7.9%
11.5%	10–14	10.7%
12.1%	5–9	10.9%
9.1%	0–4	9.2%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.5%
Darija21.8%
Tachelhit1.5%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic91.4%
French37.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh13.0%
English8.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot51.8%
Bus18.9%
Bike or motorcycle8.2%
Taxi7.5%
Private car3.5%
Employer’s transport0.7%

Can’t read or write: 42.7%aged 10 and over40.1% in 202457.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.0%18.6% in 20244.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.2%aged 15 and over41.1% in 202422.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.52children per woman2.43 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.4%of people2.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.3people on average5.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 90.4%of settled households94.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ouassif: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	2.7%
1.3%	70–74	1.9%
1.7%	65–69	1.6%
2.9%	60–64	3.2%
3.9%	55–59	3.6%
4.0%	50–54	4.6%
3.6%	45–49	4.6%
4.0%	40–44	4.5%
5.6%	35–39	6.6%
7.0%	30–34	7.3%
9.3%	25–29	9.1%
9.7%	20–24	10.0%
11.4%	15–19	10.7%
10.9%	10–14	9.1%
10.2%	5–9	9.3%
11.8%	0–4	11.2%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight90.1%
Darija39.1%
Tachelhit9.8%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only41.0%
Other combinations31.9%
Arabic and French22.8%
Arabic, French and English4.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.0%
Bus11.7%
Taxi8.9%
Bike or motorcycle3.3%
Private car3.0%
Employer’s transport0.5%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood50.2%
No fixed place21.2%
Another province12.7%
Another commune6.8%
Another in the commune1.9%
At home0.3%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour26.6%
Labouring and small trades24.8%
Crafts and skilled trades19.5%
Farming and fishing14.1%
Clerical work4.4%
Trade and broking3.9%
Machine operating2.9%
Not classified1.8%
Managers and senior professionals1.5%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma71.6%
Primary20.1%
Lower secondary5.6%
Upper secondary1.4%
DEUG or Licence1.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 12414.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6250.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1121.8 per business
Public services: 60
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce48.4%
Services27.4%
Industry24.2%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person80.6%
2 to 312.9%
4 to 93.2%
10 to 493.2%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later24.2%
2011–201961.3%
2001–201012.9%
1991–20001.6%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 08.577.09.03
As digits: 085770903
Slug: ait-ouassif
Record: /api/communes/08.577.09.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.09.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.09.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.09.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.09.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887609

In JavaScript

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