Tissa

تيسة

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

Population, 2024
12,096
Since 2014
+8.1%from 11,195 in 2014
Density
1,121people per km², 10.8 km²
Households
2,783
Foreign residents
1
Rank
590590th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 49 in its province

Next door in El Bsabsa, 3.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 73.0%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Frej. Can’t read or write: 30.2% here, 29.1% there; Darija: 98.8% here, 98.9% there; read French: 52.4% here, 52.8% there.

Compare it with Ouled Frej

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

34200

How it changed

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

Tissa +8.1%

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
30.2%aged 10 and over35.4% in 201439.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.1%17.8% in 201428.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.0%aged 15 and over46.4% in 20149.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.02children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
73.0%of settled households69.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tissa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.1%
1.9%70–741.7%
2.8%65–692.7%
4.1%60–643.4%
4.5%55–593.8%
4.8%50–544.9%
6.8%45–495.5%
6.9%40–446.5%
6.1%35–397.8%
6.5%30–346.6%
6.4%25–297.0%
7.9%20–248.4%
9.8%15–199.9%
10.5%10–1410.4%
10.5%5–910.2%
8.6%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French52.4%
  • English18.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.1%
  • Private car14.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Taxi6.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.4%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Informal transport3.2%
  • Another way1.4%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,316
Standing empty
20.0%13.8% vacant6.2% a second home
Precarious
21.0%1.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
72.5%75.5% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
30.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house75.0%
  • Rural-type19.0%
  • Apartment2.1%
  • Traditional house1.8%
  • Slum or basic house1.4%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years58.6%
  • 20 to 49 years40.8%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
67555.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
63293.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,0141.6 per business
Public services
36
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.6%
  • Services25.5%
  • Industry8.4%
  • Construction1.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person59.8%
  • 2 to 335.8%
  • 4 to 94.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.3%
  • 2011–201939.2%
  • 2001–201019.6%
  • 1991–200010.8%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.01.09
As digits
035310109
Slug
tissa
OpenStreetMap
2755012
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tissa");

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