Aourir

أورير

Rural commune in the cercle of Agadir Atlantique, préfecture of Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
46,032
Since 2014
+24.6%from 36,948 in 2014
Density
436people per km², 105.7 km²
Households
11,696
Foreign residents
255
Rank
113113th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 13 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

AgadirTaghazoutTamriImsouaneAmskroudDrarguaAqsriImouzzerIdmineTiqqiTadrartAziar

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Aourir +24.6%

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
21.2%aged 10 and over27.1% in 201429.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.5%15.2% in 201428.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.3%aged 15 and over44.0% in 201412.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.93children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.9%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.0%of settled households72.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aourir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.4%
2.0%70–741.8%
3.3%65–692.4%
4.7%60–643.9%
5.0%55–594.7%
6.0%50–546.0%
6.3%45–496.7%
6.6%40–447.1%
7.3%35–397.4%
7.5%30–347.7%
7.4%25–297.6%
8.3%20–248.6%
8.1%15–198.4%
9.3%10–149.3%
8.5%5–99.0%
7.5%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit79.7%
  • Darija73.2%
  • Tamazight6.0%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.8%
  • French50.9%
  • English19.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh7.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Taxi22.6%
  • On foot20.2%
  • Bus16.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.9%
  • Private car11.1%
  • Employer’s transport5.3%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
16,471
Standing empty
34.3%14.5% vacant19.9% a second home
Precarious
0.7%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
73.7%89.7% on the water mains92.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house89.7%
  • Apartment6.4%
  • Villa1.8%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.4%
  • Other0.2%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years65.5%
  • 20 to 49 years33.9%
  • 50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,48932.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,28686.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,1032.4 per business
Public services
113
Associations
90in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.2%
  • Services33.4%
  • Industry11.0%
  • Construction5.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person47.1%
  • 2 to 343.5%
  • 4 to 97.1%
  • 10 to 492.1%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.6%
  • 2011–201936.5%
  • 2001–201014.8%
  • 1991–20005.1%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.1%

Urban centres

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

Aourir44,406

In the data

Code
09.001.07.03
As digits
090010703
Slug
aourir
Record
/api/communes/09.001.07.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.001.07.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.001.07.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.001.07.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.001.07.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.001.07.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2758263
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("aourir");

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