Tounfite

تونفيت

Rural commune in the cercle of Tounfite, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
13,424
Since 2014
+1.0%from 13,297 in 2014
Density
24.1people per km², 556.1 km²
Households
3,301
Rank
526526th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

Ait Ben YacoubZaidaItzerTanourdiTizi N'ghachouAghbalouBoumiaAit AyachAgoudimAnemziSidi Yahia Ou YoussefAmersidMibladenAit IzdegMideltGuirGourramaEn-NzalaEr-RichSidi AayadZaouiat Sidi HamzaGuers TiaallalineM'zizelAmouguerImilchilBou-AzmouOuterbatAit Yahya

How it changed

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

Tounfite +1.0%

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
42.6%aged 10 and over48.3% in 201453.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.3%13.2% in 201444.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.5%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20146.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.05children per woman2.28 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
70.4%of settled households67.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tounfite: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.0%
2.6%70–742.7%
2.7%65–692.6%
4.3%60–644.6%
3.7%55–593.9%
5.1%50–545.8%
6.4%45–496.2%
6.7%40–447.0%
5.8%35–396.9%
7.3%30–346.9%
6.7%25–296.6%
8.0%20–247.9%
9.4%15–198.9%
10.2%10–1410.2%
9.1%5–98.9%
8.5%0–46.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight96.3%
  • Darija41.2%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.2%
  • French55.8%
  • English11.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.4%
  • Private car5.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.7%
  • Employer’s transport4.6%
  • Bus3.4%
  • Taxi0.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,558
Standing empty
13.1%10.1% vacant3.0% a second home
Precarious
42.6%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
90.5%94.6% on the water mains96.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
81.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house56.6%
  • Rural-type42.3%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Other0.3%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years80.9%
  • 20 to 49 years17.4%
  • 50 years or more1.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
52038.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
42481.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4611.1 per business
Public services
87
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.4%
  • Services23.8%
  • Industry9.7%
  • Construction6.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person94.3%
  • 2 to 35.0%
  • 4 to 90.7%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.2%
  • 2011–201940.1%
  • 2001–201012.5%
  • 1991–20008.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Tounfite8,906

In the data

Code
08.363.17.27
As digits
083631727
Slug
tounfite
Record
/api/communes/08.363.17.27.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.363.17.27/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.363.17.27/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.363.17.27/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/08.363.17.27/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.363.17.27/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2826603
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tounfite");

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