Midar

ميضار

Urban commune in the province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
15,391
Since 2014
+2.5%from 15,021 in 2014
Density
164people per km², 93.6 km²
Households
3,975
Foreign residents
3
Rank
432432nd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 23 in its province

Where it is

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

MtalssaTsaftAzlafTafersitTemsamaneBen TaiebTrougoutOulad AmgharBoudinarTazaghineDar El KebdaniIjermaouasOuardanaAit MaitM'hajerTalilitBni MarghnineAmejjaouIferniAin ZohraOulad BoubkerDriouch

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Midar +2.5%

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
29.6%aged 10 and over34.2% in 201439.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.9%15.7% in 201432.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.8%aged 15 and over40.0% in 20148.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.15children per woman2.26 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.6%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
89.3%of settled households85.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Midar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over4.3%
2.8%70–742.7%
4.3%65–694.6%
5.4%60–646.2%
4.5%55–596.0%
5.5%50–546.2%
6.2%45–496.4%
6.6%40–446.3%
6.7%35–396.5%
6.8%30–347.0%
6.8%25–297.0%
6.7%20–246.9%
7.6%15–196.4%
9.7%10–148.8%
10.1%5–98.2%
7.0%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit88.8%
  • Darija75.4%
  • Tachelhit2.3%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French54.0%
  • English16.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot50.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle24.5%
  • Private car14.9%
  • Taxi3.2%
  • Employer’s transport3.1%
  • Bus0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,774
Standing empty
35.5%9.5% vacant26.0% a second home
Precarious
6.0%1.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
58.2%88.8% on the water mains95.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
10.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.6%
  • Rural-type4.0%
  • Slum or basic house1.5%
  • Apartment1.1%
  • Traditional house0.9%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years51.8%
  • 20 to 49 years41.4%
  • 50 years or more6.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
91459.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
82390.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,4501.8 per business
Public services
79
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.5%
  • Services30.1%
  • Industry12.8%
  • Construction4.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person53.5%
  • 2 to 341.1%
  • 4 to 95.0%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.8%
  • 2011–201942.6%
  • 2001–201021.3%
  • 1991–20006.2%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19805.8%
  • Before 19562.2%

In the data

Code
02.167.01.13
As digits
021670113
Slug
midar
Record
/api/communes/02.167.01.13.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.167.01.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.167.01.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.167.01.13/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.167.01.13/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.167.01.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2425002
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("midar");

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