Azilal

أزيلال

Urban commune in the province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
48,138
Since 2014
+25.0%from 38,520 in 2014
Density
3,903people per km², 12.3 km²
Households
11,375
Foreign residents
16
Rank
107107th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 44 in its province

Next door in Tamda Noumercid, 1.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 95.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 82.2% to 95.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Ourir. Read French: 68.6% here, 66.8% there; can’t read or write: 23.5% here, 22.2% there; aged 65 and over: 7.2% here, 6.8% there.

Compare it with Ait Ourir

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

22000

How it changed

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

Azilal +25.0%

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
23.5%aged 10 and over27.4% in 201431.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.9%14.8% in 201429.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.8%aged 15 and over40.5% in 201417.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.88children per woman2.15 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people3.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.1%of settled households91.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Azilal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.9%75 and over2.5%
2.3%70–741.7%
3.8%65–692.2%
4.6%60–643.9%
4.4%55–594.6%
5.1%50–545.3%
5.6%45–495.8%
6.0%40–446.8%
6.5%35–397.6%
7.1%30–347.8%
6.9%25–297.9%
7.4%20–248.5%
9.5%15–198.7%
10.5%10–149.5%
9.9%5–99.3%
8.6%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija85.3%
  • Tamazight61.1%
  • Tachelhit28.1%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French68.6%
  • English29.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.1%
  • Private car16.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.7%
  • Employer’s transport4.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.5%
  • Taxi3.7%
  • Bus3.3%
  • Informal transport3.2%
  • Another way1.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
13,430
Standing empty
16.8%10.8% vacant6.0% a second home
Precarious
2.6%1.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
92.2%94.1% on the water mains94.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.9%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.1%
  • Apartment2.9%
  • Villa1.8%
  • Traditional house1.5%
  • Slum or basic house1.4%
  • Rural-type0.8%
  • Other0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years59.6%
  • 20 to 49 years37.6%
  • 50 years or more2.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,73035.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,55089.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,6421.7 per business
Public services
133
Associations
47in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.5%
  • Services26.4%
  • Industry10.5%
  • Construction5.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person69.2%
  • 2 to 324.0%
  • 4 to 96.0%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.7%
  • 2011–201935.0%
  • 2001–201012.9%
  • 1991–20006.7%
  • 1981–19902.8%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.3%

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.081.01.01
As digits
050810101
Slug
azilal
OpenStreetMap
2887338
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("azilal");

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