Touissit

تويسيت

Urban commune in the province of Jerada, Oriental.

Population, 2024
3,066
Since 2014
−2.3%from 3,137 in 2014
Density
714people per km², 4.3 km²
Households
808
Rank
1,3771,377th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 14 in its province

Where it is

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

JeradaRas AsfourMrijaOuled GhziyelAin Bni MatharOuled Sidi AbdelhakemTiouliSidi BoubkerGuenfoudaLaaouinateGafaitLebkhataBni Mathar

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Touissit −2.3%

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
25.0%aged 10 and over26.0% in 201433.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
39.2%54.1% in 201438.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.9%aged 15 and over43.9% in 20149.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.80children per woman1.46 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.8%of settled households96.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Touissit: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.7%75 and over5.2%
3.7%70–743.7%
5.1%65–695.0%
4.7%60–647.0%
5.5%55–595.9%
4.0%50–546.7%
6.7%45–496.8%
6.8%40–446.9%
7.3%35–396.3%
6.3%30–346.2%
6.9%25–296.5%
6.0%20–246.5%
8.1%15–195.5%
8.9%10–148.1%
7.8%5–98.3%
7.7%0–45.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French56.9%
  • English16.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.2%
  • Private car14.5%
  • Taxi6.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Bus2.3%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,013
Standing empty
21.0%12.1% vacant8.9% a second home
Precarious
7.0%4.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.7%97.6% on the water mains98.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house69.9%
  • Villa18.1%
  • Slum or basic house4.0%
  • Traditional house3.5%
  • Other2.4%
  • Apartment1.6%
  • Rural-type0.6%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years24.7%
  • 20 to 49 years23.7%
  • 50 years or more51.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15650.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11775.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1631.4 per business
Public services
35
Associations
4in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.0%
  • Services33.3%
  • Industry11.1%
  • Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.3%
  • 2 to 315.4%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.9%
  • 2011–201942.7%
  • 2001–201011.1%
  • 1991–20009.4%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19803.4%
  • Before 19560.9%

In the data

Code
02.275.01.35
As digits
022750135
Slug
touissit
Record
/api/communes/02.275.01.35.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.275.01.35/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.275.01.35/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.275.01.35/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.275.01.35/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.275.01.35/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2528006
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("touissit");

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