Lamaachate

لمعاشات

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

Population, 2024: 15,830
Since 2014: +2.9%from 15,389 in 2014
Density: 90people per km², 175.9 km²
Households: 3,945
Foreign residents: 17
Rank: 415415th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 25 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 2.6% to 31.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Marchouch. Unemployment: 9.8% here, 13.1% there; running water: 31.3% here, 39.4% there; aged 65 and over: 10.9% here, 11.7% there.

Compare it with Marchouch

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

46154

How it changed

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

Lamaachate +2.9%

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: 40.6%aged 10 and over52.0% in 201447.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.8%10.0% in 201429.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.2%aged 15 and over46.1% in 20143.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.40children per woman2.55 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 31.3%of settled households2.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lamaachate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.8%	75 and over	4.3%
3.2%	70–74	3.2%
3.4%	65–69	3.8%
3.9%	60–64	4.2%
4.2%	55–59	3.7%
4.7%	50–54	4.9%
5.7%	45–49	6.0%
6.6%	40–44	6.1%
6.6%	35–39	6.3%
7.3%	30–34	6.4%
6.3%	25–29	6.2%
7.4%	20–24	6.6%
8.7%	15–19	9.5%
10.0%	10–14	10.6%
10.0%	5–9	9.7%
8.1%	0–4	8.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.6%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French53.7%
English11.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot34.4%
Bike or motorcycle22.9%
Taxi14.9%
Doesn’t travel to work8.2%
Animal5.7%
Private car4.3%
Bus4.0%
Informal transport2.7%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Another way0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 52.0%aged 10 and over40.6% in 202463.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.0%9.8% in 202471.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.1%aged 15 and over39.2% in 20245.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.55children per woman3.40 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.6%of people4.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 2.6%of settled households31.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Lamaachate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.1%
1.8%	70–74	1.8%
2.3%	65–69	1.9%
3.4%	60–64	3.7%
3.4%	55–59	3.1%
4.0%	50–54	4.6%
4.5%	45–49	4.3%
5.1%	40–44	5.3%
6.5%	35–39	6.2%
8.1%	30–34	7.5%
8.7%	25–29	7.7%
9.6%	20–24	8.5%
8.9%	15–19	9.4%
9.6%	10–14	10.3%
10.0%	5–9	10.9%
11.0%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only56.4%
Arabic and French38.3%
Arabic, French and English4.6%
Other combinations0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot62.0%
Taxi11.7%
Bike or motorcycle9.9%
Bus6.6%
Another way4.4%
Not stated2.7%
Private car2.3%
Works at home0.4%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood48.1%
Another in the commune26.1%
No fixed place10.5%
Another province9.5%
Not stated2.8%
Another commune2.2%
At home0.4%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing30.5%
Farm and fishing labour29.5%
Labouring and small trades15.2%
Crafts and skilled trades12.1%
Trade and broking4.8%
Clerical work4.3%
Machine operating1.9%
Not classified1.0%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma79.6%
Primary15.2%
Lower secondary3.7%
Upper secondary1.2%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 53333.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 28753.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 4171.5 per business
Public services: 236
Associations: 10in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.8%
Services20.2%
Industry11.8%
Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person70.7%
2 to 326.1%
4 to 92.8%
10 to 490.3%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later26.5%
2011–201936.6%
2001–201021.6%
1991–20008.4%
1981–19904.9%
1956–19801.7%
Before 19560.3%

