Ourika
اوريكة
Rural commune in the cercle of Tahannaout, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 50,558
- Since 2014
- +35.5%from 37,316 in 2014
- Density
- 342people per km², 147.9 km²
- Households
- 11,574
- Foreign residents
- 21
- Rank
- 102102nd most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 40 in its province
Since 2014, households with running water went from 80.6% to 95.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Berhil. Aged 65 and over: 6.6% here, 7.1% there; unemployment: 12.0% here, 13.9% there; running water: 95.2% here, 99.1% there.
Where it is
Its province, 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 Ourika.
Ourika +35.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 28.7%aged 10 and over36.2% in 201438.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.0%8.4% in 201417.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.7%aged 15 and over46.1% in 20145.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.66children per woman2.70 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.9%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 95.2%of settled households80.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2% | 75 and over | 2.2% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.4% | 65–69 | 2.4% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.7% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.6% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.5% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.1% | 25–29 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.6% | 20–24 | 7.6% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.8% | 10–14 | 10.8% | ||
| 10.8% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 9.8% | 0–4 | 9.6% | ||
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
- 36.2%aged 10 and over28.7% in 202450.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 8.4%12.0% in 202424.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.1%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20248.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.70children per woman2.66 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.9%of people3.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 80.6%of settled households95.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0% | 75 and over | 1.9% | ||
| 1.4% | 70–74 | 1.5% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.4% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.1% | 55–59 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.5% | 30–34 | 7.6% | ||
| 8.0% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.5% | 10–14 | 9.8% | ||
| 11.2% | 5–9 | 11.8% | ||
| 12.3% | 0–4 | 12.0% | ||
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 Ourika’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 7,947
- Standing empty
- 31.0%17.4% vacant13.6% a second home
- Precarious
- 1.2%0.1% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 18.7%92.5% on the water mains91.3% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 1.9%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
- 1,64432.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 1,44688.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2,9192.0 per business
- Public services
- 143
- Associations
- 55in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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.
| Ourika | 24,056 |
Douars
Ourika’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 4 fractions, with 26,396 people. Another 24,056 live in Ourika, its urban centre, which has no douars. 106 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| ازغار السبيطيAzghar Sbiti6 douars · 9,219 people | ||||||
| ماووتMaooute | In parts | 398 | 1,689 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 12.3 |
| أݣلموسAgalmous | Grouped | 270 | 1,144 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| السبيطيSbiti | In parts | 592 | 2,574 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| تمسكرينTimskrine | In parts | 132 | 562 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| ايت الراضيAit Erradi | In parts | 425 | 1,868 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
| تكثرت المرابطين (التحتانية)Takatert Al Mrabtine (Tahtania) | In parts | 311 | 1,382 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| دير أماسينDir Amassine4 douars · 2,913 people | ||||||
| تفزاTafza | Grouped | 241 | 1,127 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 5.4 |
| أنرارAnnrar | Grouped | 119 | 522 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| أسݣين التحتانيAsguine Tahtani | Grouped | 196 | 793 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| أسݣين السوقانAsguine Essoukane | Grouped | 117 | 471 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| ألݣجيAlgji5 douars · 5,725 people | ||||||
| الخميسLakhmiss | Grouped | 443 | 1,913 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| اخليجAkhlij | In parts | 364 | 1,523 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| تاوريرتTawrirt | In parts | 209 | 910 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| تيماليزنTimalizen | In parts | 196 | 863 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 11.1 |
| أسݣرAsger | In parts | 114 | 516 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 18.0 |
| بوتبيرةBoutbira10 douars · 8,539 people | ||||||
| امخليجAmakhlij | In parts | 519 | 2,402 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| أݣنسانAgounsane | Grouped | 108 | 554 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| إݣروفلاIgr Ou Fella | In parts | 316 | 1,615 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 7.6 |
| الحجلEl Hjel | In parts | 269 | 1,263 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 8.3 |
| أماسينAmassine | In parts | 32 | 170 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 28.1 |
| تكوشتTakoucht | In parts | 43 | 212 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 32.3 |
| تفانتانTafantane | Grouped | 134 | 654 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| واكجديتOuaguejdit | Grouped | 116 | 583 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| أودكنتWidkennt | Grouped | 114 | 533 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| بوتبيرةBoutbira | Grouped | 113 | 553 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 6.7 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
07.041.09.05- As digits
070410905- Slug
ourika- Census figures
/api/communes/07.041.09.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.041.09.05/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.041.09.05/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.041.09.05/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 3535324
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ourika");