Bni A'yat

بني عياط

Rural commune in the cercle of Afourar, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
23,675
Since 2014
+3.4%from 22,900 in 2014
Density
160people per km², 147.9 km²
Households
5,318
Foreign residents
1
Rank
249249th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 44 in its province

Next door in Afourar, 57.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 19.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 11.4% to 35.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bouchfaa. In the labour force: 29.5% here, 31.1% there; read French: 58.5% here, 55.7% there; running water: 74.0% here, 80.3% there.

Compare it with Bouchfaa

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 Bni A'yat.

Bni A'yat +3.4%

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
34.0%aged 10 and over40.7% in 201444.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
35.1%11.4% in 201433.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.5%aged 15 and over42.0% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.99children per woman2.25 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
74.0%of settled households71.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni A'yat: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over4.1%
2.8%70–742.9%
3.9%65–693.3%
4.8%60–644.6%
5.1%55–594.4%
5.7%50–545.5%
6.0%45–496.5%
6.2%40–446.4%
6.1%35–396.5%
5.1%30–346.6%
4.1%25–296.6%
6.0%20–247.1%
8.9%15–198.1%
12.1%10–1410.4%
11.2%5–99.6%
8.8%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija90.7%
  • Tamazight58.4%
  • Tachelhit18.5%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French58.5%
  • English20.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.1%
  • Bus9.6%
  • Private car9.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.3%
  • Taxi4.7%
  • Employer’s transport4.0%
  • Another way1.4%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
43718.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
31572.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5001.6 per business
Public services
102
Associations
20in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.0%
  • Services23.5%
  • Industry18.7%
  • Construction3.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.6%
  • 2 to 328.3%
  • 4 to 93.2%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.5%
  • 2011–201934.6%
  • 2001–201013.0%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19801.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni A'yat’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 7 fractions, with 23,671 people. 4 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت اسفاون الجبلAit Asfaoune Jbel3 douars · 2,606 people
مكونةMgounaDispersed3081,4690.32.74.9
وعريانOuryaneIn parts1014770.31.513.5
ايت املولAit ImloulDispersed1356601.14.413.3
ايت اسفاون السهليةAit Asfaoune Esshlia5 douars · 5,457 people
العوينةEl AouynaDispersed3701,8310.32.12.1
تاوريرتTaourirtGrouped1416850.73.96.2
اسوكاIssoukalIn parts2671,2740.52.34.5
بوسكورAhl BouskkourGrouped1466500.23.34.6
تانفاردةTannferdaIn parts2311,0170.21.62.5
سيدي علي بن إبراهيمSidi Ali Ben Brahim4 douars · 3,144 people
الكديةAl KoudiaIn parts1165300.41.01.3
الزرايبZraybIn parts1586980.11.94.2
لكنيزLaknizIn parts1004641.03.14.8
أكرضAguardIn parts3251,4520.41.22.1
ايت يحيىAit Yahia1 douar · 3,285 people
أيت يحيىAit YahiaIn parts7563,2850.12.24.4
ايت اسمسيلAit Asemsil7 douars · 7,225 people
مركز بني عياطCentre Bni A'yatGrouped1,1754,7430.31.10.9
دوار الشوكDouar ChoukGrouped793141.03.03.0
فرغسIfreghsIn parts903790.52.53.3
ساغدنSaghdeneGrouped1255490.32.43.2
أيت وايوAit OuayouGrouped743351.73.17.3
تيزكيTizguiGrouped863931.33.13.1
الرجمErrjmGrouped1215120.12.14.0
تاكموتTagmout1 douar · 723 people
تاݣموتTagmoutIn parts1567230.50.81.6
مزيكازMzikaz3 douars · 1,231 people
مزيكازMzikazDispersed884360.91.72.5
أيت بغليAit BeghliGrouped401722.03.93.9
بوازاضBouazadGrouped1306231.10.90.9

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.081.11.03
As digits
050811103
Slug
bni-a-yat
OpenStreetMap
2887214
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-a-yat");

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