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

Where it is

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

Ouled SalmaneAtouabetLamaachateEl GhiateNaggaSebt GzoulaKhatazakaneSafiHraraEl BeddouzaMoul El BerguiDar Si AissaSaadlaSidi AissaLahdarLabkhatiEl GouraaniJamaat ShaimBouguedraSidi EttijiLamraslaLaamamraLamsabihChahda

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
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.0%
2.2%70–742.3%
2.7%65–692.9%
3.6%60–643.7%
3.6%55–594.2%
4.5%50–544.7%
4.7%45–494.9%
5.5%40–445.4%
6.8%35–396.0%
7.0%30–346.6%
7.2%25–296.7%
9.1%20–248.6%
9.5%15–199.4%
11.0%10–1411.2%
10.7%5–911.0%
9.3%0–49.6%

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%

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%
  • Taxi10.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.6%
  • Employer’s transport5.0%
  • Bus4.3%
  • Private car3.4%

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

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

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.

Laakarta5,297

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap
2827826
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ayir");

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