Essaouira
الصويرة
Urban commune in the province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 82,962
- Since 2014
- +6.4%from 77,966 in 2014
- Density
- 615people per km², 134.9 km²
- Households
- 24,719
- Foreign residents
- 868
- Rank
- 6767th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 57 in its province
Next door in Aguerd, 2.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 94.6%.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ifrane. Higher education: 14.2% here, 15.1% there; can’t read or write: 16.1% here, 16.4% there; read French: 70.6% here, 70.0% there.
One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcodes
31052, 35052, 36122, 44000, 44010, 50022, 51100, 86150, 87052
Villages and hamlets
Diabat, Douar Laarab, El Ghazoua, Ouassane
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Essaouira.
Essaouira +6.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 16.1%aged 10 and over22.1% in 201422.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.4%17.4% in 201423.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.3%aged 15 and over52.5% in 201423.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.78children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.2%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.3people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 95.7%of settled households92.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 3.2% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.1% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 5.7% | 60–64 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.7% | 55–59 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.6% | 50–54 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.8% | 45–49 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.0% | 40–44 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 7.2% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.4% | 25–29 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.1% | 20–24 | 7.7% | ||
| 7.9% | 15–19 | 7.7% | ||
| 8.9% | 10–14 | 8.2% | ||
| 7.9% | 5–9 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.0% | 0–4 | 5.8% | ||
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
- 22.1%aged 10 and over16.1% in 202430.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.4%17.4% in 202430.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 52.5%aged 15 and over44.3% in 202430.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 98.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.84children per woman1.78 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.9%of people4.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.8people on average3.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 92.2%of settled households95.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1% | 75 and over | 2.3% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.1% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 6.6% | 50–54 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.6% | 40–44 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.4% | 35–39 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 8.4% | ||
| 7.5% | 25–29 | 8.1% | ||
| 7.9% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.1% | 15–19 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.5% | 10–14 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.4% | 5–9 | 8.0% | ||
| 9.1% | 0–4 | 8.4% | ||
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 Essaouira’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 34,133
- Standing empty
- 30.3%8.7% vacant21.7% a second home
- Precarious
- 1.4%0.2% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 94.2%94.8% on the water mains98.0% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 2.4%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
- 5,52066.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5,17093.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 12,1852.4 per business
- Public services
- 272
- Associations
- 78in 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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households living in an apartment is 19.7%, against 4.5% across its province.
Across the 3 communes it borders, the median is 0.0%. Aguerd is furthest from it, at 0.0%.
In 2014 it was 15.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
The share of people who speak Tarifit is 0.7%, against 0.2% across its province.
Across the 3 communes it borders, the median is 0.2%. Aguerd is furthest from it, at 0.0%.
In 2014 it was 0.8%. Across Morocco, the fall was one point.
In the data
Files and code
- Code
07.211.01.05- As digits
072110105- Slug
essaouira- Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.01.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.01.05/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.211.01.05/housing.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/07.211.01.05/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.01.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.211.01.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2821038
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("essaouira");