Ouaouizeght
واويزغت
Rural commune in the cercle of Ouaouizaght, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.
- Population, 2024
- 13,402
- Since 2014
- −8.0%from 14,570 in 2014
- Density
- 96.3people per km², 139.1 km²
- Households
- 3,487
- Rank
- 531531st most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 44 in its province
Next door in Ait Mazigh, 1.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 57.6%.
Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 74.9% to 88.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tahla. Read French: 65.0% here, 70.3% there; higher education: 9.8% here, 10.7% there; in the labour force: 31.9% here, 29.7% there.
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 Ouaouizeght.
Ouaouizeght −8.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 29.3%aged 10 and over33.5% in 201438.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 29.1%18.4% in 201434.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 31.9%aged 15 and over36.8% in 201410.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.39children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.8%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 88.3%of settled households77.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1% | 75 and over | 4.9% | ||
| 3.7% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.5% | 65–69 | 3.6% | ||
| 6.0% | 60–64 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.2% | 55–59 | 5.7% | ||
| 5.8% | 50–54 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.1% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.2% | 35–39 | 6.9% | ||
| 5.2% | 30–34 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.4% | 25–29 | 5.9% | ||
| 7.3% | 20–24 | 7.2% | ||
| 9.8% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 10.4% | 10–14 | 9.5% | ||
| 9.0% | 5–9 | 8.4% | ||
| 8.0% | 0–4 | 7.0% | ||
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
- 33.5%aged 10 and over29.3% in 202444.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 18.4%29.1% in 202440.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.8%aged 15 and over31.9% in 202413.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.36children per woman2.39 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.6%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.5people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 77.3%of settled households88.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5% | 75 and over | 3.4% | ||
| 2.2% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.8% | 55–59 | 3.8% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 5.3% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.5% | 40–44 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.1% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 5.8% | 30–34 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.0% | 25–29 | 7.7% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.2% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.8% | 10–14 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 8.7% | ||
| 10.2% | 0–4 | 9.0% | ||
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 Ouaouizeght’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 2,878
- Standing empty
- 20.8%11.9% vacant9.0% a second home
- Precarious
- 2.2%0.3% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 83.4%92.3% on the water mains94.3% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 2.8%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
- 51238.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 43184.2% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 5501.3 per business
- Public services
- 64
- Associations
- 17in premises of their own
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.
| Ouaouizeght | 8,639 |
Douars
Ouaouizeght’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,763 people. Another 8,639 live in Ouaouizeght, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| ايت واويزغتAit Ouaouizaght4 douars · 2,286 people | ||||||
| ايت سيدي امحند امحندAit Sidi M'Hand M'Hand | Dispersed | 255 | 1,050 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| ايت اشربوAït Chribou | Dispersed | 144 | 617 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 8.6 |
| ايت خدجيAït Khadji | Dispersed | 33 | 122 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| احتاسنIhitassane | In parts | 114 | 497 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
| ايت معلاAit Maalla2 douars · 884 people | ||||||
| ايت معلاAit Maalla | Grouped | 59 | 231 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| ايت شيكرAït Chiker | Dispersed | 179 | 653 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| تيزي غنيمTizi Ghnim3 douars · 1,593 people | ||||||
| اعمومنImoumene | Dispersed | 200 | 881 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 8.5 |
| الحدادةElhadada | Dispersed | 58 | 217 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| أيت وعزيقAit Ou Azik | Dispersed | 135 | 495 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 7.9 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
05.081.09.15- As digits
050810915- Slug
ouaouizeght- Census figures
/api/communes/05.081.09.15/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.081.09.15/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.081.09.15/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.081.09.15/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2887173
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ouaouizeght");