Taounza

تاونزة

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

Population, 2024: 10,254
Since 2014: −10.7%from 11,488 in 2014
Density: 61.8people per km², 166.1 km²
Households: 2,407
Rank: 732732nd most populous of 1,503 communes29th 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 Taounza.

Taounza −10.7%

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: 40.6%aged 10 and over49.6% in 201454.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.7%3.3% in 201415.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.1%aged 15 and over47.5% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.48children per woman3.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.4%of settled households79.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taounza: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.3%	75 and over	4.8%
3.3%	70–74	3.1%
3.6%	65–69	3.7%
3.9%	60–64	5.0%
4.0%	55–59	3.5%
4.8%	50–54	4.9%
5.3%	45–49	5.4%
6.4%	40–44	5.8%
6.5%	35–39	6.6%
6.9%	30–34	6.0%
5.2%	25–29	6.1%
6.6%	20–24	6.5%
8.6%	15–19	8.6%
11.1%	10–14	11.7%
10.3%	5–9	10.2%
9.1%	0–4	8.2%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight87.0%
Darija41.7%
Tachelhit12.1%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French45.3%
English10.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot35.4%
Bus20.8%
Private car4.4%
Taxi2.9%
Bike or motorcycle2.9%
Employer’s transport1.7%

Can’t read or write: 49.6%aged 10 and over40.6% in 202465.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 3.3%9.7% in 20246.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.5%aged 15 and over33.1% in 202411.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.60children per woman2.48 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.2people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 79.6%of settled households96.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Taounza: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.3%	75 and over	3.7%
2.0%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.2%
3.7%	60–64	3.8%
3.4%	55–59	3.9%
4.4%	50–54	4.7%
4.0%	45–49	4.2%
4.8%	40–44	5.2%
5.7%	35–39	5.8%
7.7%	30–34	6.2%
7.8%	25–29	7.8%
10.0%	20–24	8.3%
9.4%	15–19	9.4%
9.9%	10–14	10.1%
9.4%	5–9	9.7%
12.3%	0–4	13.0%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.0%
Darija44.7%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only47.3%
Arabic and French45.3%
Arabic, French and English6.6%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.1%
Bus24.2%
Taxi10.2%
Private car2.4%
Bike or motorcycle0.7%
Employer’s transport0.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood47.9%
Another province24.1%
No fixed place18.6%
Another commune2.8%
Somewhere else1.5%
Another in the commune0.9%
At home0.9%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing25.5%
Labouring and small trades24.6%
Crafts and skilled trades23.4%
Farm and fishing labour14.3%
Trade and broking4.2%
Clerical work4.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.6%
Machine operating1.6%
Technicians0.4%
Not classified0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma73.3%
Primary18.8%
Lower secondary5.0%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
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: 19719.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6533.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 661.0 per business
Public services: 101
Associations: 31in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.9%
Industry20.0%
Services20.0%
Construction3.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person98.5%
2 to 31.5%
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 later23.1%
2011–201952.3%
2001–201012.3%
1991–200012.3%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 05.081.05.19
As digits: 050810519
Slug: taounza
Record: /api/communes/05.081.05.19.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.05.19/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.05.19/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.05.19/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.05.19/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887215

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taounza");

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