El Ouatia
الوطية
Urban commune in the province of Tan-Tan, Guelmim-Oued Noun.
- Population, 2024
- 14,258
- Since 2014
- +53.4%from 9,295 in 2014
- Density
- 542people per km², 26.3 km²
- Households
- 3,717
- Foreign residents
- 15
- Rank
- 481481st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 7 in its province
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.6% to 52.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tarfaya. In the labour force: 51.2% here, 49.3% there; can’t read or write: 14.3% here, 18.2% there; household size: 3.5 here, 3.7 there.
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 El Ouatia.
El Ouatia +53.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 14.3%aged 10 and over18.6% in 201418.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.1%8.3% in 201422.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 51.2%aged 15 and over63.4% in 201413.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.33children per woman3.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.5%of people1.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.5people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 93.9%of settled households81.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7% | 75 and over | 0.7% | ||
| 1.1% | 70–74 | 0.5% | ||
| 1.4% | 65–69 | 1.1% | ||
| 3.2% | 60–64 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 2.7% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 4.1% | ||
| 6.3% | 45–49 | 4.9% | ||
| 8.7% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.8% | 35–39 | 8.5% | ||
| 8.6% | 30–34 | 9.8% | ||
| 8.0% | 25–29 | 9.8% | ||
| 7.4% | 20–24 | 8.0% | ||
| 7.6% | 15–19 | 7.7% | ||
| 9.6% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 10.6% | 5–9 | 12.0% | ||
| 10.2% | 0–4 | 11.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 18.6%aged 10 and over14.3% in 202424.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 8.3%11.1% in 202438.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 63.4%aged 15 and over51.2% in 202414.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 98.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.06children per woman3.33 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 1.5%of people2.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.8people on average3.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 81.7%of settled households93.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3% | 75 and over | 0.7% | ||
| 0.4% | 70–74 | 0.4% | ||
| 0.5% | 65–69 | 0.7% | ||
| 1.9% | 60–64 | 1.2% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 1.3% | ||
| 6.3% | 50–54 | 3.5% | ||
| 8.4% | 45–49 | 4.7% | ||
| 9.9% | 40–44 | 6.8% | ||
| 9.0% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 10.0% | 30–34 | 9.6% | ||
| 9.5% | 25–29 | 10.1% | ||
| 8.6% | 20–24 | 10.5% | ||
| 6.9% | 15–19 | 8.5% | ||
| 7.1% | 10–14 | 9.7% | ||
| 7.6% | 5–9 | 11.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 0–4 | 13.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in El Ouatia’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 6,107
- Standing empty
- 40.4%19.2% vacant21.2% a second home
- Precarious
- 4.9%0.5% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 56.0%91.1% on the water mains91.0% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 7.0%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 77254.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 68789.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2,3263.4 per business
- Public services
- 66
- Associations
- 19in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
In the data
Files and code
- Code
10.521.01.03- As digits
105210103- Slug
el-ouatia- Census figures
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2890949
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-ouatia");