Lalla Takarkoust

للا تكركوست

Rural commune in the cercle of Amizmiz, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
8,419
Since 2014
+15.2%from 7,311 in 2014
Density
88people per km², 95.7 km²
Households
2,097
Foreign residents
8
Rank
868868th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 40 in its province

Next door in Sidi Badhaj, 1.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 54.0%.

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 98.4% to 87.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lakhnafif. Read French: 61.2% here, 56.6% there; running water: 95.4% here, 99.2% there; can’t read or write: 27.5% here, 27.9% there.

Compare it with Lakhnafif

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 Lalla Takarkoust.

Lalla Takarkoust +15.2%

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
27.5%aged 10 and over35.3% in 201436.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
14.2%11.6% in 201420.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.2%aged 15 and over45.3% in 20149.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.88children per woman2.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.7%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.4%of settled households96.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lalla Takarkoust: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.5%
2.5%70–742.6%
3.6%65–693.5%
4.7%60–645.0%
4.4%55–594.5%
5.0%50–545.4%
5.7%45–496.3%
6.4%40–446.6%
6.3%35–397.3%
7.2%30–346.8%
6.4%25–296.9%
7.5%20–246.8%
9.0%15–199.0%
10.6%10–1410.6%
9.9%5–98.2%
8.0%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija93.4%
  • Tachelhit75.3%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French61.2%
  • English17.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle25.1%
  • Bus10.2%
  • Employer’s transport6.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.0%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Taxi1.7%
  • Informal transport1.2%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,743
Standing empty
32.2%16.5% vacant15.7% a second home
Precarious
5.9%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
89.3%95.0% on the water mains92.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
8.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house77.3%
  • Traditional house15.6%
  • Rural-type5.2%
  • Villa1.1%
  • Other0.6%
  • Apartment0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years35.0%
  • 20 to 49 years55.3%
  • 50 years or more9.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
30135.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
22775.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7293.2 per business
Public services
56
Associations
18in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.3%
  • Services39.6%
  • Industry9.7%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.3%
  • 2 to 330.8%
  • 4 to 97.0%
  • 10 to 494.0%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.4%
  • 2011–201936.6%
  • 2001–201016.7%
  • 1991–200010.6%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.9%

Urban centres

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

Lalla Takarkoust4,827

Douars

Lalla Takarkoust’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 3,553 people. Another 4,827 live in Lalla Takarkoust, its urban centre, which has no douars. 39 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
أمزوغAmzough9 douars · 1,992 people
تلاث إنوالنTalat InwalnIn parts1386231.91.517.2
تفروينTiferouineGrouped1305300.21.82.8
لرجامLarjamGrouped764141.01.018.0
أوخربينOukhribineGrouped381602.00.96.0
أخليجAkhlijGrouped1873———
أيت خالدAït KhaledIn parts1649———
تكنزةTakenzaGrouped318———
بن سالمBen SalemGrouped410———
أكادير السباعيAgadir SbaaiGrouped26115———
تيزلتTaizelte2 douars · 1,561 people
واويزلتOuaouizeltIn parts2216701.81.95.8
مخفمانMakhfamaneGrouped2348911.51.15.3

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
07.041.05.11
As digits
070410511
Slug
lalla-takarkoust
OpenStreetMap
3534184
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lalla-takarkoust");

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