Bir Gandouz
بئر كندوز
Rural commune in the cercle of Bir Gandouz, province of Aousserd, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab.
- Population, 2024
- 9,183
- Since 2014
- +98.6%from 4,625 in 2014
- Density
- 0.8people per km², 11,449.3 km²
- Households
- 1,122
- Foreign residents
- 24
- Rank
- 799799th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 6 in its province
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Bir Gandouz.
Bir Gandouz +98.6%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 13.9%aged 10 and over22.6% in 201414.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.7%5.7% in 201431.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 70.5%aged 15 and over83.7% in 201419.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.94children per woman2.65 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 1.4%of people2.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.0people on average3.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 66.9%of settled households54.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3% | 75 and over | 0.1% | ||
| 0.4% | 70–74 | 0.7% | ||
| 1.2% | 65–69 | 0.8% | ||
| 2.5% | 60–64 | 1.2% | ||
| 3.8% | 55–59 | 2.0% | ||
| 7.0% | 50–54 | 3.9% | ||
| 9.2% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 10.0% | 40–44 | 7.4% | ||
| 9.8% | 35–39 | 7.7% | ||
| 11.4% | 30–34 | 9.5% | ||
| 9.2% | 25–29 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.2% | 20–24 | 8.7% | ||
| 6.1% | 15–19 | 7.6% | ||
| 5.3% | 10–14 | 9.8% | ||
| 6.9% | 5–9 | 13.3% | ||
| 6.8% | 0–4 | 13.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 22.6%aged 10 and over13.9% in 202422.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.7%9.7% in 202432.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 83.7%aged 15 and over70.5% in 202431.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.65children per woman2.94 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.1%of people1.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.2people on average3.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 54.0%of settled households66.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3% | 75 and over | 0.4% | ||
| 0.5% | 70–74 | 0.2% | ||
| 0.1% | 65–69 | 1.3% | ||
| 0.9% | 60–64 | 1.1% | ||
| 2.1% | 55–59 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.6% | 50–54 | 3.1% | ||
| 5.6% | 45–49 | 3.5% | ||
| 8.6% | 40–44 | 8.6% | ||
| 15.3% | 35–39 | 7.5% | ||
| 15.4% | 30–34 | 10.8% | ||
| 18.9% | 25–29 | 10.6% | ||
| 12.6% | 20–24 | 10.4% | ||
| 5.8% | 15–19 | 6.9% | ||
| 3.2% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 3.0% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 3.9% | 0–4 | 13.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Bir Gandouz’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 1,137
- Standing empty
- 33.9%28.3% vacant5.6% a second home
- Precarious
- 6.3%0.5% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 98.1%90.5% on the water mains89.9% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 8.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 25928.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 21081.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 4442.1 per business
- Public services
- 48
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Bir Gandouz | 8,246 |
Douars
Bir Gandouz’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 2 douars in 1 fraction, with 855 people. Another 8,246 live in Bir Gandouz, its urban centre, which has no douars. 82 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| بئركندوزBir Gandouz2 douars · 855 people | ||||||
| معبر الحدود الكركراتPoste frontière El Krkrat | Grouped | 68 | 97 | 0.1 | 30.0 | 30.0 |
| قرية الصيد لمهيريزVillage de pêche Lamhiriz | Grouped | 282 | 758 | 1.9 | 30.0 | 30.0 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
12.066.05.03- As digits
120660503- Slug
bir-gandouz- Census figures
/api/communes/12.066.05.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/12.066.05.03/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/12.066.05.03/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/12.066.05.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/12.066.05.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 5199621
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("bir-gandouz");