Massa

ماسة

Rural commune in the cercle of Belfaâ-Massa, province of Chtouka-Aït Baha, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
17,946
Since 2014
+2.1%from 17,579 in 2014
Density
107people per km², 168.5 km²
Households
4,994
Foreign residents
7
Rank
354354th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 22 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi BibiOued EssafaBiougraAit AmiraInchadenSidi OuassayBelfaâAit MilkSidi Abdallah El BouchouariSidi BoushabAit OuadrimTargua-NtouchkaImi-MqournAit BahaAit MzalTassegdeltHilalaIda-OugnidifAouguenzTanaltTizi Ntakoucht

How it changed

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

Massa +2.1%

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
27.3%aged 10 and over31.5% in 201440.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.2%11.7% in 201424.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.2%aged 15 and over39.8% in 201410.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.67children per woman1.90 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.4%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.0%of settled households97.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Massa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.6%75 and over5.4%
3.0%70–742.9%
3.9%65–693.8%
5.2%60–645.5%
5.7%55–595.9%
6.3%50–546.6%
7.0%45–497.8%
6.9%40–447.7%
6.1%35–396.7%
5.7%30–346.1%
5.4%25–295.3%
6.8%20–246.3%
9.0%15–197.7%
9.4%10–148.7%
8.5%5–97.7%
6.5%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit93.9%
  • Darija62.4%
  • Hassania1.0%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.9%
  • French67.7%
  • English21.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Employer’s transport27.4%
  • On foot24.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.6%
  • Private car8.9%
  • Taxi6.3%
  • Bus2.8%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,996
Standing empty
22.7%11.2% vacant11.6% a second home
Precarious
2.2%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
1.9%97.7% on the water mains97.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.6%
  • Apartment3.0%
  • Traditional house1.9%
  • Rural-type1.9%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Other0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years50.2%
  • 20 to 49 years48.3%
  • 50 years or more1.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
69238.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
58384.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
8081.4 per business
Public services
80
Associations
29in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.7%
  • Services28.1%
  • Industry17.3%
  • Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.0%
  • 2 to 313.6%
  • 4 to 93.9%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later49.6%
  • 2011–201925.7%
  • 2001–201011.7%
  • 1991–20008.2%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Massa11,496

In the data

Code
09.163.05.21
As digits
091630521
Slug
massa
Record
/api/communes/09.163.05.21.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.163.05.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.163.05.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.163.05.21/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.163.05.21/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.163.05.21/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2832951
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("massa");

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