Tata

طاطا

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

Population, 2024
19,544
Since 2014
+5.0%from 18,611 in 2014
Density
1,296people per km², 15.1 km²
Households
4,218
Foreign residents
4
Rank
318318th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 20 in its province

Next door in Tigzmerte, 1.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 79.1%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 55.1% to 79.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Errachidia. Running water: 97.8% here, 99.2% there; aged 65 and over: 8.2% here, 7.7% there; unemployment: 19.5% here, 22.3% there.

Compare it with Errachidia

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

84000

How it changed

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

Tata +5.0%

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 over22.5% in 201427.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.5%18.8% in 201435.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.1%aged 15 and over40.2% in 201415.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.82children per woman2.39 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.0%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.8%of settled households95.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tata: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over3.0%
2.6%70–742.3%
3.1%65–693.0%
3.7%60–643.9%
3.9%55–594.5%
5.2%50–545.3%
5.2%45–495.4%
6.2%40–447.4%
7.2%35–397.5%
7.5%30–348.1%
6.7%25–297.8%
6.9%20–247.7%
8.7%15–198.2%
11.2%10–149.0%
10.5%5–99.2%
9.1%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija83.5%
  • Tachelhit66.1%
  • Hassania5.6%
  • Tamazight3.6%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French73.2%
  • English34.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle38.5%
  • On foot34.4%
  • Private car12.7%
  • Employer’s transport4.7%
  • Taxi3.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.2%
  • Bus2.0%
  • Another way1.6%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,660
Standing empty
27.2%15.8% vacant11.4% a second home
Precarious
4.4%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
77.7%94.7% on the water mains95.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
5.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house89.7%
  • Traditional house5.6%
  • Rural-type3.6%
  • Other0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years51.7%
  • 20 to 49 years44.0%
  • 50 years or more4.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,04853.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
87983.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,2521.4 per business
Public services
130
Associations
39in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.4%
  • Services25.1%
  • Industry11.3%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.0%
  • 2 to 311.1%
  • 4 to 94.2%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.9%
  • 2011–201938.6%
  • 2001–201019.8%
  • 1991–20007.6%
  • 1981–19903.6%
  • 1956–19805.0%
  • Before 19560.5%

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.551.01.07
As digits
095510107
Slug
tata
OpenStreetMap
2885790
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tata");

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