Ighoud

إيغود

Rural commune in the cercle of Ahmar, province of Youssoufia, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 22,080
Since 2014: −3.5%from 22,870 in 2014
Density: 61.8people per km², 357 km²
Households: 4,669
Rank: 272272nd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 11 in its province

Next door in Ahdil, 88.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 12.7%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 67.4% to 92.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: N'khila. Running water: 12.7% here, 4.8% there; aged 0 to 14: 32.5% here, 31.6% there; household size: 4.7 here, 4.8 there.

Compare it with N'khila

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ighoud −3.5%

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: 43.4%aged 10 and over58.5% in 201452.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.9%12.2% in 201427.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.7%aged 15 and over45.9% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.70children per woman3.63 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 12.7%of settled households9.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ighoud: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	3.4%
2.1%	70–74	2.1%
3.3%	65–69	2.8%
3.7%	60–64	3.8%
3.4%	55–59	3.4%
4.2%	50–54	4.1%
5.0%	45–49	5.2%
6.0%	40–44	6.0%
7.0%	35–39	6.5%
7.3%	30–34	6.2%
7.5%	25–29	6.4%
7.1%	20–24	6.3%
9.3%	15–19	10.2%
12.1%	10–14	12.9%
10.7%	5–9	11.5%
8.9%	0–4	9.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.4%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French42.8%
English6.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot39.7%
Doesn’t travel to work27.1%
Informal transport7.7%
Bike or motorcycle6.3%
Employer’s transport5.8%
Taxi4.5%
Bus3.9%
Private car3.0%
Another way1.5%
Animal0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 58.5%aged 10 and over43.4% in 202470.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.2%23.9% in 202452.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.9%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20244.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 87.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.63children per woman2.70 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.4people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 9.1%of settled households12.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ighoud: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.7%
1.4%	70–74	1.6%
1.6%	65–69	2.0%
2.5%	60–64	2.8%
3.7%	55–59	3.2%
4.0%	50–54	3.9%
4.0%	45–49	3.8%
4.9%	40–44	4.6%
6.0%	35–39	5.4%
7.5%	30–34	6.9%
9.3%	25–29	8.0%
10.1%	20–24	9.1%
9.7%	15–19	9.5%
9.3%	10–14	9.8%
10.6%	5–9	12.2%
13.3%	0–4	14.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only51.8%
Arabic and French42.6%
Arabic, French and English5.3%
Other combinations0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bus46.7%
On foot33.8%
Taxi5.4%
Works at home3.8%
Bike or motorcycle3.6%
Private car2.0%
Not stated2.0%
Another way1.9%
Employer’s transport0.9%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province48.1%
Their own neighbourhood24.5%
No fixed place12.4%
Another in the commune8.3%
At home3.8%
Not stated2.0%
Another commune0.7%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades26.0%
Labouring and small trades23.6%
Farming and fishing18.5%
Farm and fishing labour12.1%
Trade and broking9.8%
Clerical work4.2%
Machine operating3.1%
Not classified1.2%
Managers and senior professionals0.8%
Technicians0.6%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma83.2%
Primary12.5%
Lower secondary3.1%
Upper secondary0.8%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 704
Standing empty: 28.7%24.6% vacant4.1% a second home
Precarious: 8.4%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 87.4%78.7% on the water mains87.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 12.0%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house55.8%
Traditional house35.5%
Rural-type5.4%
Other2.7%
Slum or basic house0.3%
Villa0.1%
Apartment0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years80.8%
20 to 49 years16.8%
50 years or more2.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 48321.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 27957.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 4441.6 per business
Public services: 164
Associations: 40in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce64.9%
Services24.7%
Industry8.2%
Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person84.2%
2 to 313.6%
4 to 91.1%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later23.7%
2011–201939.4%
2001–201021.5%
1991–200010.4%
1981–19903.6%
1956–19801.4%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ighoud

