Azemmour

أزمور

Urban commune in the province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
42,098
Since 2014
+2.9%from 40,920 in 2014
Density
9,447people per km², 4.5 km²
Households
11,546
Foreign residents
20
Rank
122122nd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 27 in its province

Where it is

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

El JadidaOulad HamdaneHaouziaOulad RahmouneSi Hsaien Ben AbderrahmaneMy AbdellahSidi AbedOuled HcineOulad AissaLbir JdidLamharza EssahelChtoukaChaibateZaouiat LakouacemOuled FrejOulad Sidi Ali Ben YoussefBoulaouaneMettouhMogressSidi SmailZaouiat SaissSidi M'hamed AkhdimOuled GhanemSebt SaissLaghdiraSidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

How it changed

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

Azemmour +2.9%

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
20.8%aged 10 and over26.2% in 201426.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.8%19.7% in 201434.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.2%aged 15 and over49.2% in 201423.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.67children per woman1.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.6%of settled households88.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Azemmour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.5%
3.1%70–743.0%
3.9%65–694.1%
5.2%60–645.8%
5.3%55–595.5%
5.8%50–545.9%
6.6%45–497.0%
6.8%40–447.1%
6.8%35–396.9%
7.1%30–347.3%
6.5%25–297.2%
7.4%20–247.6%
8.4%15–197.6%
9.3%10–148.3%
8.7%5–97.3%
6.6%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit2.1%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French71.2%
  • English29.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.3%
  • Private car14.6%
  • Employer’s transport10.9%
  • Bus10.0%
  • Taxi9.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
16,073
Standing empty
32.5%14.2% vacant18.3% a second home
Precarious
1.1%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.3%92.4% on the water mains93.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house60.5%
  • Apartment24.0%
  • Traditional house10.3%
  • Villa4.1%
  • Other0.5%
  • Rural-type0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years52.8%
  • 20 to 49 years35.2%
  • 50 years or more11.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,04348.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,93894.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,5451.8 per business
Public services
87
Associations
18in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.0%
  • Services32.2%
  • Industry12.1%
  • Construction2.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person62.1%
  • 2 to 331.7%
  • 4 to 95.5%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.1%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201020.1%
  • 1991–200010.2%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19808.4%
  • Before 19560.5%

In the data

Code
06.181.01.01
As digits
061810101
Slug
azemmour
Record
/api/communes/06.181.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.181.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.181.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.181.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/06.181.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.181.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2806100
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("azemmour");

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