Douars

Lamaachate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 46 douars in 6 fractions, with 15,826 people. 4 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
رتنانةRtnana13 douars · 2,767 people
الشوكر المالحChougr El Melh	Grouped	22	101	—	—	—
المالح الشعيباتEl Melh Chaibate	Dispersed	71	308	1.9	2.0	9.1
أولاد بلعيدOulad Belaid	In parts	81	308	2.5	2.1	9.1
الكديةLakoudia	Dispersed	77	296	2.9	1.1	8.6
أولاد سليمانOulad Sliman	Grouped	58	213	3.7	1.8	8.0
أولاد منصورOulad Mansour	Dispersed	64	220	4.1	1.2	8.0
أولاد عبيبوOulad Abibou	Dispersed	56	215	2.3	1.8	6.1
فدان الدومFaddan Ad-doum	Dispersed	80	308	1.0	1.4	4.6
القليعةKliaa	In parts	47	176	0.4	1.1	5.5
القريةLakaria	Dispersed	57	230	0.1	1.8	5.5
أولاد اعريشOulad Arawche	Dispersed	25	81	—	—	—
السريجEssrij	Dispersed	40	141	1.2	3.2	6.0
الحناصلةEl Hanasla	Dispersed	43	170	3.0	2.7	8.4
هل الوادHl El Oued7 douars · 4,253 people
لكراكريةLakrakriya	In parts	270	1,049	3.8	2.0	6.1
الصناناتSenanate	In parts	177	703	2.0	1.2	7.2
أولاد بن ميةOulad Ben Mwiha	In parts	79	342	0.5	1.0	5.8
أولاد عميرةOulad Mira	Grouped	144	639	1.0	1.6	3.0
اولاد فارسOulad Fares	In parts	233	1,020	2.1	2.2	6.5
مركز الخميس أولاد الحاجCentre Lakhmis Oulad El Haj	Grouped	35	155	0.1	1.0	1.3
ظهر بن الزيتDhar Ben Ezzit	Grouped	80	345	1.1	2.1	2.3
أولاد الحاجOulad El Haj4 douars · 2,900 people
لمعاشاتLamaachate	In parts	231	974	0.8	1.9	18.9
المݣادمةEl Mguedma	In parts	213	907	1.4	2.4	22.8
الدحامنةDhamna	In parts	170	722	6.7	2.2	19.3
زاوية القطبيZaouit El Koutbi	Dispersed	67	297	2.4	2.0	17.1
أولاد سي حموOulad Si Hammou11 douars · 2,808 people
هل لبيانHal El Biyane	Dispersed	37	146	0.2	1.3	10.3
أولاج افقيرAoulaj Afkir	Dispersed	114	428	1.3	2.3	16.0
الرحامنةRhamna	Dispersed	72	283	5.6	3.1	17.3
أولاد عزوزOulad Azzouz	Grouped	77	292	1.0	2.0	12.0
الحومرHommar	In parts	45	165	0.3	1.7	8.0
اولاد علي بن احمدOulad Ali Ben Ahmed	Grouped	99	395	0.5	2.9	13.7
لمرارشةLemrarcha	Grouped	49	186	0.8	2.7	14.2
اولاد سي حموOulad Si Hammou	Grouped	38	168	2.1	2.3	7.2
العويناتEl Aouinat	Grouped	5	13	—	—	—
اولاد الطاهر بن عبد اللهOulad Tahar Ben Abdellah	Grouped	100	398	1.8	2.2	8.6
القضيةKodia	Dispersed	80	334	0.8	2.4	9.0
مركز الصويرية القديمةCentre Essouyria Kdima1 douar · 655 people
مركز الصويرية القديمةCentre Essouyria Kdima	Grouped	215	655	0.0	0.2	0.6
سيدي احسينSidi H'cine10 douars · 2,443 people
سيدي احسينSidi H'cine	Grouped	68	254	6.8	3.9	9.7
الكوادرEl Kouader	Dispersed	95	448	2.4	1.0	4.5
سيدي اسعيد بن الطاهريةSidi Said Ben Ettahria	Grouped	63	284	5.3	2.9	4.9
الحميدشاتLahmidchate	Grouped	167	655	1.5	2.4	2.8
اݣوزAggouz	Grouped	20	75	—	—	—
الدهيراتDhirate	Grouped	21	67	—	—	—
الشوكرChougr	Grouped	60	242	4.4	2.0	9.5
الدهرةAd-Dahra	Grouped	47	188	1.1	1.1	3.0
الركيزarkiz	Grouped	30	133	0.8	1.1	2.1
مولاي عبد السلامMoulay Abd Slam	Grouped	23	97	—	—	—

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: 07.431.07.09
As digits: 074310709
Slug: lamaachate
Record: /api/communes/07.431.07.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.431.07.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.431.07.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.431.07.09/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.431.07.09/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.431.07.09/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.431.07.09/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2827799

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