Ait Youssef Ou Ali

آيت يوسف وعلي

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Ouriaghel Charqia, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
13,830
Since 2014
+9.1%from 12,673 in 2014
Density
222people per km², 62.4 km²
Households
3,451
Foreign residents
7
Rank
501501st most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 36 in its province

Next door in Imzouren, 91.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 38.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 2.5% to 38.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Smimou. Darija: 28.6% here, 35.9% there; running water: 85.4% here, 91.9% there; in the labour force: 33.6% here, 33.8% there.

Compare it with Smimou

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

32003

How it changed

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

Ait Youssef Ou Ali +9.1%

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
31.6%aged 10 and over37.1% in 201441.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.9%25.5% in 201425.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.6%aged 15 and over43.1% in 20147.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.65children per woman2.15 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
85.4%of settled households54.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Youssef Ou Ali: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.5%
2.8%70–742.9%
4.4%65–694.0%
5.3%60–646.3%
4.8%55–596.4%
6.0%50–546.7%
5.7%45–496.5%
7.5%40–447.7%
7.0%35–396.8%
7.3%30–347.0%
7.0%25–296.7%
6.8%20–246.1%
7.0%15–196.2%
8.8%10–148.2%
9.2%5–98.8%
7.3%0–46.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit95.4%
  • Darija28.6%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Hassania0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French29.5%
  • English7.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot41.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle17.5%
  • Private car13.3%
  • Taxi11.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.0%
  • Employer’s transport4.7%
  • Informal transport2.6%
  • Bus1.9%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,802
Standing empty
45.0%3.8% vacant41.2% a second home
Precarious
1.7%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
81.5%89.8% on the water mains93.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
7.1%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house96.4%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Rural-type1.3%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Other0.3%
  • Apartment0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years88.6%
  • 20 to 49 years10.8%
  • 50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
27019.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
19170.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5152.7 per business
Public services
74
Associations
5in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.7%
  • Services36.6%
  • Industry9.4%
  • Construction5.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person48.7%
  • 2 to 338.7%
  • 4 to 910.5%
  • 10 to 491.6%
  • 50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.5%
  • 2011–201940.3%
  • 2001–201013.1%
  • 1991–20008.4%
  • 1981–19903.7%
  • 1956–19802.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Sidi Bouafif3,884

Douars

Ait Youssef Ou Ali’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 5 fractions, with 9,927 people. Another 3,884 live in Sidi Bouafif, its urban centre, which has no douars. 19 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
آيت هيشمAit hichem3 douars · 4,086 people
أزغارAzgharIn parts5992,3160.62.02.8
آيت هيشمAit hichemIn parts2881,2201.63.85.4
تيݣارتTigartIn parts1185503.42.26.6
سيدي بوعفيفSidi Boufif4 douars · 2,017 people
إعبوثنIaaboutenGrouped17———
السوانيSouaniIn parts2911,1410.51.54.7
بولمعيزBou LemaizIn parts1576580.11.45.0
ايت محند أو يحيىAït Mehand OuyahyaGrouped522111.72.83.1
النكورNekkour1 douar · 1,092 people
الشطاريChatariIn parts2581,0921.03.06.0
إمجوظنImejoudene1 douar · 1,133 people
إمجوظنImejoudeneIn parts2701,1330.82.45.3
تافراستTafrast1 douar · 1,599 people
تافراستTafrastIn parts3721,5993.03.23.9

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
01.051.13.03
As digits
010511303
Slug
ait-youssef-ou-ali
OpenStreetMap
2436238
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-youssef-ou-ali");

Report an error on this page