Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane

أكادير-إدا وتنان

Préfecture in the région of Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 721,431
Since 2014: +20.1%
Households: 197,248
Communes: 13
Area: 2,425 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Agadir 504,768
Grew the most: Drargua +52.0%
Shrank the most: Tadrart −36.0%
Densest: Agadir 4,479 people per km²

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 17.4%aged 10 and over23.5% in 201423.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.5%15.7% in 201427.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.4%aged 15 and over48.6% in 201421.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.64children per woman2.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.6%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.0%of settled households87.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	2.9%
2.5%	70–74	2.2%
3.4%	65–69	3.0%
4.7%	60–64	4.5%
5.1%	55–59	4.9%
6.0%	50–54	6.0%
6.2%	45–49	6.6%
7.0%	40–44	7.3%
7.2%	35–39	7.6%
7.3%	30–34	7.9%
6.9%	25–29	7.6%
7.7%	20–24	8.1%
8.1%	15–19	7.9%
9.3%	10–14	8.7%
8.9%	5–9	8.2%
7.0%	0–4	6.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija85.7%
Tachelhit61.0%
Tamazight3.8%
Hassania0.8%
Tarifit0.3%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.7%
French69.2%
English31.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Private car25.3%
On foot20.9%
Bike or motorcycle13.7%
Taxi11.6%
Bus11.2%
Employer’s transport7.8%

Can’t read or write: 23.5%aged 10 and over17.4% in 202432.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.7%19.5% in 202426.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.6%aged 15 and over44.4% in 202423.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.06children per woman1.64 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people3.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 87.1%of settled households96.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.9%	75 and over	2.1%
1.5%	70–74	1.5%
2.0%	65–69	1.8%
3.5%	60–64	3.0%
4.2%	55–59	3.8%
5.6%	50–54	5.3%
6.1%	45–49	6.0%
7.0%	40–44	7.1%
7.2%	35–39	7.8%
8.1%	30–34	8.6%
8.6%	25–29	9.0%
9.1%	20–24	9.4%
8.4%	15–19	8.3%
8.7%	10–14	8.4%
8.7%	5–9	8.5%
9.5%	0–4	9.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija78.8%
Tachelhit64.1%
Tamazight1.2%
Hassania0.8%
Tarifit0.3%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French41.8%
Arabic only25.8%
Arabic, French and English23.9%
Other combinations8.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot26.1%
Private car19.2%
Taxi13.8%
Bus13.1%
Bike or motorcycle13.0%
Employer’s transport5.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another in the commune39.7%
Their own neighbourhood19.6%
No fixed place12.3%
Another commune10.8%
Another province10.1%
At home3.0%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades23.9%
Clerical work19.3%
Labouring and small trades14.8%
Managers and senior professionals10.7%
Farm and fishing labour7.6%
Trade and broking7.2%
Technicians5.8%
Machine operating5.0%
Not classified3.0%
Farming and fishing2.6%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma46.9%
Primary22.4%
Lower secondary14.4%
Upper secondary9.5%
DEUG or Licence4.9%
Master’s or doctorate1.8%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 255,418
Standing empty: 34.9%12.6% vacant22.4% a second home
Precarious: 0.9%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 96.3%96.8% on the water mains97.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house56.6%
Apartment38.2%
Villa3.7%
Traditional house0.5%
Slum or basic house0.4%
Other0.4%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years66.5%
20 to 49 years31.7%
50 years or more1.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 33,54446.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 30,35890.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 102,8523.4 per business
Public services: 2,230
Associations: 956in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 18counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce47.1%
Services37.7%
Industry10.6%
Construction4.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person45.6%
2 to 339.8%
4 to 910.5%
10 to 493.5%
50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later37.4%
2011–201933.8%
2001–201015.2%
1991–20008.3%
1981–19903.0%
1956–19802.1%
Before 19560.2%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Agadir	urban	504,768	+19.7%	4,479
Drargua	rural	107,621	+52.0%	511
Aourir	rural	46,032	+24.6%	436
Tamri	rural	19,790	+6.5%	55.5
Amskroud	rural	9,648	+3.2%	46.7
Imsouane	rural	7,246	−18.3%	57.2
Tiqqi	rural	6,378	−27.3%	22.8
Taghazout	rural	4,861	−7.6%	43.7
Imouzzer	rural	4,087	−24.3%	20.1
Aqsri	rural	3,333	−19.3%	17.5
Tadrart	rural	2,899	−36.0%	13.8
Idmine	rural	2,715	−14.6%	15.8
Aziar	rural	2,053	−30.4%	14.7

In the data

Code: 09.001
As digits: 09001
Record: /api/provinces/09.001.json
Communes: /api/provinces/09.001/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/09.001/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/09.001/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/09.001/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/09.001/housing.json

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