Ghmate

اغمات

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Ourir, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
28,674
Since 2014
+13.7%from 25,220 in 2014
Density
241people per km², 118.8 km²
Households
6,526
Foreign residents
39
Rank
195195th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 40 in its province

Where it is

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

TameslohteMoulay BrahimTahannaoutLalla TakarkoustSidi BadhajOulad MtaaTizguineAmizmizDar JamaaAzgourAmghrasAit Sidi DaoudAit OurirAit FaskaTamazouzteSidi Abdellah GhiatOurikaTidili MesfiouaTouamaTazartZerktenTamaguertTighedouineAbadouAit Hkim-Ait YzidAit AadelSti FadmaIguerferouaneOukaimdenAsniOuirganeImgdalIjoukakAghbarTalat N'yaaqoubIghilAnougalOuazguitaAghouatim

How it changed

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

Ghmate +13.7%

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
35.3%aged 10 and over41.9% in 201445.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.6%9.4% in 201428.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.6%aged 15 and over47.3% in 20145.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.49children per woman2.68 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.8%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
74.9%of settled households56.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ghmate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.4%
2.2%70–742.3%
3.4%65–693.0%
4.2%60–644.1%
3.6%55–594.1%
4.7%50–544.8%
6.0%45–495.9%
6.3%40–446.3%
6.7%35–396.5%
7.7%30–346.9%
7.4%25–297.0%
7.6%20–247.1%
8.8%15–198.8%
10.1%10–1410.3%
9.9%5–910.8%
8.6%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit91.0%
  • Darija76.1%
  • Tamazight4.7%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French43.5%
  • English9.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle38.2%
  • On foot25.4%
  • Bus11.9%
  • Private car6.1%
  • Taxi4.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
428
Standing empty
23.4%10.7% vacant12.6% a second home
Precarious
12.4%1.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
56.5%62.9% on the water mains93.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
17.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house83.6%
  • Rural-type11.2%
  • Villa2.6%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Slum or basic house1.2%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years67.1%
  • 20 to 49 years29.7%
  • 50 years or more3.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
68824.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
45966.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,0372.3 per business
Public services
180
Associations
49in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.4%
  • Services26.6%
  • Industry13.3%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.1%
  • 2 to 319.2%
  • 4 to 92.4%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.5%
  • 2011–201943.1%
  • 2001–201014.4%
  • 1991–20006.3%
  • 1981–19902.0%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ghmate1,359

In the data

Code
07.041.03.11
As digits
070410311
Slug
ghmate
Record
/api/communes/07.041.03.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.041.03.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.041.03.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.041.03.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.041.03.11/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.041.03.11/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
3535313
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ghmate");

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