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

Where it is

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

Tiffert N'ait HamzaAit OuqabliTagleftIsseksiBin El OuidaneTimouliltAfourarAit OuaardaBni A'yatTaounzaAnerguiTilougguiteTabarouchtAit MazighZaouiat AhansalRfalaMoulay Aissa Ben DrissTisqiBni HassaneBzouFoum JemaaTabiaTanantAit MajdenImlilDemnateTidili FetouakaAnzouSidi YacoubAit OumdisAit TamlilTifniTabantAit M'hamedAit AbbasAit Bou OulliAit BlalSidi BoulkhalfOuaoulaAit TaguellaAzilalTamda NoumercidAgoudi N'lkhair

How it changed

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

Ouaouizeght −8.0%

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
29.3%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.

Ouaouizeght: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over4.9%
3.7%70–742.8%
4.5%65–693.6%
6.0%60–645.1%
5.2%55–595.7%
5.8%50–546.4%
5.3%45–496.0%
5.1%40–445.9%
5.2%35–396.9%
5.2%30–346.1%
5.4%25–295.9%
7.3%20–247.2%
9.8%15–198.7%
10.4%10–149.5%
9.0%5–98.4%
8.0%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight94.1%
  • Darija83.4%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French65.0%
  • English22.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot62.4%
  • Private car11.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.8%
  • Bus5.5%
  • Employer’s transport3.5%
  • Taxi2.5%

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

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.9%
  • Traditional house3.2%
  • Apartment2.5%
  • Rural-type1.7%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years48.5%
  • 20 to 49 years44.7%
  • 50 years or more6.8%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.5%
  • Services30.2%
  • Industry10.7%
  • Construction3.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.1%
  • 2 to 311.1%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.1%
  • 2011–201930.9%
  • 2001–201013.2%
  • 1991–200013.0%
  • 1981–19906.3%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ouaouizeght8,639

In the data

Code
05.081.09.15
As digits
050810915
Slug
ouaouizeght
Record
/api/communes/05.081.09.15.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.081.09.15/boundary.geojson
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
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouaouizeght");

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