Tafraout

تافراوت

Urban commune in the province of Tiznit, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
6,124
Since 2014
−3.5%from 6,345 in 2014
Density
93.5people per km², 65.5 km²
Households
1,849
Foreign residents
13
Rank
1,0891,089th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

Arbaa SahelSidi BouabdelliBounaamaneTnine AglouReggadaTiznitEl Maader El KabirArbaa RasmoukaOuijjaneTighmiTnine AdayAnziArbaa Ait AhmedTizoughraneIrigh N'tahalaAmmelneTafraout El MouloudTassrirtTarsouatAfella IghirAit OuafqaAit IssafenIda Ou GougmarSidi Ahmed Ou Moussa

How it changed

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

Tafraout −3.5%

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
22.9%aged 10 and over21.9% in 201433.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.0%12.2% in 201435.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.0%aged 15 and over51.4% in 201414.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
100.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.00children per woman2.79 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.8%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.3people on average3.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.5%of settled households92.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tafraout: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.6%
3.1%70–742.6%
3.8%65–693.5%
6.0%60–644.9%
5.7%55–595.9%
6.4%50–545.7%
6.4%45–497.4%
5.5%40–447.0%
7.5%35–396.6%
7.0%30–347.3%
6.2%25–296.8%
7.4%20–247.7%
8.5%15–198.2%
8.9%10–149.3%
8.4%5–97.9%
6.7%0–45.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit91.9%
  • Darija67.8%
  • Tamazight4.9%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.3%
  • French57.8%
  • English21.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh8.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.2%
  • Private car9.9%
  • Employer’s transport5.1%
  • Taxi0.6%
  • Bus0.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,290
Standing empty
45.3%22.9% vacant22.4% a second home
Precarious
1.2%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
87.2%92.2% on the water mains91.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house77.9%
  • Apartment18.6%
  • Villa1.9%
  • Rural-type0.7%
  • Other0.5%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years59.1%
  • 20 to 49 years34.8%
  • 50 years or more6.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
616100.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
55590.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
8171.5 per business
Public services
54
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.6%
  • Services28.1%
  • Industry18.0%
  • Construction6.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.5%
  • 2 to 318.4%
  • 4 to 93.2%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later20.7%
  • 2011–201942.0%
  • 2001–201016.2%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19907.7%
  • 1956–19804.7%
  • Before 19560.4%

In the data

Code
09.581.01.05
As digits
095810105
Slug
tafraout
Record
/api/communes/09.581.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.581.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.581.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.581.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.581.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.581.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2888732
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tafraout");

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