Lakhsas

الأخصاص

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

Population, 2024
5,603
Since 2014
+18.5%from 4,729 in 2014
Density
531people per km², 10.6 km²
Households
1,474
Rank
1,1461,146th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 19 in its province

Next door in Sidi H'saine Ou Ali, 0.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 72.2%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.6% to 72.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Bouayach. Darija: 30.7% here, 35.6% there; running water: 92.1% here, 89.2% there; household size: 3.8 here, 4.0 there.

Compare it with Bni Bouayach

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 Lakhsas.

Lakhsas +18.5%

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
30.9%aged 10 and over34.9% in 201444.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.5%19.8% in 201434.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.0%aged 15 and over39.9% in 20147.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.56children per woman2.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.5%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.1%of settled households81.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lakhsas: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over4.7%
1.8%70–742.8%
2.8%65–693.1%
3.6%60–643.9%
4.9%55–594.3%
6.2%50–545.1%
6.9%45–496.7%
7.7%40–448.1%
7.6%35–397.9%
6.1%30–346.9%
4.8%25–295.9%
6.0%20–246.5%
9.0%15–198.4%
10.8%10–1410.4%
10.5%5–98.9%
7.3%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.4%
  • Darija30.7%
  • Tamazight3.8%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic96.9%
  • French54.8%
  • English19.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh12.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot54.5%
  • Private car10.6%
  • Employer’s transport10.6%
  • Taxi8.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.8%
  • Informal transport3.3%
  • Bus2.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,587
Standing empty
44.3%23.3% vacant21.1% a second home
Precarious
0.2%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
57.4%77.8% on the water mains87.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.9%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house93.3%
  • Traditional house5.5%
  • Apartment0.7%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Other0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years58.7%
  • 20 to 49 years39.7%
  • 50 years or more1.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
45881.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
41590.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5221.3 per business
Public services
34
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.7%
  • Services21.9%
  • Industry8.9%
  • Construction6.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.0%
  • 2 to 310.8%
  • 4 to 92.9%
  • 10 to 490.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.8%
  • 2011–201932.3%
  • 2001–201017.3%
  • 1991–20009.4%
  • 1981–19907.0%
  • 1956–19803.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
10.473.01.01
As digits
104730101
Slug
lakhsas
OpenStreetMap
2886017
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import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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