Al Haouz

الحوز

Province in the région of Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 642,815
Since 2014: +12.2%
Households: 147,971
Communes: 40
Area: 6,110 km²

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

Most populous: Ait Ourir 56,954
Grew the most: Sidi Abdellah Ghiat +46.6%
Shrank the most: Aghbar −33.5%
Densest: Ait Ourir 3,781 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: 34.2%aged 10 and over44.1% in 201444.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.1%9.2% in 201427.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.4%aged 15 and over45.7% in 20146.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.47children per woman2.67 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 91.4%of settled households80.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Al Haouz: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.9%	75 and over	3.1%
2.6%	70–74	2.5%
3.1%	65–69	3.0%
3.9%	60–64	4.2%
3.9%	55–59	4.1%
4.9%	50–54	5.1%
5.7%	45–49	6.1%
6.4%	40–44	6.6%
6.7%	35–39	6.8%
7.3%	30–34	7.1%
7.2%	25–29	6.7%
7.4%	20–24	6.8%
8.9%	15–19	9.0%
10.5%	10–14	10.5%
10.0%	5–9	10.0%
8.6%	0–4	8.4%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit80.9%
Darija71.0%
Tamazight4.1%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.8%
French49.9%
English12.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot31.8%
Bike or motorcycle29.2%
Bus9.2%
Taxi6.5%
Private car4.9%
Employer’s transport2.3%

Can’t read or write: 44.1%aged 10 and over34.2% in 202456.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.2%16.1% in 202431.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.7%aged 15 and over39.4% in 202410.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.67children per woman2.47 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 80.5%of settled households91.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Al Haouz: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.5%	75 and over	2.4%
1.7%	70–74	1.7%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
3.3%	60–64	3.1%
3.7%	55–59	3.5%
4.5%	50–54	4.7%
4.6%	45–49	4.7%
5.6%	40–44	5.9%
6.6%	35–39	6.8%
7.3%	30–34	7.4%
8.1%	25–29	8.1%
9.3%	20–24	8.9%
9.5%	15–19	9.8%
9.8%	10–14	9.6%
10.3%	5–9	10.4%
11.3%	0–4	11.3%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit85.9%
Darija58.6%
Tamazight0.2%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only46.9%
Arabic and French42.2%
Arabic, French and English9.0%
Other combinations2.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot42.6%
Bus17.4%
Taxi13.1%
Bike or motorcycle13.0%
Private car3.1%
Employer’s transport1.5%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood34.7%
Another province22.6%
No fixed place17.1%
Another in the commune9.1%
Another commune9.1%
At home2.6%
Somewhere else1.6%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades25.9%
Crafts and skilled trades24.7%
Farming and fishing13.8%
Farm and fishing labour11.9%
Clerical work11.1%
Trade and broking5.4%
Machine operating3.3%
Managers and senior professionals1.9%
Technicians1.0%
Not classified1.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma72.2%
Primary18.7%
Lower secondary5.7%
Upper secondary2.3%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 41,988
Standing empty: 25.7%15.9% vacant9.7% a second home
Precarious: 4.4%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 64.3%92.0% on the water mains91.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 5.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house84.8%
Traditional house5.7%
Apartment3.4%
Rural-type2.0%
Other1.9%
Villa1.7%
Slum or basic house0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years74.1%
20 to 49 years23.0%
50 years or more2.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 16,81626.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 11,77170.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 22,2001.9 per business
Public services: 4,352
Associations: 693in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 24counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.2%
Services27.1%
Industry12.9%
Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person68.7%
2 to 325.6%
4 to 94.4%
10 to 491.1%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later34.7%
2011–201936.7%
2001–201015.2%
1991–20007.6%
1981–19903.0%
1956–19802.6%
Before 19560.2%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Ait Ourir	urban	56,954	+45.6%	3,781
Ourika	rural	50,558	+35.5%	342
Sidi Abdellah Ghiat	rural	43,237	+46.6%	307
Tameslohte	rural	40,283	+39.0%	144
Aghouatim	rural	36,258	+17.8%	152
Ait Faska	rural	33,076	+26.2%	296
Ghmate	rural	28,674	+13.7%	241
Sti Fadma	rural	24,159	+0.1%	67.2
Asni	rural	22,637	+6.6%	84
Tighedouine	rural	21,161	−7.9%	59.9
Ait Sidi Daoud	rural	21,010	+10.7%	196
Tidili Mesfioua	rural	20,283	−6.6%	121
Zerkten	rural	18,335	−8.0%	45.3
Tamazouzte	rural	16,886	+6.6%	289
Tahannaout	urban	16,236	+34.2%	2,746
Tazart	rural	14,584	−4.3%	61.2
Amizmiz	urban	13,840	−3.7%	322
Iguerferouane	rural	12,432	+5.3%	145
Touama	rural	11,401	+1.4%	104
Moulay Brahim	rural	11,331	−4.1%	107
Abadou	rural	10,484	−1.1%	116
Tamaguert	rural	10,022	−4.9%	96.9
Ait Aadel	rural	8,724	+10.1%	83.6
Lalla Takarkoust	rural	8,419	+15.2%	88
Ait Hkim-Ait Yzid	rural	8,104	−8.0%	70.7
Ouirgane	rural	7,687	−0.5%	49.5
Talat N'yaaqoub	rural	7,153	−9.1%	31.1
Oulad Mtaa	rural	6,915	−0.3%	111
Azgour	rural	6,208	−9.6%	32.6
Dar Jamaa	rural	6,184	+4.6%	65.4
Amghras	rural	5,966	−3.2%	79
Sidi Badhaj	rural	5,835	+8.2%	44.9
Ijoukak	rural	5,633	−15.9%	18.2
Ouazguita	rural	5,270	−3.1%	52.3
Tizguine	rural	5,185	+5.8%	70.5
Oukaimden	rural	4,790	−1.5%	89.8
Imgdal	rural	4,782	−12.5%	17.3
Ighil	rural	4,666	−18.1%	28
Anougal	rural	4,006	−8.0%	43
Aghbar	rural	3,447	−33.5%	15

In the data

Code: 07.041
As digits: 07041
Record: /api/provinces/07.041.json
Communes: /api/provinces/07.041/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/07.041/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/07.041/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/07.041/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/07.041/housing.json

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