Temsia

تمسية

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait-Melloul, préfecture of Inezgane-Aït Melloul, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
52,663
Since 2014
+29.1%from 40,780 in 2014
Density
863people per km², 61 km²
Households
12,689
Foreign residents
50
Rank
9999th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 6 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

InezganeAit MelloulLqliaaOulad DahouDcheira El Jihadia

How it changed

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

Temsia +29.1%

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
26.1%aged 10 and over31.7% in 201434.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.9%13.5% in 201435.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.4%aged 15 and over46.0% in 201412.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.79children per woman2.61 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.0%of settled households91.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Temsia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.2%
1.9%70–741.6%
2.7%65–691.9%
4.4%60–643.5%
4.3%55–594.2%
5.9%50–545.8%
6.3%45–496.6%
6.9%40–447.4%
6.8%35–397.5%
6.8%30–347.5%
6.7%25–296.9%
7.9%20–248.3%
9.0%15–199.0%
10.8%10–1410.5%
10.1%5–99.6%
7.7%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija86.9%
  • Tachelhit82.3%
  • Tamazight2.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French55.4%
  • English16.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot24.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle20.8%
  • Bus14.0%
  • Private car13.3%
  • Employer’s transport11.4%
  • Taxi9.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
10,721
Standing empty
19.7%13.4% vacant6.3% a second home
Precarious
0.5%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
48.1%96.4% on the water mains93.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house97.5%
  • Villa0.7%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Apartment0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Other0.2%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years82.8%
  • 20 to 49 years16.6%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,26924.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,14990.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,1381.9 per business
Public services
92
Associations
28in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.4%
  • Services25.2%
  • Industry15.5%
  • Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.1%
  • 2 to 318.5%
  • 4 to 93.3%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later53.0%
  • 2011–201931.3%
  • 2001–201011.8%
  • 1991–20002.9%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19800.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Temsia37,128

In the data

Code
09.273.05.27
As digits
092730527
Slug
temsia
Record
/api/communes/09.273.05.27.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.273.05.27/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.273.05.27/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.273.05.27/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.273.05.27/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.273.05.27/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2758289
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("temsia");

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