Bzou

بزو

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

Population, 2024
13,602
Since 2014
−3.3%from 14,072 in 2014
Density
57.1people per km², 238.2 km²
Households
3,563
Foreign residents
1
Rank
516516th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 44 in its province

Where it is

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

Tiffert N'ait HamzaAit OuqabliTagleftIsseksiOuaouizeghtBin El OuidaneTimouliltAfourarAit OuaardaBni A'yatTaounzaAnerguiTilougguiteTabarouchtAit MazighZaouiat AhansalRfalaMoulay Aissa Ben DrissTisqiBni HassaneFoum JemaaTabiaTanantAit MajdenImlilDemnateTidili FetouakaAnzouSidi YacoubAit OumdisAit TamlilTifniTabantAit M'hamedAit AbbasAit Bou OulliAit BlalSidi BoulkhalfOuaoulaAit TaguellaAzilalTamda NoumercidAgoudi N'lkhair

How it changed

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

Bzou −3.3%

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
34.3%aged 10 and over41.6% in 201445.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.1%9.0% in 201441.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.2%aged 15 and over42.6% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.20children per woman2.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.7%of settled households80.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bzou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.1%75 and over5.0%
3.1%70–743.7%
5.2%65–694.7%
5.3%60–645.7%
4.8%55–595.5%
6.5%50–545.8%
5.9%45–496.4%
5.5%40–446.5%
5.8%35–396.1%
5.1%30–346.0%
4.7%25–296.3%
5.4%20–246.9%
8.9%15–197.3%
11.1%10–149.2%
9.8%5–98.6%
7.9%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.7%
  • Tachelhit41.0%
  • Tamazight19.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French65.1%
  • English19.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.6%
  • Private car10.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.4%
  • Bus6.8%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Taxi1.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,435
Standing empty
21.5%4.7% vacant16.8% a second home
Precarious
13.7%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
0.8%90.0% on the water mains90.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
21.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house85.7%
  • Rural-type13.3%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Other0.4%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years39.2%
  • 20 to 49 years40.5%
  • 50 years or more20.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
45133.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
30768.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5531.8 per business
Public services
114
Associations
30in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.5%
  • Services24.4%
  • Industry11.1%
  • Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.3%
  • 2 to 318.2%
  • 4 to 96.5%
  • 10 to 492.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.3%
  • 2011–201937.5%
  • 2001–201018.2%
  • 1991–20009.1%
  • 1981–19902.3%
  • 1956–19804.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Bzou4,014

In the data

Code
05.081.05.07
As digits
050810507
Slug
bzou
Record
/api/communes/05.081.05.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2887243
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bzou");

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