Azilal

أزيلال

Province in the région of Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 574,112
Since 2014: +3.6%
Households: 121,842
Communes: 44
Area: 9,659 km²

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

Most populous: Azilal 48,138
Grew the most: Azilal +25.0%
Shrank the most: Ait Mazigh −17.0%
Densest: Azilal 3,903 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: 38.3%aged 10 and over47.6% in 201448.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.8%8.8% in 201428.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.6%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20146.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.39children per woman2.70 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 86.3%of settled households55.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Azilal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.0%	75 and over	3.3%
2.6%	70–74	2.4%
3.3%	65–69	3.0%
4.0%	60–64	4.3%
4.0%	55–59	4.1%
4.7%	50–54	4.9%
5.2%	45–49	5.5%
5.8%	40–44	6.2%
6.3%	35–39	6.7%
6.6%	30–34	6.7%
6.7%	25–29	6.6%
7.6%	20–24	7.3%
9.5%	15–19	9.2%
11.3%	10–14	10.9%
10.5%	5–9	10.2%
8.9%	0–4	8.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija55.2%
Tachelhit47.3%
Tamazight45.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.5%
French48.9%
English13.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot49.2%
Bus10.0%
Private car5.6%
Bike or motorcycle5.0%
Taxi3.8%
Employer’s transport2.7%

Can’t read or write: 47.6%aged 10 and over38.3% in 202459.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.8%19.8% in 202423.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.6%aged 15 and over35.6% in 202411.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.70children per woman2.39 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.2%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 55.7%of settled households86.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Azilal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	2.6%
1.7%	70–74	1.8%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
3.2%	60–64	3.0%
3.8%	55–59	3.3%
4.5%	50–54	4.7%
4.3%	45–49	4.6%
5.0%	40–44	5.5%
5.8%	35–39	6.4%
6.6%	30–34	7.0%
7.7%	25–29	8.0%
8.9%	20–24	8.9%
9.8%	15–19	9.7%
10.9%	10–14	10.4%
10.9%	5–9	10.5%
12.2%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight54.3%
Darija53.6%
Tachelhit36.4%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French46.0%
Arabic only38.4%
Arabic, French and English12.6%
Other combinations3.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot63.5%
Bus16.2%
Taxi4.3%
Private car2.9%
Bike or motorcycle2.7%
Employer’s transport0.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood42.7%
Another province19.9%
No fixed place18.5%
Another in the commune7.9%
Another commune4.1%
At home3.4%
Somewhere else0.7%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades22.8%
Labouring and small trades21.0%
Farming and fishing19.8%
Farm and fishing labour16.6%
Clerical work6.7%
Trade and broking4.7%
Managers and senior professionals3.4%
Machine operating2.7%
Technicians1.2%
Not classified1.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma71.7%
Primary16.8%
Lower secondary6.7%
Upper secondary3.1%
DEUG or Licence1.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 32,970
Standing empty: 18.8%10.9% vacant7.8% a second home
Precarious: 2.9%0.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 85.2%93.7% on the water mains94.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 3.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house92.3%
Apartment2.0%
Traditional house1.9%
Rural-type1.9%
Villa0.9%
Slum or basic house0.7%
Other0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years55.8%
20 to 49 years38.4%
50 years or more5.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 13,88424.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 9,18466.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 13,9961.5 per business
Public services: 3,789
Associations: 911in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 47counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.3%
Services25.1%
Industry12.6%
Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person76.8%
2 to 319.6%
4 to 93.0%
10 to 490.6%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later29.4%
2011–201940.4%
2001–201015.9%
1991–20009.1%
1981–19902.8%
1956–19802.3%
Before 19560.2%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Azilal	urban	48,138	+25.0%	3,903
Demnate	urban	33,635	+14.0%	3,762
Ouaoula	rural	26,410	+6.5%	98.4
Bni A'yat	rural	23,675	+3.4%	160
Ait M'hamed	rural	23,531	−0.7%	41.9
Afourar	rural	20,215	−5.5%	394
Sidi Yacoub	rural	18,868	+10.6%	119
Ait Majden	rural	18,538	+5.5%	123
Ait Tamlil	rural	18,091	−9.2%	28.8
Anzou	rural	16,554	+7.3%	117
Tagleft	rural	16,412	+13.8%	38.2
Tabant	rural	16,401	+9.6%	32.1
Sidi Boulkhalf	rural	16,229	+3.9%	94.9
Ait Oumdis	rural	13,908	−9.7%	35.3
Tidili Fetouaka	rural	13,661	+7.1%	123
Bzou	rural	13,602	−3.3%	57.1
Ait Abbas	rural	13,548	+7.2%	57.8
Moulay Aissa Ben Driss	rural	13,409	−2.8%	114
Ouaouizeght	rural	13,402	−8.0%	96.3
Tamda Noumercid	rural	12,959	+8.7%	72
Bni Hassane	rural	12,390	+2.6%	87.2
Ait Bou Oulli	rural	11,992	+8.1%	24.7
Agoudi N'lkhair	rural	11,964	+1.8%	43.7
Tilougguite	rural	11,592	+9.9%	24.2
Zaouiat Ahansal	rural	11,260	+5.7%	10.6
Imlil	rural	11,175	+7.1%	115
Tifni	rural	10,906	−7.3%	42.8
Tanant	rural	10,891	+1.7%	59.7
Taounza	rural	10,254	−10.7%	61.8
Foum Jemaa	rural	9,373	−5.1%	99.6
Rfala	rural	9,352	−4.1%	48.7
Ait Taguella	rural	8,662	+4.8%	63.8
Ait Blal	rural	7,840	+0.9%	103
Tabia	rural	7,354	−6.3%	80.2
Timoulilt	rural	6,852	+3.6%	155
Tisqi	rural	5,734	−6.7%	66
Bin El Ouidane	rural	4,605	−15.1%	33.7
Anergui	rural	3,976	+11.4%	15
Tabaroucht	rural	3,877	+1.2%	32.6
Tiffert N'ait Hamza	rural	3,784	+8.2%	21.5
Ait Ouqabli	rural	3,405	+3.2%	29.3
Ait Mazigh	rural	2,765	−17.0%	15.4
Isseksi	rural	1,464	−12.5%	19.3
Ait Ouaarda	rural	1,459	−11.3%	20.3

In the data

Code: 05.081
As digits: 05081
Record: /api/provinces/05.081.json
Communes: /api/provinces/05.081/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/05.081/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/05.081/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/05.081/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/05.081/housing.json

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