2,180

Douars

Ighoud’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 46 douars in 6 fractions, with 19,900 people. Another 2,180 live in Ighoud, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الرياحنة ايغودErryahnat Ighoud6 douars · 2,923 people
البطمةLbetma	In parts	116	569	1.8	0.7	5.3
الحسينات المطاقنةLahsinat El Mtakna	In parts	142	646	0.5	1.7	2.7
بلعلويBelaaloui	In parts	117	595	3.1	2.1	5.7
بلبكريBelbakri	In parts	77	407	1.0	3.1	4.1
بنعلوBen Allou	Grouped	127	616	0.4	2.4	3.2
الشواريات اولاد سليمان(اولاد بن رضيضة)Ecchouaryat Oulad Slimane (Oulad Ben Redida)	Grouped	16	90	—	—	—
اولاد الواعرOulad El Ouaar7 douars · 1,997 people
سعيد بن البشيرSaid Ben El Bachir	Dispersed	43	234	1.1	1.1	6.6
اولاد العياشيOuled El Ayachi	In parts	39	172	6.3	1.5	17.9
العويساتLaaouissate	In parts	40	186	11.5	4.7	14.5
عامر بن حمينAamer Ben Hmine	In parts	86	350	12.6	2.8	14.5
باعديBaddou	Grouped	16	78	—	—	—
الرواتعةErrouataa	In parts	63	295	6.7	3.0	9.1
اولاد عبد الرحمان (الخادم)Oulad Abderrahmane	In parts	155	682	13.6	2.6	20.2
الرياحنة ايغود اهل سوسErryahnat Ighoud Ahl Souss12 douars · 3,519 people
البروكاتLabroukate	In parts	21	90	—	—	—
الركاراكةErrkaraka	Grouped	25	104	—	—	—
ولاد سي بيهOulad Si Bouih	In parts	43	213	3.7	3.3	12.4
هدي بن المعطيHaddi Ben Maati	In parts	66	288	3.1	2.2	9.6
الحيداتEl Haidat	In parts	95	451	2.6	1.9	12.6
لبرايجLabrayj	In parts	53	229	2.8	1.6	10.0
الضلعةEdalaa	In parts	183	793	1.4	1.9	7.3
اولاد رحمونOulad Rahmani	In parts	87	371	3.5	1.8	9.3
لعزاعزةLaazaaza	Dispersed	65	281	3.0	1.1	9.9
اولاد بوشعيبOulad Bou Chaib	Grouped	73	325	3.0	1.1	9.0
اعمارة بن محمدAamara Ben Mohamed	In parts	57	233	3.2	3.0	7.1
الهريراتEl Hrirat	Dispersed	34	141	3.0	3.2	5.5
اولاد عبوOulad Abbou6 douars · 4,086 people
بن زعيترBen Zaiter	In parts	79	383	0.4	1.1	3.5
اولاد عبوOulad Abbou	In parts	241	1,051	4.3	2.5	4.4
اولاد سليمانOuled Slimane	In parts	191	967	2.6	0.9	3.1
اولاد محمدOulad Mhamed	In parts	156	821	0.8	1.1	2.7
المامونEl-Mamoune	In parts	95	525	0.4	1.0	3.6
امبارك بن احمدMbarek Ben Ahmed	In parts	74	339	0.2	1.3	5.2
اولاد الحاجOulad El Haj7 douars · 1,773 people
اولاد الحاجOulad El Haj	In parts	102	512	1.8	3.0	7.0
ارقيواتRkiouat	In parts	28	119	—	—	—
اولاد قايد الوادOulad Kaid El-Oued	Grouped	42	197	4.7	0.3	13.9
لحسينات بوركايزLahsinate Bourkayz	Grouped	13	47	—	—	—
لعسارةLasara	Grouped	37	216	0.7	2.7	7.8
لعضيلاتEl Adilate	In parts	63	376	5.0	2.0	10.4
لمطاهرةLemtahra	Grouped	54	306	0.0	0.1	15.0
الميمناتEl Mouimenet8 douars · 5,602 people
لمهاديLemhadi	In parts	149	675	0.9	1.8	5.6
البحيراتLebhirat	In parts	73	348	1.8	2.6	9.4
اولاد بن امباركOulad Ben Mbarek	In parts	81	339	2.5	1.4	10.4
الدحاحنةDhahna	Dispersed	76	335	7.8	1.8	12.2
لعليلاتLaalilat	In parts	89	481	6.2	4.6	8.8
الصبابحةSbabha	In parts	354	1,749	13.0	2.2	14.1
الكعدةEl Gaada	In parts	205	1,136	6.5	2.0	13.0
اولاد بوزيدOd. Bouzid	Grouped	109	539	8.0	2.0	18.0

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 07.585.05.07
As digits: 075850507
Slug: ighoud
Record: /api/communes/07.585.05.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.585.05.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.585.05.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.585.05.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/07.585.05.07/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.585.05.07/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.585.05.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2827857

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