Tainaste

تيناست

Rural commune in the cercle of Tainaste, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
10,411
Since 2014
−9.7%from 11,530 in 2014
Density
68.6people per km², 151.7 km²
Households
2,532
Foreign residents
1
Rank
717717th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 38 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 14.3% to 62.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zaaroura. Running water: 0.4% here, 6.7% there; in the labour force: 31.6% here, 30.4% there; can’t read or write: 42.1% here, 45.6% there.

Compare it with Zaaroura

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 Tainaste.

Tainaste −9.7%

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
42.1%aged 10 and over48.9% in 201455.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
62.7%14.3% in 201427.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.6%aged 15 and over51.4% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.56children per woman2.28 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.4%of settled households7.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tainaste: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.8%
2.4%70–742.8%
3.4%65–694.3%
4.6%60–645.5%
4.9%55–595.4%
5.5%50–545.7%
5.1%45–495.5%
6.4%40–446.6%
7.4%35–396.4%
5.9%30–346.1%
6.5%25–296.5%
6.9%20–246.4%
9.9%15–198.6%
10.6%10–149.3%
9.0%5–99.1%
8.8%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French31.4%
  • English8.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.1%
  • Informal transport10.5%
  • Animal5.5%
  • Private car5.2%
  • Bus4.0%
  • Employer’s transport3.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.6%
  • Taxi1.2%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
478
Standing empty
11.5%4.0% vacant7.5% a second home
Precarious
63.0%26.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
0.0%0.8% on the water mains92.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
232.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house36.6%
  • Rural-type36.0%
  • Slum or basic house26.4%
  • Other0.6%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years21.5%
  • 20 to 49 years20.5%
  • 50 years or more57.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20219.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10753.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1121.0 per business
Public services
89
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.1%
  • Services31.8%
  • Industry11.2%
  • Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person95.3%
  • 2 to 34.7%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later11.2%
  • 2011–201930.8%
  • 2001–201037.4%
  • 1991–20009.3%
  • 1981–19908.4%
  • 1956–19802.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The housing shortfall is 232.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

The share of urban dwellings on the public water network is 0.8%, among the lowest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

The share of urban dwellings that are precarious is 63.0%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

What it’s made of: Basic house or slum 26.4% · Rural-type dwelling 36.0% · Other 0.6%

How these are picked

Urban centres

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

Tainaste1,539

Douars

Tainaste’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 6 fractions, with 8,872 people. Another 1,539 live in Tainaste, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اهل مولةAhl Imoula2 douars · 1,988 people
اهل مولةAhl ImoulaIn parts3381,4714.11.912.0
اولاد ادريويشOulad DriouachIn parts12751718.00.919.2
جالاJala5 douars · 2,915 people
العنصرEl AnserIn parts23996112.81.820.5
العرابةEl ArabaIn parts12753317.01.217.1
هلاونةHlaounaIn parts13451317.72.318.0
لعواودةLaouaoudaIn parts9738910.92.315.2
اولاد اعيشOulad AichIn parts10551912.21.614.4
تايناستTaynast1 douar · 99 people
تايجديتTayjditDispersed2699———
بني كرامةBni Gourrama1 douar · 1,781 people
بني كرامةBni GourramaIn parts3841,78111.11.111.9
المرابطينAl Mrabtine4 douars · 2,057 people
امطغارAmtrharIn parts1546611.52.58.9
تازيانتTaziantIn parts1525889.03.622.7
باب السهمBab SeamIn parts1165118.78.722.2
واد الحجرOued LehjerIn parts7829713.75.423.4
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 32 people
صاغورSaghourGrouped532———

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
03.561.11.13
As digits
035611113
Slug
tainaste
OpenStreetMap
2758255
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tainaste");

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