Maaziz

المعازيز

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulmes, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
10,812
Since 2014
−6.0%from 11,502 in 2014
Density
120people per km², 90.3 km²
Households
3,323
Foreign residents
1
Rank
682682nd most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 35 in its province

Next door in Jemaat Moul Blad, 15.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 78.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 23.0% to 47.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Mkoudou. Unemployment: 47.4% here, 45.8% there; aged 65 and over: 14.1% here, 14.1% there; household size: 3.3 here, 3.5 there.

Compare it with Oulad Mkoudou

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

15053

How it changed

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

Maaziz −6.0%

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
36.6%aged 10 and over41.5% in 201447.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
47.4%23.0% in 201454.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.5%aged 15 and over41.0% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.65children per woman1.80 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
9.5%of people7.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.3people on average3.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
78.1%of settled households75.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Maaziz: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.5%75 and over5.9%
4.1%70–744.0%
5.4%65–694.3%
5.9%60–647.0%
5.6%55–596.9%
7.4%50–546.5%
6.2%45–497.1%
5.6%40–446.6%
5.0%35–395.7%
5.6%30–346.1%
5.0%25–295.0%
6.7%20–246.6%
8.8%15–197.4%
9.0%10–148.5%
8.9%5–96.6%
6.3%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tamazight44.4%
  • Tachelhit3.4%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French51.4%
  • English10.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.0%
  • Private car10.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.0%
  • Taxi7.7%
  • Animal6.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.3%
  • Bus6.1%
  • Informal transport5.9%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,998
Standing empty
17.6%11.6% vacant6.0% a second home
Precarious
6.9%6.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
74.9%88.8% on the water mains88.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
8.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.9%
  • Slum or basic house6.2%
  • Other0.4%
  • Rural-type0.3%
  • Traditional house0.1%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years40.8%
  • 20 to 49 years54.2%
  • 50 years or more4.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
32530.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
27684.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3451.3 per business
Public services
44
Associations
5in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.5%
  • Services32.6%
  • Industry8.3%
  • Construction2.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.9%
  • 2 to 316.7%
  • 4 to 91.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later47.1%
  • 2011–201934.4%
  • 2001–20106.5%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19801.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Maaziz8,250

Douars

Maaziz’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,562 people. Another 8,250 live in Maaziz, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت بوشليفنAit Bouchlifen5 douars · 1,518 people
السوسيينSoussiyineIn parts1093950.81.41.4
إملالAmlalDispersed1450———
تعاونية سيدي راعيCoopérative Sidi RaiGrouped361402.14.53.8
آيت موسىAit MoussaIn parts632011.22.15.6
آيت زبيرAit ZbairIn parts2517321.01.52.6
معاريف أيت شعوMaarif Ait Chaaou9 douars · 1,044 people
آيت عزوزAit AzzouzDispersed331367.64.711.6
آيت إبراهيمAit BrahimDispersed371348.95.210.1
أيت حمو عزوزAit Hammou AzzouzDispersed2585———
أيت سعيدAit SaidDispersed421708.14.615.4
آيت عليAit AliDispersed1357———
زيانZayaneDispersed2492———
آيت رحوAit RahhouDispersed381311.32.28.7
آيت بنحموAit Ben HammouDispersed1238———
آيت إزوغرAit IzogharDispersed662011.72.59.2

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
04.291.05.09
As digits
042910509
Slug
maaziz
OpenStreetMap
2808292
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("maaziz");

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