Tabant

تبانت

Rural commune in the cercle of Azilal, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 16,401
Since 2014: +9.6%from 14,963 in 2014
Density: 32.1people per km², 511.5 km²
Households: 2,910
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 396396th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 44 in its province

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 Tabant.

Tabant +9.6%

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: 37.1%aged 10 and over47.8% in 201450.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.4%8.2% in 20147.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.6%aged 15 and over40.6% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.91children per woman2.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average6.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 91.6%of settled households66.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tabant: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.5%	75 and over	2.9%
2.4%	70–74	1.9%
2.5%	65–69	2.9%
2.9%	60–64	3.8%
3.3%	55–59	3.6%
4.2%	50–54	4.3%
4.7%	45–49	5.3%
6.0%	40–44	6.2%
6.3%	35–39	6.6%
7.9%	30–34	7.2%
8.1%	25–29	7.3%
8.9%	20–24	7.9%
10.3%	15–19	10.0%
10.3%	10–14	10.8%
10.5%	5–9	10.2%
9.1%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.1%
Darija20.1%
Tachelhit0.9%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.7%
French33.8%
English11.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh5.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.7%
Private car5.9%
Bus5.9%
Bike or motorcycle2.9%
Employer’s transport2.3%
Taxi1.7%

Can’t read or write: 47.8%aged 10 and over37.1% in 202462.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.2%20.4% in 202435.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.6%aged 15 and over38.6% in 20244.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 87.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.86children per woman2.91 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.8people on average5.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 66.6%of settled households91.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Tabant: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	2.8%
1.3%	70–74	1.6%
2.1%	65–69	1.7%
2.8%	60–64	2.6%
2.8%	55–59	3.2%
3.2%	50–54	3.9%
4.1%	45–49	4.1%
4.6%	40–44	4.9%
5.6%	35–39	5.7%
7.1%	30–34	6.7%
7.9%	25–29	8.4%
9.9%	20–24	8.8%
10.9%	15–19	10.8%
11.7%	10–14	12.1%
12.1%	5–9	11.8%
11.3%	0–4	11.1%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.5%
Darija29.6%
Tachelhit4.7%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only56.2%
Arabic and French34.9%
Arabic, French and English7.8%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot76.1%
Bus11.2%
Taxi3.4%
Private car1.7%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%
Employer’s transport0.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood50.8%
No fixed place24.5%
Another province13.6%
Another in the commune6.6%
Another commune1.4%
At home0.9%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades26.9%
Farming and fishing25.6%
Crafts and skilled trades14.7%
Farm and fishing labour10.7%
Clerical work9.2%
Machine operating4.9%
Trade and broking4.0%
Managers and senior professionals2.2%
Technicians0.9%
Not classified0.9%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma70.6%
Primary20.3%
Lower secondary5.5%
Upper secondary2.3%
DEUG or Licence1.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 30418.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 17055.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2791.6 per business
Public services: 111
Associations: 23in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce61.8%
Services32.9%
Industry3.5%
Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person66.5%
2 to 328.8%
4 to 92.9%
10 to 491.8%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later10.6%
2011–201960.6%
2001–201025.9%
1991–20002.4%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.6%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 05.081.03.09
As digits: 050810309
Slug: tabant
Record: /api/communes/05.081.03.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.03.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.03.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.03.09/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.03.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887314

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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