Guelmim

كلميم

Urban commune in the province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
126,729
Since 2014
+7.1%from 118,318 in 2014
Density
2,241people per km², 56.5 km²
Households
30,343
Foreign residents
192
Rank
2929th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 20 in its province

Where it is

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

TaghjijtAmtdiAdayIfrane Atlas SaghirTimoulayFaskTaganteBouizakarneAit BoufoulenAbaynouAsrirTiglitEchatea El AbiedTarga WassayTaliouine AssakaLaqsabi TagoustLabyarAferkatRass Oumlil

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Guelmim +7.1%

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
19.9%aged 10 and over25.1% in 201427.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.2%29.5% in 201450.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.1%aged 15 and over41.4% in 201415.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.74children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.5%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.8%of settled households95.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Guelmim: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.0%
2.5%70–742.0%
3.3%65–692.7%
4.2%60–644.1%
4.3%55–594.5%
5.3%50–545.8%
5.9%45–496.2%
7.0%40–447.4%
7.0%35–397.7%
7.4%30–348.3%
6.6%25–297.4%
7.2%20–247.8%
8.3%15–197.7%
10.3%10–149.3%
10.1%5–99.1%
8.1%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.6%
  • Tachelhit30.4%
  • Hassania18.0%
  • Tamazight3.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French61.7%
  • English26.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle17.7%
  • Private car17.5%
  • Taxi7.8%
  • Employer’s transport4.8%
  • Bus1.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
40,411
Standing empty
25.6%13.0% vacant12.6% a second home
Precarious
0.4%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
96.9%97.5% on the water mains97.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house96.4%
  • Apartment1.3%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years64.2%
  • 20 to 49 years34.5%
  • 50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6,18148.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5,75993.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9,1591.6 per business
Public services
285
Associations
137in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.2%
  • Services27.2%
  • Industry10.8%
  • Construction5.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.1%
  • 2 to 322.2%
  • 4 to 94.1%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.7%
  • 2011–201942.8%
  • 2001–201012.9%
  • 1991–20005.8%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19801.5%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
10.261.01.03
As digits
102610103
Slug
guelmim
Record
/api/communes/10.261.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/10.261.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/10.261.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/10.261.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/10.261.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/10.261.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2885914
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("guelmim");

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