Itzer

إيتزر

Rural commune in the cercle of Midelt, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
10,513
Since 2014
−0.9%from 10,613 in 2014
Density
39.6people per km², 265.3 km²
Households
2,946
Foreign residents
2
Rank
704704th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 29 in its province

Next door in Oued Ifrane, 40.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 78.9%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 73.7% to 57.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Kbab. Aged 0 to 14: 25.1% here, 23.9% there; read French: 63.3% here, 59.8% there; household size: 3.6 here, 3.8 there.

Compare it with El Kbab

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 Itzer.

Itzer −0.9%

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
36.3%aged 10 and over41.3% in 201444.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.3%15.5% in 201433.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.0%aged 15 and over42.7% in 20147.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.00children per woman2.16 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.7%of people8.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
78.9%of settled households73.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Itzer: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over4.6%
3.2%70–743.1%
3.4%65–693.4%
5.6%60–646.0%
5.1%55–595.9%
6.1%50–546.4%
6.7%45–497.0%
6.6%40–447.2%
5.4%35–397.3%
6.2%30–346.3%
5.6%25–295.1%
6.2%20–246.5%
8.8%15–197.8%
10.8%10–149.3%
8.9%5–98.2%
7.5%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija85.3%
  • Tamazight67.4%
  • Tachelhit7.2%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French63.3%
  • English19.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot73.3%
  • Informal transport6.8%
  • Private car5.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.7%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Taxi1.5%
  • Another way1.2%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,074
Standing empty
19.9%12.6% vacant7.2% a second home
Precarious
12.8%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.2%98.9% on the water mains97.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
18.9%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house83.7%
  • Rural-type11.7%
  • Traditional house2.8%
  • Slum or basic house0.8%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Other0.3%
  • Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years62.7%
  • 20 to 49 years29.5%
  • 50 years or more7.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
44942.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
38184.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5031.3 per business
Public services
57
Associations
11in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce46.5%
  • Services29.1%
  • Construction13.4%
  • Industry11.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.8%
  • 2 to 36.0%
  • 4 to 92.4%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later55.6%
  • 2011–201926.8%
  • 2001–20108.7%
  • 1991–20004.7%
  • 1981–19902.9%
  • 1956–19801.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Itzer5,700

Douars

Itzer’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,771 people. Another 5,700 live in Itzer, its urban centre, which has no douars. 42 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايتزرItzer3 douars · 652 people
والغOualegheGrouped1164130.00.05.0
تيشوتTichoutGrouped371290.81.13.0
إيتزرItzerDispersed321100.92.12.8
ايت باسو ايت اوفلاAit Bassou Ait Oufella2 douars · 2,255 people
ايت باسوAit BassouIn parts2881,0751.72.39.9
ايت اوفلا القصر الحمرAit Oufella Ksar El HmrIn parts3241,1800.30.89.5
ايت احمامةAit Hmama9 douars · 1,864 people
ايت الحاجAit El HajDispersed1074660.92.89.5
ايت عثمانAit OthmaneIn parts1265750.43.017.0
ايت رحوAit RahouDispersed27105———
ايت حدوAit HaddouDispersed371671.12.57.7
ايت ناصرAit NacerDispersed522071.32.99.6
ايت قسوAit QassouDispersed452170.83.17.6
ايت بوضاهرAit BoudaharDispersed1142———
ايت سعيدAit SaidDispersed1457———
أكلمامAguelmamDispersed1128———

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
08.363.07.17
As digits
083630717
Slug
itzer
OpenStreetMap
2826589
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("itzer");

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