Bizdad

بيزضاض

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Daoud, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
7,077
Since 2014
−11.1%from 7,959 in 2014
Density
58.8people per km², 120.4 km²
Households
1,742
Rank
994994th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 57 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 3.8% to 19.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Taouyalte. Higher education: 2.9% here, 2.4% there; unemployment: 19.1% here, 15.1% there; running water: 69.1% here, 78.3% there.

Compare it with Taouyalte

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 Bizdad.

Bizdad −11.1%

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
51.9%aged 10 and over60.0% in 201460.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.1%3.8% in 201445.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.5%aged 15 and over39.2% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.69children per woman3.80 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
69.1%of settled households71.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bizdad: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over5.0%
4.0%70–743.6%
3.9%65–693.9%
4.5%60–645.1%
4.7%55–594.3%
5.2%50–546.2%
5.7%45–496.2%
7.0%40–445.7%
5.5%35–395.5%
5.7%30–345.3%
4.9%25–294.6%
5.7%20–245.5%
7.4%15–199.4%
11.9%10–1411.9%
10.7%5–99.9%
8.4%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.4%
  • Darija31.4%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.1%
  • French35.2%
  • English5.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.6%
  • Bus18.4%
  • Informal transport10.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.7%
  • Another way4.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.5%
  • Animal3.9%
  • Private car3.4%
  • Taxi3.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17124.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4425.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
841.9 per business
Public services
121
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.1%
  • Services31.8%
  • Industry9.1%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.8%
  • 2 to 315.9%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 492.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.7%
  • 2011–201950.0%
  • 2001–201013.6%
  • 1991–20006.8%
  • 1981–19906.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bizdad’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,077 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
انفلاسInflas2 douars · 2,315 people
تسيلاTassilaIn parts4001,5410.91.72.7
اكي افرضIgui ou FerdIn parts1897741.22.19.0
أيت بيوضAit Bioud4 douars · 2,529 people
تكديرتTagadirtIn parts1756781.91.314.7
تكاووتTagaouaoutIn parts1937722.01.22.7
تضرضورتTadardouretIn parts753201.11.01.2
تمغزدانTimaghazdaneIn parts1657593.30.26.4
أمزاوروAmzaourou6 douars · 2,233 people
اكرضAguerdIn parts723180.40.50.7
تضرضورت امزاوروTaderdourt AmzaourouIn parts742960.51.01.0
تيشورغاTichourrhaIn parts1445340.70.74.0
ايت خلوفAit KhalloufIn parts1003981.01.07.1
أمسوAmsouIn parts883880.10.10.2
الخنكEl KhenegIn parts672992.22.22.2

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.07.11
As digits
072110711
Slug
bizdad
OpenStreetMap
2820936
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bizdad");

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