Loudaya

الاوداية

Rural commune in the cercle of Loudaya, préfecture of Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
41,761
Since 2014
+23.7%from 33,767 in 2014
Density
211people per km², 198.1 km²
Households
9,083
Foreign residents
73
Rank
123123rd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 15 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

Méchouar-KasbaMarrakechM'nabhaOuled DlimHarbilSid ZouineOulad HassouneAl OuidaneOuahat Sidi BrahimSouihlaAgafayAit ImourSaadaTassoultante

How it changed

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

Loudaya +23.7%

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
32.3%aged 10 and over40.3% in 201440.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.1%10.8% in 201435.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.2%aged 15 and over47.4% in 20147.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.72children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.4%of settled households86.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Loudaya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.7%
2.5%70–742.3%
3.0%65–692.7%
4.2%60–644.1%
4.2%55–594.1%
5.5%50–545.5%
6.5%45–496.5%
6.0%40–446.3%
6.1%35–396.5%
6.8%30–346.7%
7.3%25–296.8%
7.5%20–247.2%
9.1%15–199.2%
10.7%10–1410.8%
9.8%5–99.7%
8.5%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit7.5%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French37.4%
  • English8.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle33.1%
  • Employer’s transport7.4%
  • Private car4.9%
  • Bus4.8%
  • Taxi3.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,089
Standing empty
12.8%7.6% vacant5.2% a second home
Precarious
19.5%1.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
70.8%96.6% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
28.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house69.4%
  • Rural-type17.9%
  • Traditional house10.8%
  • Slum or basic house1.2%
  • Other0.5%
  • Apartment0.2%
  • Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years75.2%
  • 20 to 49 years21.6%
  • 50 years or more3.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,12927.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
93783.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,1842.3 per business
Public services
141
Associations
51in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.8%
  • Services24.8%
  • Industry11.5%
  • Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person56.4%
  • 2 to 335.3%
  • 4 to 96.4%
  • 10 to 491.6%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.7%
  • 2011–201939.7%
  • 2001–201012.9%
  • 1991–20004.7%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19802.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Loudaya15,967

In the data

Code
07.351.05.05
As digits
073510505
Slug
loudaya
Record
/api/communes/07.351.05.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.351.05.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.351.05.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.351.05.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.351.05.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.351.05.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2824265
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("loudaya");

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