Taourirt

تاوريرت

Urban commune in the province of Taourirt, Oriental.

Population, 2024
100,402
Since 2014
−2.9%from 103,398 in 2014
Density
5,425people per km², 18.5 km²
Households
23,633
Foreign residents
33
Rank
4747th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 14 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 22.6% to 35.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Ayad. Running water: 99.4% here, 86.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.0% here, 26.8% there; can’t read or write: 29.9% here, 28.0% there.

Compare it with Ouled Ayad

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

65800

How it changed

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

Taourirt −2.9%

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
29.9%aged 10 and over34.5% in 201437.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
35.3%22.6% in 201441.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.7%aged 15 and over42.8% in 201412.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.39children per woman2.21 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.4%of settled households95.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taourirt: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over3.7%
2.7%70–742.6%
3.3%65–693.2%
4.5%60–644.8%
4.1%55–594.5%
5.2%50–546.0%
5.4%45–496.2%
6.4%40–446.9%
6.6%35–396.9%
6.7%30–347.2%
6.9%25–297.6%
7.7%20–247.7%
9.0%15–198.3%
10.7%10–149.4%
10.0%5–98.5%
7.3%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit7.7%
  • Tarifit3.7%
  • Tamazight3.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French52.8%
  • English17.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.9%
  • Private car14.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.0%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Taxi2.8%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Train0.4%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
30,213
Standing empty
26.7%12.3% vacant14.4% a second home
Precarious
1.4%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.3%97.6% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.5%
  • Apartment3.7%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Villa1.0%
  • Other0.9%
  • Slum or basic house0.4%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years66.5%
  • 20 to 49 years32.7%
  • 50 years or more0.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
4,48444.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4,25594.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7,7951.8 per business
Public services
189
Associations
40in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.4%
  • Services25.4%
  • Industry10.9%
  • Construction4.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.5%
  • 2 to 327.2%
  • 4 to 94.6%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.8%
  • 2011–201945.4%
  • 2001–201011.7%
  • 1991–20005.8%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Files and code
Code
02.533.01.33
As digits
025330133
Slug
taourirt
OpenStreetMap
2432236
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taourirt");

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