Taza

تازة

Urban commune in the province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
150,763
Since 2014
+1.6%from 148,456 in 2014
Density
5,666people per km², 26.6 km²
Households
40,727
Foreign residents
93
Rank
2626th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 38 in its province

Next door in Bab Marzouka, 13.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 97.8%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Settat. Apartments: 22.8% here, 20.8% there; can’t read or write: 20.5% here, 16.7% there; read French: 68.3% here, 68.6% there.

Compare it with Settat

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcodes

35000, 35010, 35020

How it changed

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

Taza +1.6%

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
20.5%aged 10 and over25.3% in 201429.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.4%24.8% in 201428.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.6%aged 15 and over43.3% in 201418.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.49children per woman1.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.2%of settled households94.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taza: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over4.2%
3.0%70–742.8%
4.5%65–693.9%
6.3%60–645.9%
5.7%55–595.8%
6.5%50–546.7%
6.2%45–496.9%
6.8%40–447.4%
6.5%35–397.2%
6.1%30–346.9%
5.5%25–296.3%
6.6%20–247.0%
8.1%15–197.3%
9.5%10–148.4%
8.9%5–97.7%
6.6%0–45.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tarifit5.3%
  • Tachelhit2.7%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French68.3%
  • English26.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.9%
  • Private car20.1%
  • Taxi11.3%
  • Bus8.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.9%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Informal transport1.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.7%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.3%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
54,612
Standing empty
28.5%12.5% vacant16.0% a second home
Precarious
2.5%2.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.8%97.7% on the water mains98.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house63.1%
  • Apartment29.8%
  • Traditional house3.5%
  • Slum or basic house2.0%
  • Villa1.1%
  • Other0.4%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years49.9%
  • 20 to 49 years38.3%
  • 50 years or more11.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
7,21847.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6,81794.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
15,9862.3 per business
Public services
273
Associations
128in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.5%
  • Services31.4%
  • Industry12.9%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.7%
  • 2 to 329.7%
  • 4 to 97.9%
  • 10 to 491.2%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.0%
  • 2011–201949.7%
  • 2001–201013.6%
  • 1991–20006.9%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19802.4%
  • Before 19560.7%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.561.01.11
As digits
035610111
Slug
taza
OpenStreetMap
2758251
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taza");

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