Skoura Ahl El Oust

سكورة اهل الوسط

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

Population, 2024: 24,053
Since 2014: −0.0%from 24,055 in 2014
Density: 23.1people per km², 1,042.7 km²
Households: 4,879
Foreign residents: 16
Rank: 245245th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 17 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 14.1% to 24.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imlil. Running water: 93.3% here, 94.8% there; can’t read or write: 29.0% here, 30.7% there; in the labour force: 33.9% here, 34.6% there.

Compare it with Imlil

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

45502

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Skoura Ahl El Oust.

Skoura Ahl El Oust −0.0%

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: 29.0%aged 10 and over33.0% in 201439.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.4%14.1% in 201438.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.9%aged 15 and over35.9% in 20147.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.91children per woman2.39 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.1%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 93.3%of settled households88.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Skoura Ahl El Oust: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	4.1%
2.9%	70–74	2.8%
3.6%	65–69	3.2%
3.5%	60–64	4.5%
3.9%	55–59	4.0%
5.6%	50–54	5.9%
5.7%	45–49	5.9%
6.3%	40–44	6.7%
5.9%	35–39	6.4%
6.5%	30–34	7.0%
6.5%	25–29	6.6%
7.0%	20–24	6.7%
8.6%	15–19	8.5%
11.1%	10–14	9.9%
10.6%	5–9	9.6%
8.9%	0–4	8.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija79.9%
Tachelhit34.1%
Tamazight8.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.6%
French44.7%
English14.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot45.1%
Bike or motorcycle29.9%
Doesn’t travel to work6.9%
Another way4.3%
Taxi4.2%
Private car4.0%
Employer’s transport2.9%
Bus1.7%
Informal transport0.8%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 33.0%aged 10 and over29.0% in 202445.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.1%24.4% in 202451.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.9%aged 15 and over33.9% in 20247.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.39children per woman1.91 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people4.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.0people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 88.4%of settled households93.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Skoura Ahl El Oust: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	2.8%
1.6%	70–74	1.7%
2.2%	65–69	1.9%
3.6%	60–64	3.4%
4.0%	55–59	3.5%
3.9%	50–54	4.7%
4.1%	45–49	4.3%
5.7%	40–44	6.3%
6.1%	35–39	7.2%
7.0%	30–34	7.6%
7.2%	25–29	8.3%
9.2%	20–24	10.0%
10.4%	15–19	10.1%
10.7%	10–14	8.8%
9.5%	5–9	9.3%
12.1%	0–4	10.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija82.1%
Tachelhit41.3%
Tamazight2.5%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French44.3%
Arabic only40.5%
Arabic, French and English14.3%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.7%
Bike or motorcycle19.6%
Taxi6.7%
Bus5.9%
Private car3.8%
Not stated3.3%
Another way3.0%
Works at home1.5%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood39.1%
Another in the commune19.8%
No fixed place19.6%
Another province10.3%
Another commune4.4%
Not stated3.3%
Somewhere else2.0%
At home1.5%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades28.9%
Labouring and small trades24.0%
Farming and fishing12.3%
Clerical work8.7%
Farm and fishing labour8.4%
Managers and senior professionals5.6%
Trade and broking5.1%
Machine operating3.5%
Not classified2.0%
Technicians1.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma61.4%
Primary23.1%
Lower secondary8.5%
Upper secondary4.5%
DEUG or Licence2.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Skoura Ahl El Oust’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 1,442
Standing empty: 26.0%12.6% vacant13.5% a second home
Precarious: 28.2%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 1.2%91.3% on the water mains90.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 50.8%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house66.9%
Rural-type27.8%
Traditional house3.9%
Apartment0.8%
Slum or basic house0.2%
Other0.2%
Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years38.6%
20 to 49 years56.4%
50 years or more5.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 81233.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 57570.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 8161.4 per business
Public services: 209
Associations: 28in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce61.7%
Services24.0%
Industry11.5%
Construction2.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person83.7%
2 to 311.0%
4 to 94.9%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later39.7%
2011–201929.6%
2001–201017.0%
1991–20007.5%
1981–19904.5%
1956–19801.6%
Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

