Chichaoua

شيشاوة

Province in the région of Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 379,079
Since 2014: +2.5%
Households: 92,262
Communes: 35
Area: 7,120 km²

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

Most populous: Chichaoua 38,452
Grew the most: Chichaoua +38.0%
Shrank the most: Sidi Abdelmoumen −21.7%
Densest: Chichaoua 1,966 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: 41.0%aged 10 and over50.5% in 201450.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.5%7.7% in 201427.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.7%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20145.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.53children per woman2.91 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 88.3%of settled households62.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Chichaoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.3%	75 and over	3.5%
2.7%	70–74	2.6%
3.3%	65–69	3.2%
3.9%	60–64	4.3%
3.9%	55–59	4.4%
5.0%	50–54	5.3%
5.7%	45–49	5.7%
5.8%	40–44	6.0%
6.3%	35–39	6.4%
6.8%	30–34	6.5%
6.7%	25–29	6.2%
6.7%	20–24	6.5%
8.5%	15–19	9.1%
11.4%	10–14	11.1%
11.2%	5–9	10.6%
9.0%	0–4	8.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija68.0%
Tachelhit62.7%
Tamazight2.5%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French42.6%
English10.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.3%
Bike or motorcycle15.8%
Private car5.9%
Taxi4.8%
Bus4.4%
Employer’s transport3.7%

Can’t read or write: 50.5%aged 10 and over41.0% in 202461.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.7%22.5% in 202428.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.6%aged 15 and over36.7% in 20248.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.91children per woman2.53 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 62.5%of settled households88.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Chichaoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.8%	75 and over	2.5%
1.8%	70–74	1.8%
2.1%	65–69	2.0%
3.4%	60–64	3.2%
3.8%	55–59	3.4%
4.3%	50–54	4.6%
4.3%	45–49	4.7%
5.4%	40–44	5.7%
6.1%	35–39	6.3%
6.4%	30–34	6.9%
7.4%	25–29	7.5%
8.7%	20–24	8.7%
9.8%	15–19	10.4%
10.8%	10–14	10.5%
10.7%	5–9	10.3%
12.1%	0–4	11.6%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit67.3%
Darija64.6%
Hassania0.3%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only46.4%
Arabic and French43.1%
Arabic, French and English8.6%
Other combinations1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot53.8%
Bus18.3%
Bike or motorcycle7.8%
Taxi7.2%
Private car3.4%
Employer’s transport1.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood43.3%
Another province22.7%
No fixed place11.8%
Another in the commune9.6%
Another commune7.1%
At home2.7%
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 trades23.4%
Labouring and small trades20.6%
Farming and fishing18.0%
Farm and fishing labour16.6%
Clerical work8.7%
Trade and broking5.8%
Managers and senior professionals2.5%
Machine operating2.4%
Not classified1.1%
Technicians0.9%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma77.8%
Primary15.4%
Lower secondary3.7%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence1.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 27,754
Standing empty: 29.0%19.1% vacant9.9% a second home
Precarious: 3.8%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 82.8%90.1% on the water mains90.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house89.2%
Apartment3.8%
Rural-type3.3%
Traditional house2.6%
Villa0.7%
Other0.3%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years79.8%
20 to 49 years18.9%
50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 12,42432.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8,41367.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 12,9061.5 per business
Public services: 3,687
Associations: 324in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 28counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.7%
Services20.8%
Industry15.2%
Construction1.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person78.4%
2 to 317.6%
4 to 93.2%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later42.3%
2011–201934.1%
2001–201013.9%
1991–20005.9%
1981–19902.5%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19560.0%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Chichaoua	urban	38,452	+38.0%	1,966
Sid L'mokhtar	rural	27,083	+19.2%	96.5
Lamzoudia	rural	27,004	+5.2%	36.4
M'zouda	rural	25,342	+9.5%	125
Imintanoute	urban	25,049	+20.2%	1,242
Douirane	rural	17,256	+6.9%	102
Majjat	rural	14,708	+10.9%	31.3
Zaouia Annahlia	rural	11,722	+9.0%	69.2
Ahdil	rural	11,130	−2.7%	25
Imindounit	rural	10,890	−4.2%	43.9
Gmassa	rural	10,675	+13.7%	30.2
Bouabout	rural	9,825	−14.5%	58.1
Taouloukoult	rural	9,362	−12.4%	56.9
Ait Hadi	rural	8,847	+19.1%	213
Sidi Bouzid Arragragui	rural	8,622	−3.9%	116
Sidi Ghanem	rural	8,397	−10.0%	61.2
Assif El Mal	rural	8,002	+6.5%	77.6
Lalla Aaziza	rural	7,534	−10.8%	22.8
Afalla Issen	rural	7,221	−11.2%	58.3
Oulad Moumna	rural	7,092	−5.6%	21
Adassil	rural	7,078	−5.0%	60.2
Sidi Abdelmoumen	rural	7,055	−21.7%	34
Timezgadiouine	rural	6,780	−13.4%	21.5
Bouabout Amdlane	rural	6,405	−15.1%	60.6
Saidate	rural	6,354	−1.1%	18.1
Nfifa	rural	6,282	−2.8%	87.8
Ichamraren	rural	5,707	−18.7%	44.4
Sidi M'hamed Dalil	rural	5,619	−1.1%	27.2
Timlilt	rural	5,582	−21.1%	21.2
Ait Haddou Youssef	rural	5,174	−17.4%	36.3
Irohalen	rural	5,031	−14.1%	40
Ouad L'bour	rural	4,918	−17.3%	32.9
Rahhala	rural	4,859	−14.6%	35.1
Ain Tazitounte	rural	4,651	−15.6%	48.1
Kouzemt	rural	3,371	−17.8%	34.8

In the data

Code: 07.161
As digits: 07161
Record: /api/provinces/07.161.json
Communes: /api/provinces/07.161/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/07.161/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/07.161/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/07.161/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/07.161/housing.json

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