Ben Taieb

بن الطيب

Urban commune in the province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
15,002
Since 2014
+5.2%from 14,257 in 2014
Density
1,172people per km², 12.8 km²
Households
3,877
Rank
446446th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 23 in its province

Where it is

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

MtalssaTsaftAzlafMidarTafersitTemsamaneTrougoutOulad AmgharBoudinarTazaghineDar El KebdaniIjermaouasOuardanaAit MaitM'hajerTalilitBni MarghnineAmejjaouIferniAin ZohraOulad BoubkerDriouch

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ben Taieb +5.2%

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
33.3%aged 10 and over38.7% in 201442.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.5%14.8% in 201430.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.5%aged 15 and over40.1% in 20147.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.41children per woman2.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.5%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
73.4%of settled households63.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben Taieb: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.5%
2.5%70–742.7%
4.0%65–694.6%
4.9%60–646.2%
4.6%55–595.5%
5.7%50–546.2%
5.5%45–495.5%
7.6%40–447.4%
7.8%35–396.3%
7.3%30–346.9%
6.4%25–297.0%
6.3%20–246.7%
7.1%15–196.9%
10.0%10–149.1%
10.7%5–98.8%
7.1%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit90.0%
  • Darija61.2%
  • Tamazight2.4%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.8%
  • French53.6%
  • English14.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.7%
  • Private car16.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.0%
  • Taxi4.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.4%
  • Bus0.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
6,093
Standing empty
39.6%12.6% vacant27.0% a second home
Precarious
1.1%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
62.7%72.8% on the water mains96.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house94.4%
  • Apartment2.9%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Rural-type0.7%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years64.0%
  • 20 to 49 years35.0%
  • 50 years or more1.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,05270.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,00695.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,5641.6 per business
Public services
42
Associations
4in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.8%
  • Services28.8%
  • Industry11.0%
  • Construction6.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.1%
  • 2 to 333.3%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.3%
  • 2011–201942.1%
  • 2001–201012.5%
  • 1991–20004.1%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.2%

In the data

Code
02.167.01.03
As digits
021670103
Slug
ben-taieb
Record
/api/communes/02.167.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.167.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.167.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.167.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.167.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.167.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2427904
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ben-taieb");

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