Ouaklim

واكليم

Rural commune in the cercle of Tinghir, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 12,050
Since 2014: +6.3%from 11,338 in 2014
Density: 21.6people per km², 558.5 km²
Households: 1,976
Rank: 598598th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 25 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 Ouaklim.

Ouaklim +6.3%

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: 29.7%aged 10 and over39.8% in 201440.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.2%20.1% in 201429.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.2%aged 15 and over41.2% in 20143.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.05children per woman3.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.2%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 6.1people on average7.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 90.3%of settled households82.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouaklim: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.1%
2.2%	70–74	1.9%
2.4%	65–69	2.9%
2.4%	60–64	3.1%
2.7%	55–59	3.6%
3.4%	50–54	3.7%
4.4%	45–49	3.7%
5.1%	40–44	5.1%
6.2%	35–39	5.8%
8.2%	30–34	7.2%
7.9%	25–29	7.1%
7.2%	20–24	7.5%
8.9%	15–19	10.2%
13.4%	10–14	12.5%
12.3%	5–9	12.1%
10.5%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight74.4%
Tachelhit25.2%
Darija0.5%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.1%
French35.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh13.1%
English4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.2%
Bus27.1%
Private car8.2%
Bike or motorcycle6.2%
Employer’s transport4.9%
Taxi0.7%

Can’t read or write: 39.8%aged 10 and over29.7% in 202452.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.1%15.2% in 202439.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.2%aged 15 and over37.2% in 20247.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 89.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.78children per woman2.05 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people3.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.3people on average6.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 82.9%of settled households90.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouaklim: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.4%	75 and over	2.6%
1.4%	70–74	1.5%
1.7%	65–69	1.7%
2.5%	60–64	2.5%
2.6%	55–59	2.9%
2.9%	50–54	3.7%
2.9%	45–49	3.8%
3.6%	40–44	4.4%
5.5%	35–39	4.2%
6.9%	30–34	6.3%
8.2%	25–29	8.1%
11.9%	20–24	10.8%
11.5%	15–19	11.5%
10.3%	10–14	10.6%
10.7%	5–9	11.3%
15.1%	0–4	14.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.2%
Darija15.0%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

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

Other combinations53.2%
Arabic and French24.2%
Arabic only19.5%
Arabic, French and English3.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.7%
Bus12.6%
Private car6.6%
Employer’s transport5.8%
Bike or motorcycle4.6%
Taxi2.5%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province29.7%
Their own neighbourhood27.8%
Another commune26.2%
No fixed place10.8%
Another in the commune1.1%
At home1.1%
Somewhere else0.8%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades32.4%
Crafts and skilled trades17.7%
Machine operating14.5%
Farming and fishing11.7%
Farm and fishing labour9.3%
Clerical work5.8%
Trade and broking4.3%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Technicians1.3%
Not classified1.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma68.1%
Primary24.3%
Lower secondary4.7%
Upper secondary1.4%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
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: 13711.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6849.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 821.2 per business
Public services: 59
Associations: 10in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce79.4%
Industry11.8%
Services8.8%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person89.7%
2 to 35.9%
4 to 94.4%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later13.2%
2011–201977.9%
2001–20102.9%
1991–20005.9%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 08.577.07.23
As digits: 085770723
Slug: ouaklim
Record: /api/communes/08.577.07.23.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.07.23/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887551

In JavaScript

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