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
Next door in Ain Legdah, 8.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 93.1%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 41.0% to 27.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Guettaya. Aged 65 and over: 13.1% here, 12.8% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.6% here, 25.7% there; unemployment: 31.6% here, 31.0% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Matmata.
Matmata −2.2%
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.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0% | 75 and over | 6.4% | ||
| 3.2% | 70–74 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.1% | 65–69 | 4.0% | ||
| 5.6% | 60–64 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.2% | 55–59 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.8% | 50–54 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.1% | 45–49 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 8.1% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 7.0% | ||
| 4.3% | 30–34 | 5.6% | ||
| 4.0% | 25–29 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.0% | 20–24 | 5.8% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 7.4% | ||
| 10.7% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.4% | 0–4 | 6.3% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 44.1%aged 10 and over39.7% in 202454.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 30.4%31.6% in 202476.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.0%aged 15 and over27.5% in 202415.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.88children per woman1.99 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people7.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 81.4%of settled households93.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4% | 75 and over | 3.7% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 2.5% | 65–69 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.5% | 50–54 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.6% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 8.6% | ||
| 7.2% | 25–29 | 8.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 20–24 | 8.4% | ||
| 9.2% | 15–19 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.1% | 10–14 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.1% | 5–9 | 7.4% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 8.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
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
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
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
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Matmata | 2,423 |
Douars
Matmata’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 4 fractions, with 9,238 people. Another 2,423 live in Matmata, its urban centre, which has no douars. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| مطماطة العلياMatmata El Oulia2 douars · 2,032 people | ||||||
| زاوية سيدي عبد الجليلZaouia Sidi Abdeljalil | In parts | 470 | 1,797 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| تعاونيىة الازدهارTaaouniaa Al Izzdihar | Grouped | 54 | 235 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| إيمغيلان السفلىIymghilane Essoufla5 douars · 3,112 people | ||||||
| عين السخونAin Skhoune | In parts | 174 | 679 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.7 |
| جنان فراجيJnane Faraji | Grouped | 96 | 326 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| عين بومسايAin Bou Massay | In parts | 127 | 445 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| تلعريتTalaarit | Grouped | 52 | 196 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| إفرانIfrane | In parts | 329 | 1,466 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 6.5 |
| بني بوزرتBni Bouzert3 douars · 2,427 people | ||||||
| عين فندلAin Fendel | In parts | 296 | 1,106 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 13.2 |
| أغيلIghil | In parts | 64 | 262 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 17.9 |
| تاجانةTajana | In parts | 241 | 1,059 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 7.2 |
| مطماطة السفلىMatmata Essoufla3 douars · 1,667 people | ||||||
| مطماطة السفلىMatmata Essoufla | In parts | 192 | 776 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| الشباباتChbabat | In parts | 68 | 291 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 9.5 |
| التعاونية الوراينيةCoopérative El Ouraynia | In parts | 137 | 600 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 13.6 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
03.561.09.07- As digits
035610907- Slug
matmata- 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- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.561.09.07/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2805330
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("matmata");