Ait Yadine

آيت يدين

Rural commune in the cercle of Khémisset, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
21,007
Since 2014
+2.5%from 20,502 in 2014
Density
154people per km², 136.3 km²
Households
5,227
Rank
289289th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 35 in its province

Next door in Sidi Allal Lamsadder, 7.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 59.3%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 58.0% to 75.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Machraa Ben Abbou. Read French: 55.9% here, 58.7% there; can’t read or write: 44.1% here, 43.0% there; higher education: 2.1% here, 2.8% there.

Compare it with Machraa Ben Abbou

Where it is

Its province, 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 Yadine.

Ait Yadine +2.5%

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
44.1%aged 10 and over54.2% in 201457.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.3%12.2% in 201420.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over43.5% in 201411.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.30children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
59.3%of settled households46.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Yadine: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.6%
2.6%70–742.7%
3.2%65–693.3%
4.2%60–644.5%
4.4%55–594.6%
5.0%50–545.4%
5.7%45–496.2%
6.8%40–447.5%
6.3%35–397.3%
5.3%30–346.3%
4.7%25–295.6%
6.6%20–246.6%
10.0%15–198.3%
12.8%10–1411.4%
10.9%5–99.7%
8.5%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight89.8%
  • Darija83.7%
  • Tachelhit3.5%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French55.9%
  • English12.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work29.4%
  • Informal transport8.2%
  • Taxi7.7%
  • Employer’s transport3.9%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Another way3.3%
  • Animal2.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.0%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Tram0.1%
  • Train0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,601
Standing empty
27.1%17.7% vacant9.5% a second home
Precarious
25.3%20.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
34.5%74.2% on the water mains74.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
40.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house70.0%
  • Slum or basic house20.6%
  • Rural-type4.6%
  • Traditional house4.0%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Apartment0.3%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years79.1%
  • 20 to 49 years20.7%
  • 50 years or more0.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
34816.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
29183.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4191.4 per business
Public services
54
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.0%
  • Services26.5%
  • Industry11.3%
  • Construction5.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person69.1%
  • 2 to 327.5%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later47.4%
  • 2011–201932.0%
  • 2001–201013.1%
  • 1991–20004.1%
  • 1981–19902.7%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ait Yadine7,692

Douars

Ait Yadine’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 5 fractions, with 13,315 people. Another 7,692 live in Ait Yadine, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
آيت عثمانAit Othmane4 douars · 3,853 people
أيت الحاج الرخامةAit El Haj ErrkhamaDispersed4591,8200.12.43.2
أيت الراية(مدرسة)Ait Erraia (École)Dispersed1144441.52.07.2
أيت احسينAit HsineDispersed1136———
أيت بوبكرAit BoubkerDispersed3761,5531.11.55.2
إخطاطن أيت تاشفينKhtaten Ait Tachfine2 douars · 3,750 people
آيت تاشفينAit TachfineIn parts2058091.81.83.8
إخطاطنKhtatenIn parts6792,9412.43.07.0
أيت موسى أوسالم أيت قدورAit Moussa Aoussalem Ait Kaddour2 douars · 3,189 people
أيت قدورAit KaddourIn parts2881,2340.02.23.8
أيت موسى أوسالمAit Moussa AoussalemIn parts4571,9550.82.34.6
أيت مالكAit Malek7 douars · 2,139 people
ايت بن اسعيدAit Ben SaidDispersed1214630.41.36.2
ايت أحمد أوعليAit Ahmed Ou AliDispersed873620.12.26.1
أيت أحمد أوحدوAit Ahmed Ou HaddouDispersed2063———
أيت بن أحمدAit Ben AhmedDispersed1024560.31.84.3
ايت فرحاتي واد ملاحAit Farhati Oued MellahDispersed582021.11.34.4
أيت حموAit HammouDispersed1375610.42.13.3
أيت الغازي واد الملاحAit Lghazi Oued MellahDispersed732———
أيت مالك لحسنAit Malek Lahcen3 douars · 384 people
أيت لحسن واد بهتAit Lahcen Oued BehtDispersed431390.44.69.9
أيت الغازي واد بهتAit Lghazi Oued BehtDispersed512231.93.510.9
أيت فرحاتي واد بهتAit Farhati Oued BehtDispersed522———

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
04.291.03.07
As digits
042910307
Slug
ait-yadine
OpenStreetMap
2808144
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-yadine");

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