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

Skoura

4,576

Douars

Skoura Ahl El Oust’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 43 douars in 8 fractions, with 19,477 people. Another 4,576 live in Skoura, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
إيماسينIymassine9 douars · 4,652 people
تغزوتTaghzoute	In parts	177	1,011	1.6	2.3	5.4
أيت ݣندوAït Gandou	In parts	62	332	1.0	3.5	5.0
بويقباBou Ikba	Grouped	51	295	1.0	1.2	1.1
إماسينImassine	In parts	254	1,388	0.9	1.6	1.8
تامسراوتTamasraout	In parts	102	589	2.1	1.7	7.1
أسكاAssaka	In parts	95	545	9.3	2.7	13.9
أزغار نوغيولAzghar Noughioul	Dispersed	39	266	23.1	2.3	30.0
بوسكورBouskour	In parts	31	208	26.3	2.9	32.1
أمردول نعمومAmerdoul Namoum	Grouped	3	18	—	—	—
الوسطEl Oust7 douars · 2,706 people
أولاد عمارةOulad Ammar	Grouped	8	47	—	—	—
أولاد الشيخ عليOuled Chikh Ali	Grouped	36	179	1.3	2.1	4.7
أولاد عميرةOuled Amirha	In parts	336	1,624	1.5	1.3	5.7
الشباكةChebaka	Dispersed	59	214	1.0	1.0	4.0
الزويةZouiya	Grouped	42	179	0.8	1.0	4.5
الحيادسةLhyadsa	Grouped	25	145	—	—	—
أولاد امباركOuled Mbark	Dispersed	64	318	1.0	1.3	5.0
أمزاوروAmzaourou7 douars · 3,261 people
تاجاناتTajnat	Grouped	140	678	2.9	1.1	2.9
أولاد مسعودWlad Mssawd	Grouped	72	331	2.0	1.1	2.1
أولاد براهيمOulad Brahim	Dispersed	91	391	3.0	2.9	3.0
بومحشادBoumahchad	Dispersed	108	525	3.0	1.1	3.0
أولاد اعمرOulad Amora	Dispersed	78	350	3.0	2.7	2.8
الحسونLhasoun	In parts	187	787	1.3	1.1	1.7
أولاد احسينOuled Hsin	Grouped	39	199	2.1	0.9	2.1
إيمدريIymdri4 douars · 2,045 people
أيت أونزارAit Onzar	Grouped	66	323	0.3	0.2	0.2
زاوية تراشتZaouiat Tarachte	Grouped	63	327	0.0	1.0	1.0
تيمنيتTimnite	Dispersed	106	544	1.9	0.2	8.0
أيت سعيد أومنصورAït Saïd Ou Mansour	Grouped	181	851	0.5	1.1	2.7
أولاد يعقوبOulad Yacoub8 douars · 2,013 people
أولاد سليمانWlad Slimane	In parts	106	478	1.3	1.2	2.4
أولاد داودWlad Daoude	In parts	78	369	4.9	1.9	4.3
أولاد العربيةOuled Larbia	In parts	157	708	5.8	0.7	6.8
أولاد اعمرOulad Amira	Grouped	35	206	2.1	1.6	4.8
أولاد شاكرOuled Chaker	Grouped	12	50	—	—	—
الحدادةEl Hadada	Grouped	13	74	—	—	—
تانغورتTanghourt	Dispersed	14	60	—	—	—
شبيرChbir	Dispersed	12	68	—	—	—
سيدي فلاحSidi Fellah4 douars · 2,421 people
سيدي فلاح أيت زكريSidi Flah Ait Zakri	In parts	84	478	3.1	1.7	14.9
سيدي فلاح أيت وتفاوSidi Flah Ait Itfaou	In parts	155	918	1.2	1.3	12.1
سيدي فلاح العربSidi Flah Elarbe	Grouped	102	578	2.9	2.0	14.8
تامونزرافتTamounzraft	Dispersed	48	447	1.5	5.0	29.9
الخامسةEl Khamsa3 douars · 2,372 people
القبابةEl Kbaba	Grouped	29	135	—	—	—
أولاد عليOulad Ali	Grouped	197	957	1.0	1.5	3.0
تيريݣيوتTiriguiout	Grouped	234	1,280	0.8	1.0	3.5
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 7 people
أقا نوغلايAkka Noughlay	Grouped	1	7	—	—	—

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: 08.401.07.07
As digits: 084010707
Slug: skoura-ahl-el-oust
Record: /api/communes/08.401.07.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.401.07.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.401.07.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.401.07.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/08.401.07.07/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.401.07.07/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.401.07.07/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.401.07.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887625

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