Ayir

ايير

Rural commune in the cercle of Hrara, province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 30,870
Since 2014: +11.8%from 27,608 in 2014
Density: 113people per km², 274.3 km²
Households: 6,709
Foreign residents: 4
Rank: 175175th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 25 in its province

Next door in Loualidia, 42.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.0%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 74.7% to 93.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Steha. Running water: 22.2% here, 32.4% there; in the labour force: 41.8% here, 43.2% there; aged 65 and over: 7.8% here, 7.3% there.

Compare it with Steha

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ayir +11.8%

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: 34.5%aged 10 and over46.6% in 201443.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.4%8.4% in 201428.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.8%aged 15 and over44.3% in 20147.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.52children per woman3.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.1%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 22.2%of settled households17.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ayir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	3.0%
2.2%	70–74	2.3%
2.7%	65–69	2.9%
3.6%	60–64	3.7%
3.6%	55–59	4.2%
4.5%	50–54	4.7%
4.7%	45–49	4.9%
5.5%	40–44	5.4%
6.8%	35–39	6.0%
7.0%	30–34	6.6%
7.2%	25–29	6.7%
9.1%	20–24	8.6%
9.5%	15–19	9.4%
11.0%	10–14	11.2%
10.7%	5–9	11.0%
9.3%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French37.5%
English10.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.5%
Informal transport12.7%
Taxi10.9%
Doesn’t travel to work10.5%
Bike or motorcycle8.6%
Employer’s transport5.0%
Bus4.3%
Private car3.4%
Animal0.5%
Another way0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.6%aged 10 and over34.5% in 202457.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.4%18.4% in 202443.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.3%aged 15 and over41.8% in 20247.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.02children per woman2.52 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people6.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 17.0%of settled households22.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ayir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	2.5%
1.4%	70–74	1.8%
1.8%	65–69	1.5%
2.8%	60–64	2.8%
3.1%	55–59	2.9%
4.1%	50–54	4.2%
4.0%	45–49	4.3%
5.2%	40–44	5.6%
5.7%	35–39	5.5%
6.8%	30–34	6.7%
8.6%	25–29	7.3%
9.7%	20–24	8.9%
10.2%	15–19	10.2%
11.9%	10–14	12.1%
10.9%	5–9	11.1%
12.0%	0–4	12.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only45.0%
Arabic and French43.4%
Arabic, French and English11.3%
Other combinations0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot53.5%
Bus23.5%
Bike or motorcycle5.7%
Taxi5.3%
Private car3.6%
Not stated3.1%
Works at home2.2%
Another way2.0%
Employer’s transport1.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood51.9%
Another province23.5%
No fixed place8.9%
Another in the commune5.0%
Another commune5.0%
Not stated3.2%
At home2.2%
Somewhere else0.4%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour31.9%
Farming and fishing22.3%
Crafts and skilled trades18.4%
Labouring and small trades13.5%
Machine operating4.0%
Trade and broking3.7%
Clerical work3.6%
Managers and senior professionals1.4%
Not classified0.6%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma72.2%
Primary18.2%
Lower secondary5.9%
Upper secondary2.8%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 1,480
Standing empty: 22.8%9.5% vacant13.2% a second home
Precarious: 3.2%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 1.1%58.3% on the water mains87.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 6.7%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house95.1%
Rural-type2.6%
Traditional house1.2%
Other0.5%
Villa0.4%
Apartment0.1%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years46.8%
20 to 49 years43.9%
50 years or more9.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 57818.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 38165.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7351.9 per business
Public services: 188
Associations: 9in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce66.1%
Services16.8%
Industry10.0%
Construction7.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person69.3%
2 to 326.0%
4 to 93.4%
10 to 491.0%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later38.1%
2011–201934.9%
2001–201015.2%
1991–20007.9%
1981–19902.1%
1956–19801.8%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Laakarta

5,297

Douars

Ayir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 7 fractions, with 25,570 people. Another 5,297 live in Laakarta, its urban centre, which has no douars. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الزعEzza9 douars · 2,825 people
اولاد بوعنانOulad Bouanane	Grouped	117	494	1.0	1.3	20.0
الطواجنةTouajna	In parts	151	607	3.2	1.5	17.2
لعبابدةLababda	Grouped	139	648	5.2	0.0	20.0
اولاد سالمOulad Salem	Grouped	16	70	—	—	—
اجربAjerb	Grouped	22	114	—	—	—
اولاد عليOulad Ali	Grouped	74	351	5.9	0.3	10.2
لبهالةLabhala	In parts	42	184	5.7	3.6	13.0
اولاد ابراهيمOulad Brahim	Grouped	28	139	—	—	—
النحيلاتNhilat	Grouped	49	218	1.1	1.0	22.9
الجحوشEl Jahouch10 douars · 4,625 people
لكطيباتLagtaibat	Grouped	60	267	0.0	1.0	10.0
اولاد مسعودOulad Massaoud	Grouped	88	369	0.1	1.1	9.0
بعرانBaarane	Dispersed	81	416	0.2	1.7	8.0
زاوية سيدي الراضيZaouia Sidi Radi	Grouped	128	546	0.0	0.4	6.6
الغوالLeghoual	In parts	45	217	1.2	2.0	11.7
لمالدةLamalda	Dispersed	85	452	0.5	3.1	10.8
اولاد عبد الكريمOulad Abdelkarim	Dispersed	60	331	1.3	2.5	8.7
الدبابزةDbabza	Dispersed	278	1,502	1.2	2.0	7.1
اولاد بن عزوزOulad Ben Azzouz	Grouped	46	238	0.7	0.9	11.0
القزادلةLeqzadla	Grouped	51	287	0.2	1.4	7.0
اييرAyir3 douars · 5,099 people
القصبةLakassba	Grouped	383	1,523	0.1	0.3	4.4
النجاجرةNejajra	Dispersed	536	2,077	0.0	1.3	4.6
تاوريرتTaourirt	Dispersed	319	1,499	1.0	1.5	5.9
حيوط الشعيرHiout Chair4 douars · 5,006 people
احيوط الشعيرHiout Chair	Dispersed	635	2,655	0.9	1.9	3.7
لحميتاتLahmitat	In parts	127	628	2.9	3.1	8.0
أولاد اعميرةOulad Amira	In parts	238	1,374	0.5	1.0	7.8
زاوية سيدي امحمد المعطيZaouite Sidi Med Mati	In parts	79	349	0.4	0.6	7.8
لعكارطةLakarta4 douars · 4,883 people
لعمارنةLaamarna	Grouped	143	771	0.9	4.7	7.7
إيبودةIbouda	In parts	249	1,301	0.0	1.1	2.2
اولاد اعليOulad Ali	Grouped	144	672	0.0	1.0	5.9
القواسمةLakouassma	In parts	423	2,139	0.5	1.5	4.6
لعكارطة الساحلLakarta Sahel2 douars · 440 people
الحدادشةHadadcha	Grouped	100	428	0.0	1.8	1.9
العكارطةLaakarta	In parts	3	12	—	—	—
بوعريسBouris4 douars · 2,692 people
الغوالمLaghoualem	In parts	105	498	1.7	2.8	13.7
النشيراتNechirat	In parts	265	1,258	0.3	1.5	10.2
العويساتLaaouissat	In parts	136	549	2.4	3.9	9.1
أولاد موسىOulad Moussa	In parts	85	387	1.7	4.7	15.7

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: 07.431.09.01
As digits: 074310901
Slug: ayir
Record: /api/communes/07.431.09.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.431.09.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.431.09.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.431.09.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/07.431.09.01/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.431.09.01/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.431.09.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2827826

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