Talmest

تالمست

Urban commune in the province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
4,638
Since 2014
+7.2%from 4,328 in 2014
Density
311people per km², 14.9 km²
Households
1,322
Foreign residents
3
Rank
1,2451,245th most populous of 1,503 communes42nd of 57 in its province

Where it is

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

Timzguida-OuftasIda Ou GuelloulSidi Hmad Ou M'barekIda Ou KazzouAit Aissa IhahaneTamanarTarganteTafednaIda Ou AazzaSmimouImgradeImi-N'tlitTakouchtAglifAit DaoudAdaghasAssaisBouzemmourTahelouanteBizdadSidi GhanemeSidi El JazouliTidziSidi H'mad Ou HamedSidi KaoukiEzzaouiteMeskalaKorimateMouaridAit SaidAguerdKechoulaMejjiLagdadraEl HanchaneLahsinateOunaghaEssaouiraHad DraMoulay BouzarqtouneTakateAquermoudSidi IshaqSidi Ali El KoratiSidi AbdeljalilM'khalifSidi LaaroussiMzilateM'ramerSidi BoulaalamSidi Aissa RegraguiZaouiat Ben HmidaSidi M'hamed Ou MarzouqOulad M'rabetTafetachteSidi Ahmed Essayeh

How it changed

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

Talmest +7.2%

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
31.3%aged 10 and over37.0% in 201440.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.0%13.3% in 201421.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.2%aged 15 and over46.9% in 201413.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.75children per woman2.90 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.1%of settled households53.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Talmest: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.9%
3.6%70–742.8%
3.4%65–693.6%
4.7%60–644.9%
4.3%55–594.8%
5.9%50–545.3%
6.7%45–495.9%
7.2%40–446.0%
6.9%35–397.2%
6.4%30–346.9%
5.6%25–297.1%
6.2%20–247.2%
7.6%15–197.7%
9.5%10–149.1%
9.3%5–99.4%
9.7%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit1.2%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French45.6%
  • English15.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.2%
  • Employer’s transport15.6%
  • Private car10.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.3%
  • Taxi5.1%
  • Bus1.3%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,597
Standing empty
19.5%7.4% vacant12.1% a second home
Precarious
19.7%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
50.8%88.1% on the water mains94.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
31.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house78.2%
  • Rural-type18.3%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Other0.9%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.4%
  • Apartment0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years63.1%
  • 20 to 49 years30.2%
  • 50 years or more6.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
26256.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
21481.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2681.3 per business
Public services
42
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.0%
  • Services29.4%
  • Industry13.1%
  • Construction0.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.8%
  • 2 to 318.2%
  • 4 to 90.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.1%
  • 2011–201932.7%
  • 2001–201012.1%
  • 1991–200013.1%
  • 1981–19904.2%
  • 1956–19802.8%
  • Before 19560.9%

In the data

Code
07.211.01.07
As digits
072110107
Slug
talmest
Record
/api/communes/07.211.01.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.211.01.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.01.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.01.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.211.01.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.01.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2821067
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("talmest");

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