Driouch

الدريوش

Urban commune in the province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
15,661
Since 2014
+6.2%from 14,741 in 2014
Density
1,470people per km², 10.7 km²
Households
4,168
Foreign residents
1
Rank
422422nd most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 23 in its province

Where it is

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

MtalssaTsaftAzlafMidarTafersitTemsamaneBen TaiebTrougoutOulad AmgharBoudinarTazaghineDar El KebdaniIjermaouasOuardanaAit MaitM'hajerTalilitBni MarghnineAmejjaouIferniAin ZohraOulad Boubker

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Driouch +6.2%

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
29.8%aged 10 and over37.2% in 201438.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.7%19.0% in 201430.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.6%aged 15 and over43.6% in 201413.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.97children per woman2.15 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.5%of people7.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
80.2%of settled households69.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Driouch: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.1%
2.5%70–742.3%
2.7%65–693.8%
4.1%60–644.5%
3.8%55–594.5%
4.3%50–545.7%
5.2%45–495.7%
7.1%40–446.6%
7.5%35–397.3%
7.4%30–348.0%
7.5%25–298.0%
7.2%20–247.2%
8.2%15–197.0%
10.2%10–149.2%
11.3%5–99.0%
8.4%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.3%
  • Tarifit63.4%
  • Tamazight6.9%
  • Tachelhit2.5%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French47.5%
  • English19.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot53.3%
  • Private car15.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.5%
  • Employer’s transport4.7%
  • Taxi1.8%
  • Bus0.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
6,706
Standing empty
42.5%18.9% vacant23.6% a second home
Precarious
3.6%2.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
69.8%81.7% on the water mains96.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
5.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house80.3%
  • Apartment14.5%
  • Slum or basic house2.5%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Other1.0%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.0%
  • 20 to 49 years40.7%
  • 50 years or more3.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,16774.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,08292.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,0421.9 per business
Public services
64
Associations
21in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.4%
  • Services33.5%
  • Industry9.3%
  • Construction5.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person49.3%
  • 2 to 343.7%
  • 4 to 96.6%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.3%
  • 2011–201946.6%
  • 2001–201012.4%
  • 1991–20004.2%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
02.167.01.09
As digits
021670109
Slug
driouch
Record
/api/communes/02.167.01.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.167.01.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.167.01.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.167.01.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.167.01.09/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.167.01.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
4765785
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("driouch");

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