Laattaouia

العطاوية

Urban commune in the province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
38,405
Since 2014
+26.7%from 30,315 in 2014
Density
1,367people per km², 28.1 km²
Households
8,610
Foreign residents
27
Rank
135135th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 43 in its province

Next door in Laattaouia Ech-Chaibia, 0.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 92.6%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 12.3% to 26.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lkheng. Can’t read or write: 24.3% here, 21.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.6% here, 31.5% there; higher education: 8.4% here, 7.7% there.

Compare it with Lkheng

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

43100

How it changed

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

Laattaouia +26.7%

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
24.3%aged 10 and over30.5% in 201432.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.0%12.3% in 201437.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.9%aged 15 and over43.5% in 20149.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.47children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people2.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.0%of settled households97.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laattaouia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.9%75 and over1.9%
2.2%70–741.6%
3.2%65–692.3%
4.4%60–643.8%
3.8%55–593.6%
5.0%50–545.4%
6.1%45–496.1%
6.2%40–446.7%
5.9%35–396.6%
6.9%30–347.7%
6.4%25–297.9%
7.0%20–248.1%
9.1%15–199.1%
12.1%10–1411.0%
11.3%5–910.1%
8.5%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit12.1%
  • Tamazight2.6%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French50.8%
  • English18.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle19.9%
  • Private car12.4%
  • Taxi7.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.3%
  • Bus4.3%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Informal transport2.6%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
10,422
Standing empty
20.4%14.8% vacant5.6% a second home
Precarious
3.6%1.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
90.9%96.2% on the water mains95.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
4.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house94.7%
  • Rural-type2.5%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Slum or basic house1.0%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Other0.2%
  • Apartment0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years77.1%
  • 20 to 49 years20.7%
  • 50 years or more2.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,82647.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,69692.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,3902.0 per business
Public services
88
Associations
42in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.4%
  • Services25.6%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person42.3%
  • 2 to 350.4%
  • 4 to 96.7%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.3%
  • 2011–201939.9%
  • 2001–201012.7%
  • 1991–20004.5%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.191.01.05
As digits
071910105
Slug
laattaouia
OpenStreetMap
2881940
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