Mezraoua

مزراوة

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

Population, 2024: 7,712
Since 2014: −7.3%from 8,317 in 2014
Density: 91.5people per km², 84.3 km²
Households: 1,921
Rank: 936936th most populous of 1,503 communes40th of 49 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Mezraoua −7.3%

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: 44.7%aged 10 and over49.4% in 201453.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 26.9%7.8% in 201424.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 28.5%aged 15 and over39.0% in 20142.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.59children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.1%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 13.3%of settled households3.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mezraoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.3%	75 and over	4.0%
3.0%	70–74	2.7%
3.3%	65–69	3.4%
4.0%	60–64	4.4%
5.3%	55–59	3.8%
6.4%	50–54	5.2%
7.3%	45–49	7.1%
6.5%	40–44	7.4%
6.4%	35–39	7.1%
5.0%	30–34	6.2%
4.1%	25–29	5.4%
6.0%	20–24	6.6%
10.3%	15–19	8.1%
10.6%	10–14	10.4%
10.5%	5–9	9.6%
8.1%	0–4	8.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tarifit0.4%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French22.6%
English4.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot58.8%
Private car8.6%
Taxi7.6%
Bus3.1%
Employer’s transport2.7%
Bike or motorcycle1.6%

Can’t read or write: 49.4%aged 10 and over44.7% in 202462.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.8%26.9% in 202429.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.0%aged 15 and over28.5% in 20245.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.36children per woman2.59 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.2%of people7.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 3.0%of settled households13.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Mezraoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.8%	75 and over	3.4%
1.9%	70–74	2.6%
1.7%	65–69	1.6%
3.2%	60–64	3.1%
3.3%	55–59	3.6%
3.9%	50–54	4.0%
5.4%	45–49	4.4%
6.5%	40–44	5.5%
7.2%	35–39	7.5%
6.9%	30–34	8.6%
7.5%	25–29	8.8%
8.4%	20–24	7.9%
9.6%	15–19	9.3%
10.0%	10–14	10.1%
10.4%	5–9	9.2%
10.4%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tarifit1.3%
Tamazight0.2%
Tachelhit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French49.8%
Arabic only38.6%
Arabic, French and English11.0%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot66.0%
Taxi17.1%
Private car3.8%
Bus3.8%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood67.3%
No fixed place20.0%
Another commune5.3%
Another province3.4%
Another in the commune1.2%
Somewhere else0.8%
At home0.5%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing38.2%
Farm and fishing labour18.8%
Labouring and small trades14.2%
Crafts and skilled trades9.8%
Trade and broking6.3%
Machine operating5.7%
Clerical work4.8%
Managers and senior professionals1.1%
Not classified0.6%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma69.7%
Primary19.8%
Lower secondary7.2%
Upper secondary2.2%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 11214.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6759.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1111.7 per business
Public services: 45
Associations: 0in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce49.3%
Services41.8%
Industry9.0%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person79.1%
2 to 311.9%
4 to 97.5%
10 to 491.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later14.9%
2011–201964.2%
2001–201019.4%
1991–20001.5%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 03.531.07.15
As digits: 035310715
Slug: mezraoua
Record: /api/communes/03.531.07.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.531.07.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.531.07.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.531.07.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.531.07.15/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 3549836

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mezraoua");

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