Chichaoua

شيشاوة

Urban commune in the province of Chichaoua, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
38,452
Since 2014
+38.0%from 27,869 in 2014
Density
1,966people per km², 19.6 km²
Households
9,127
Foreign residents
135
Rank
134134th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 35 in its province

Where it is

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

BouaboutTaouloukoultSid L'mokhtarAhdilLamzoudiaTimezgadiouineTimliltKouzemtIchamrarenBouabout AmdlaneOulad MoumnaRahhalaSidi AbdelmoumenOuad L'bourNfifaImintanouteAin TazitounteAfalla IssenIrohalenAit Haddou YoussefLalla AazizaSidi GhanemDouiraneAdassilImindounitM'zoudaAssif El MalZaouia AnnahliaSaidateAit HadiSidi M'hamed DalilSidi Bouzid ArragraguiMajjatGmassa

How it changed

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

Chichaoua +38.0%

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
22.0%aged 10 and over29.7% in 201428.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.3%11.3% in 201425.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.7%aged 15 and over47.3% in 201416.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.30children per woman2.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.3%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.7%of settled households89.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Chichaoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.9%75 and over2.1%
2.0%70–741.7%
2.4%65–692.3%
3.6%60–643.3%
4.2%55–593.7%
5.2%50–544.9%
6.5%45–496.2%
6.4%40–446.8%
6.6%35–397.4%
6.8%30–347.8%
6.3%25–297.3%
7.0%20–248.0%
9.3%15–199.1%
12.0%10–1410.9%
11.3%5–910.2%
8.4%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tachelhit15.0%
  • Tamazight2.1%
  • Hassania0.6%
  • Tarifit0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French58.9%
  • English25.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.7%
  • Private car14.0%
  • Taxi8.1%
  • Employer’s transport8.1%
  • Bus2.6%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
11,705
Standing empty
24.5%15.4% vacant9.1% a second home
Precarious
4.8%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
86.4%94.7% on the water mains95.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
5.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house86.5%
  • Apartment6.6%
  • Rural-type4.3%
  • Villa1.2%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Other0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years86.3%
  • 20 to 49 years13.1%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,19257.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,00391.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,1621.6 per business
Public services
133
Associations
56in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.3%
  • Services26.9%
  • Industry14.7%
  • Construction2.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.8%
  • 2 to 318.0%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later54.9%
  • 2011–201930.1%
  • 2001–201010.9%
  • 1991–20002.6%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19800.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.161.01.01
As digits
071610101
Slug
chichaoua
Record
/api/communes/07.161.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.161.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.161.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.161.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.161.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.161.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2821119
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("chichaoua");

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