Ait Ourir

آيت أورير

Urban commune in the province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
56,954
Since 2014
+45.6%from 39,108 in 2014
Density
3,781people per km², 15.1 km²
Households
13,312
Foreign residents
13
Rank
9191st most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 40 in its province

Where it is

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

TameslohteMoulay BrahimTahannaoutLalla TakarkoustSidi BadhajOulad MtaaTizguineAmizmizDar JamaaAzgourAmghrasAit Sidi DaoudAit FaskaTamazouzteSidi Abdellah GhiatGhmateOurikaTidili MesfiouaTouamaTazartZerktenTamaguertTighedouineAbadouAit Hkim-Ait YzidAit AadelSti FadmaIguerferouaneOukaimdenAsniOuirganeImgdalIjoukakAghbarTalat N'yaaqoubIghilAnougalOuazguitaAghouatim

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ait Ourir +45.6%

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
22.2%aged 10 and over28.1% in 201430.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.5%14.3% in 201432.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.4%aged 15 and over44.3% in 201412.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.24children per woman2.26 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.3%of settled households89.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ourir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.4%
2.1%70–741.9%
3.0%65–692.3%
4.4%60–643.9%
4.3%55–594.1%
5.7%50–545.2%
6.5%45–496.4%
6.9%40–447.2%
6.5%35–397.3%
6.5%30–347.6%
6.4%25–297.1%
7.2%20–247.6%
9.2%15–199.2%
10.9%10–1410.8%
10.0%5–99.6%
8.1%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija89.6%
  • Tachelhit74.5%
  • Tamazight3.7%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French66.8%
  • English23.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot28.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle28.1%
  • Bus13.0%
  • Private car10.5%
  • Taxi8.7%
  • Employer’s transport4.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
17,648
Standing empty
25.2%16.7% vacant8.5% a second home
Precarious
3.3%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
70.5%91.5% on the water mains90.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house89.8%
  • Apartment4.1%
  • Rural-type2.2%
  • Traditional house1.8%
  • Villa0.9%
  • Slum or basic house0.9%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years83.8%
  • 20 to 49 years14.9%
  • 50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,32940.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,17393.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,7971.7 per business
Public services
117
Associations
39in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.6%
  • Services30.7%
  • Industry12.5%
  • Construction3.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.6%
  • 2 to 337.2%
  • 4 to 94.7%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.2%
  • 2011–201934.1%
  • 2001–201011.0%
  • 1991–20007.5%
  • 1981–19902.4%
  • 1956–19802.5%
  • Before 19560.3%

In the data

Code
07.041.01.01
As digits
070410101
Slug
ait-ourir
Record
/api/communes/07.041.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.041.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.041.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.041.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.041.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.041.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
3535290
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-ourir");

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