Akka

أقا

Urban commune in the province of Tata, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
5,575
Since 2014
−18.9%from 6,870 in 2014
Density
12.8people per km², 434.6 km²
Households
1,337
Rank
1,1521,152nd most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 20 in its province

Next door in Tizounine, 0.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 46.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 1.4% to 46.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Outat El Haj. Higher education: 11.9% here, 11.1% there; can’t read or write: 24.6% here, 22.4% there; running water: 98.7% here, 97.8% there.

Compare it with Outat El Haj

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

84050

Villages and hamlets

Agadir Owzro, El Kaba, Laqbaba, Oum Laaleg

How it changed

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

Akka −18.9%

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
24.6%aged 10 and over24.8% in 201434.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
37.3%27.3% in 201457.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.3%aged 15 and over37.4% in 201411.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.40children per woman2.25 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.7%of settled households96.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Akka: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over4.4%
3.5%70–742.5%
3.9%65–693.3%
3.7%60–645.0%
4.0%55–595.1%
4.8%50–544.9%
4.2%45–495.1%
5.4%40–446.5%
6.7%35–397.8%
6.7%30–348.3%
5.2%25–296.6%
5.4%20–247.2%
9.4%15–197.2%
11.2%10–148.8%
11.8%5–99.2%
10.2%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit76.5%
  • Darija76.2%
  • Hassania4.6%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French49.9%
  • English19.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle29.3%
  • Private car6.2%
  • Employer’s transport5.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.9%
  • Taxi1.4%
  • Animal0.8%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,939
Standing empty
32.2%19.5% vacant12.7% a second home
Precarious
23.4%1.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
45.7%98.3% on the water mains97.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
38.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house70.9%
  • Rural-type21.5%
  • Traditional house5.6%
  • Slum or basic house1.0%
  • Other0.9%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years29.0%
  • 20 to 49 years60.4%
  • 50 years or more10.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28551.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
22077.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3491.6 per business
Public services
51
Associations
14in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.9%
  • Services21.8%
  • Industry13.2%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.2%
  • 2 to 38.6%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.0%
  • 2011–201945.9%
  • 2001–201010.0%
  • 1991–20004.5%
  • 1981–19903.2%
  • 1956–19809.5%
  • Before 19561.8%

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.551.01.01
As digits
095510101
Slug
akka
OpenStreetMap
2885797
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("akka");

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