Oumazza

أم عزة

Rural commune in the cercle of Ain El Aouda, préfecture of Skhirate-Témara, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
4,322
Since 2014
−30.3%from 6,197 in 2014
Density
25.3people per km², 171 km²
Households
1,094
Foreign residents
4
Rank
1,2711,271st most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 10 in its préfecture

Next door in Ain El Aouda, 99.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.5%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 40.5% to 71.9%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Oumazza −30.3%

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
27.3%aged 10 and over36.8% in 201436.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.8%9.0% in 201430.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.8%aged 15 and over52.5% in 201415.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.16children per woman2.18 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
60.2%of settled households29.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oumazza: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over4.0%
2.6%70–742.2%
3.3%65–692.9%
5.0%60–644.4%
4.3%55–595.0%
5.7%50–546.0%
7.4%45–497.4%
7.6%40–447.2%
7.1%35–397.0%
7.1%30–346.7%
7.1%25–297.9%
7.1%20–247.4%
8.0%15–197.2%
8.2%10–148.7%
9.0%5–98.5%
7.3%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit3.3%
  • Tamazight1.3%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French39.3%
  • English6.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work22.6%
  • On foot18.9%
  • Employer’s transport14.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.0%
  • Taxi12.9%
  • Private car10.9%
  • Bus3.9%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.1%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6314.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2946.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
57419.8 per business
Public services
32
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry55.2%
  • Commerce41.4%
  • Services3.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person27.6%
  • 2 to 327.6%
  • 4 to 910.3%
  • 10 to 4924.1%
  • 50 and over10.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later44.8%
  • 2011–201937.9%
  • 2001–201017.2%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oumazza’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,322 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد ميمونOulad Mimoun4 douars · 1,592 people
البراجEl BrajGrouped11———
أولاد براهيمOulad BrahimDispersed733091.01.47.6
أولاد ليلىOulad LilaDispersed1656891.01.36.5
أولاد غيثOulad GhiteIn parts1445931.02.49.9
أولاد منصورOulad Mansour5 douars · 1,786 people
أولاد غنيمOulad GhnimeDispersed1294840.63.614.9
أولاد رزقOulad RazqDispersed652521.14.39.8
العوامرEl OuamerDispersed1164770.62.415.8
الفقرةLfoqraGrouped843220.11.513.8
أولاد مرزوقOulad MerzougDispersed692511.03.728.5
الشطاطبةChtatba2 douars · 944 people
الشطاطبةChtatbaDispersed2098021.13.88.0
أولاد رزقOulad RizekDispersed391421.13.35.2

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.501.03.03
As digits
045010303
Slug
oumazza
OpenStreetMap
2800689
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