Taroudannt

تارودانت

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

Population, 2024
83,496
Since 2014
+4.2%from 80,149 in 2014
Density
1,115people per km², 74.9 km²
Households
21,821
Foreign residents
111
Rank
6565th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 89 in its province

Next door in Ait Makhlouf, 0.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 93.2%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Safi. Can’t read or write: 18.7% here, 17.0% there; higher education: 12.3% here, 12.5% there; aged 0 to 14: 23.5% here, 23.0% there.

Compare it with Safi

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

83000

Villages and hamlets

Bou Tarialt, Oulad Khallouf

How it changed

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

Taroudannt +4.2%

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
18.7%aged 10 and over23.3% in 201426.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.7%18.3% in 201436.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.3%aged 15 and over46.9% in 201419.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.68children per woman2.00 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.8%of settled households96.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taroudannt: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.4%
2.5%70–742.5%
3.6%65–693.5%
5.1%60–645.1%
5.4%55–595.4%
6.7%50–546.7%
6.7%45–496.9%
6.6%40–447.3%
6.4%35–397.1%
6.9%30–347.1%
6.5%25–296.8%
7.1%20–247.3%
8.9%15–198.3%
9.7%10–149.0%
8.4%5–97.7%
6.3%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.6%
  • Tachelhit47.0%
  • Tamazight2.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French61.8%
  • English25.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle39.2%
  • On foot25.7%
  • Private car12.3%
  • Employer’s transport10.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.8%
  • Taxi3.5%
  • Bus3.4%
  • Informal transport0.8%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
27,788
Standing empty
25.4%13.9% vacant11.5% a second home
Precarious
1.1%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
90.9%96.4% on the water mains96.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house87.3%
  • Apartment5.8%
  • Traditional house4.8%
  • Villa1.1%
  • Other0.7%
  • Rural-type0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years55.9%
  • 20 to 49 years39.8%
  • 50 years or more4.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5,12961.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4,75692.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7,8611.7 per business
Public services
262
Associations
111in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.5%
  • Services28.2%
  • Industry15.9%
  • Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.3%
  • 2 to 320.1%
  • 4 to 93.5%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.0%
  • 2011–201925.6%
  • 2001–201017.1%
  • 1991–20009.7%
  • 1981–19904.8%
  • 1956–19804.3%
  • Before 19560.5%

Figures that stand out

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

The share of households living in an apartment is 5.7%, against 0.9% across its province.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 0.0%. Ait Makhlouf is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

In 2014 it was 13.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.541.01.13
As digits
095410113
Slug
taroudannt
OpenStreetMap
2835912
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taroudannt");

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