Assilah

أصيلة

Urban commune in the préfecture of Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
36,039
Since 2014
+15.7%from 31,147 in 2014
Density
1,085people per km², 33.2 km²
Households
9,745
Foreign residents
89
Rank
150150th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 12 in its préfecture

Next door in Sahel Chamali, 0.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 92.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 68.6% to 82.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ifni. Higher education: 12.4% here, 12.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 24.3% here, 23.5% there; household size: 3.5 here, 3.5 there.

Compare it with Sidi Ifni

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

90050

Villages and hamlets

Dghaliyène, Hafa

How it changed

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

Assilah +15.7%

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
16.0%aged 10 and over21.7% in 201422.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.4%19.0% in 201430.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.2%aged 15 and over49.8% in 201420.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.56children per woman2.05 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average3.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
82.0%of settled households68.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Assilah: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.8%
2.8%70–743.0%
4.0%65–694.0%
5.3%60–645.4%
4.9%55–595.3%
5.7%50–546.0%
5.6%45–495.8%
7.2%40–446.6%
7.4%35–397.4%
7.8%30–347.5%
6.9%25–297.2%
7.0%20–247.5%
7.3%15–197.0%
8.5%10–148.3%
8.9%5–98.2%
7.6%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tarifit3.8%
  • Tachelhit2.3%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French57.4%
  • English20.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.7%
  • Private car9.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.1%
  • Bus5.2%
  • Employer’s transport5.2%
  • Taxi4.7%
  • Informal transport1.2%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
19,413
Standing empty
50.9%10.3% vacant40.6% a second home
Precarious
6.3%5.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.8%86.5% on the water mains90.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
12.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house58.7%
  • Apartment32.4%
  • Slum or basic house5.9%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Villa1.1%
  • Other0.3%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years62.9%
  • 20 to 49 years28.2%
  • 50 years or more8.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,73348.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,58391.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,4152.2 per business
Public services
105
Associations
45in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.4%
  • Services34.5%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person62.5%
  • 2 to 329.2%
  • 4 to 96.6%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.7%
  • 2011–201932.7%
  • 2001–201020.7%
  • 1991–20007.6%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19802.7%
  • Before 19562.7%

In the data

Files and code
Code
01.511.01.01
As digits
015110101
Slug
assilah
OpenStreetMap
2752822
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("assilah");

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