Midelt

ميدلت

Urban commune in the province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
62,648
Since 2014
+13.3%from 55,304 in 2014
Density
6,213people per km², 10.1 km²
Households
16,225
Foreign residents
103
Rank
8484th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 29 in its province

Next door in Amersid, 0.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 96.5%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mechraa Bel Ksiri. Can’t read or write: 19.3% here, 21.9% there; higher education: 10.8% here, 11.0% there; read French: 63.1% here, 58.5% there.

Compare it with Mechraa Bel Ksiri

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

54350

How it changed

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

Midelt +13.3%

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
19.3%aged 10 and over23.6% in 201426.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.6%21.2% in 201434.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.7%aged 15 and over41.2% in 201415.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.87children per woman1.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.7%of settled households88.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Midelt: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.7%
2.9%70–742.5%
3.6%65–693.5%
4.8%60–644.9%
5.1%55–594.8%
6.3%50–546.3%
6.3%45–496.8%
6.8%40–447.6%
6.0%35–396.9%
6.1%30–347.0%
5.6%25–296.6%
6.6%20–247.2%
8.3%15–197.6%
10.5%10–149.3%
10.0%5–98.5%
8.1%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.8%
  • Tamazight40.3%
  • Tachelhit4.0%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French63.1%
  • English20.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.5%
  • Private car14.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.8%
  • Employer’s transport5.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.6%
  • Taxi4.3%
  • Bus1.7%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
19,797
Standing empty
20.0%10.8% vacant9.2% a second home
Precarious
8.8%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
94.5%93.1% on the water mains96.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
11.0%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house83.8%
  • Rural-type8.2%
  • Apartment3.6%
  • Traditional house3.1%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Other0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.0%
  • 20 to 49 years35.4%
  • 50 years or more7.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,76944.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,53291.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,8711.5 per business
Public services
170
Associations
67in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.0%
  • Services25.6%
  • Industry12.1%
  • Construction3.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person74.4%
  • 2 to 321.0%
  • 4 to 93.9%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.5%
  • 2011–201928.7%
  • 2001–201012.5%
  • 1991–200013.4%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19803.6%
  • Before 19560.3%

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.363.01.03
As digits
083630103
Slug
midelt
OpenStreetMap
2826649
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("midelt");

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