Matmata

مطماطة

Rural commune in the cercle of Tahla, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
11,665
Since 2014
−2.2%from 11,928 in 2014
Density
80people per km², 145.8 km²
Households
2,942
Rank
625625th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 38 in its province

Where it is

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

Tizi OuasliJbarnaAjdirSidi Ali BourakbaAknoulBourdBni FrassenRbaa El FoukiBni LentOulad ZbairOuad AmlilGhiata Al GharbiaBab MarzoukaMeknassa Al GharbiaTazaMsilaEl GouzateBni FtahTainasteKaf El GharMeknassa AcharqiaGaldamaneBouchfaaBab BoudirBouhlouAit SaghrouchenTahlaSmiaZrardaMaghraouaTazarineBouyablaneOulad ChrifTaifaTraibaBrarhaGzenaya Al Janoubia

How it changed

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

Matmata −2.2%

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
39.7%aged 10 and over44.1% in 201451.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.6%30.4% in 201442.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
27.5%aged 15 and over41.0% in 20144.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.99children per woman1.88 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.2%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.1%of settled households81.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Matmata: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.0%75 and over6.4%
3.2%70–743.5%
4.1%65–694.0%
5.6%60–645.4%
5.2%55–595.1%
6.8%50–546.5%
7.1%45–497.1%
6.4%40–448.1%
6.1%35–397.0%
4.3%30–345.6%
4.0%25–294.8%
5.0%20–245.8%
9.0%15–197.4%
10.7%10–149.1%
10.2%5–97.8%
7.4%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tamazight42.9%
  • Tachelhit5.6%
  • Tarifit0.7%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French56.1%
  • English15.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot69.2%
  • Taxi4.0%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Bus3.5%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.8%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
821
Standing empty
22.7%8.9% vacant13.8% a second home
Precarious
23.8%2.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
77.7%96.8% on the water mains94.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
39.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house75.4%
  • Rural-type20.5%
  • Slum or basic house2.6%
  • Other0.7%
  • Apartment0.4%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Traditional house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years32.4%
  • 20 to 49 years40.8%
  • 50 years or more26.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
21818.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14466.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2321.6 per business
Public services
71
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.6%
  • Services34.7%
  • Industry12.5%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person66.0%
  • 2 to 327.8%
  • 4 to 95.6%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.1%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201022.9%
  • 1991–20007.6%
  • 1981–19903.5%
  • 1956–19805.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Matmata2,423

In the data

Code
03.561.09.07
As digits
035610907
Slug
matmata
Record
/api/communes/03.561.09.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.561.09.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.09.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.09.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.561.09.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.09.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2805330
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("matmata");

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