Chtouka-Aït Baha

اشتوكة-آيت باها

Province in the région of Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 493,623
Since 2014: +33.0%
Households: 133,727
Communes: 22
Area: 3,522 km²

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

Most populous: Ait Amira 113,236
Grew the most: Sidi Bibi +86.8%
Shrank the most: Aouguenz −38.7%
Densest: Biougra 4,746 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: 30.2%aged 10 and over39.1% in 201441.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.5%9.7% in 201417.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.7%aged 15 and over46.6% in 201418.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.13children per woman2.27 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.3%of settled households84.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Chtouka-Aït Baha: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	3.1%
1.9%	70–74	1.9%
2.4%	65–69	2.4%
3.4%	60–64	3.6%
4.0%	55–59	4.2%
5.6%	50–54	5.5%
6.5%	45–49	6.6%
7.3%	40–44	7.7%
7.2%	35–39	7.8%
7.2%	30–34	7.6%
6.9%	25–29	6.8%
7.7%	20–24	7.2%
8.8%	15–19	8.1%
10.2%	10–14	9.9%
10.0%	5–9	9.7%
8.3%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija73.2%
Tachelhit68.6%
Tamazight6.1%
Hassania0.4%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.5%
French55.6%
English16.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Employer’s transport33.1%
On foot22.3%
Bike or motorcycle17.6%
Doesn’t travel to work9.1%
Private car8.4%
Taxi3.9%
Bus3.3%
Informal transport1.2%
Another way0.7%
Animal0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.1%aged 10 and over30.2% in 202453.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.7%15.5% in 202415.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.6%aged 15 and over46.7% in 202418.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.27children per woman2.13 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people4.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 84.0%of settled households94.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Chtouka-Aït Baha: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	2.7%
1.6%	70–74	1.8%
2.0%	65–69	1.9%
3.0%	60–64	2.9%
3.3%	55–59	3.2%
4.5%	50–54	4.6%
5.3%	45–49	5.2%
6.9%	40–44	6.7%
7.8%	35–39	8.0%
8.2%	30–34	8.8%
8.1%	25–29	9.1%
8.5%	20–24	8.9%
8.3%	15–19	8.1%
9.2%	10–14	8.7%
9.7%	5–9	9.2%
11.0%	0–4	10.3%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit75.5%
Darija56.0%
Tamazight3.4%
Hassania0.4%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French34.0%
Arabic only30.8%
Other combinations25.0%
Arabic, French and English10.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot39.2%
Bike or motorcycle15.6%
Employer’s transport14.4%
Taxi7.8%
Private car7.0%
Bus5.9%
Another way4.8%
Not stated2.8%
Works at home2.3%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood39.6%
Another in the commune20.1%
No fixed place13.6%
Another commune12.8%
Another province8.4%
Not stated2.7%
At home2.3%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour39.3%
Crafts and skilled trades15.5%
Labouring and small trades12.2%
Clerical work7.8%
Farming and fishing7.1%
Trade and broking6.4%
Machine operating4.8%
Managers and senior professionals3.1%
Technicians2.1%
Not classified1.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma67.2%
Primary19.2%
Lower secondary7.7%
Upper secondary4.0%
DEUG or Licence1.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 51,151
Standing empty: 16.3%10.1% vacant6.2% a second home
Precarious: 1.8%0.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 29.7%96.7% on the water mains95.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 3.3%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house93.6%
Apartment3.2%
Traditional house1.1%
Other0.8%
Slum or basic house0.7%
Villa0.3%
Rural-type0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years76.7%
20 to 49 years22.5%
50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 16,15832.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12,14075.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 22,8751.9 per business
Public services: 3,392
Associations: 626in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 18counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.1%
Services24.8%
Industry15.6%
Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person75.5%
2 to 319.8%
4 to 93.4%
10 to 491.1%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later48.2%
2011–201932.4%
2001–201010.9%
1991–20005.4%
1981–19901.5%
1956–19801.5%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Chtouka-Aït Baha’s rural communes hold 1,205 douars, with 319,859 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 5.9 km12.7% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 4.4 km7.4% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 5.4 km8.8% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 0.5 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.3 km0.1% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Ait Amira	urban	113,236	+47.7%	641
Oued Essafa	rural	83,442	+47.6%	307
Sidi Bibi	urban	72,929	+86.8%	415
Biougra	urban	50,626	+33.5%	4,746
Inchaden	rural	42,724	+48.3%	298
Belfaâ	rural	36,774	+32.8%	160
Massa	rural	17,946	+2.1%	107
Imi-Mqourn	rural	10,365	−3.6%	46.3
Sidi Ouassay	rural	10,050	+10.6%	116
Ait Milk	rural	8,706	−16.1%	42
Sidi Boushab	rural	8,386	−11.6%	48.6
Sidi Abdallah El Bouchouari	rural	6,604	−18.8%	35.1
Ait Baha	urban	6,007	+6.0%	3,088
Ait Ouadrim	rural	4,976	−14.5%	32.3
Tassegdelt	rural	4,046	−20.8%	17.7
Targua-Ntouchka	rural	3,371	−30.9%	20.9
Ait Mzal	rural	3,305	−13.4%	34.4
Aouguenz	rural	2,941	−38.7%	14.4
Tanalt	rural	2,138	−22.1%	14.4
Ida-Ougnidif	rural	2,095	−2.5%	9.5
Hilala	rural	1,858	−30.8%	10.9
Tizi Ntakoucht	rural	1,098	−19.7%	13.9

In the data

Code: 09.163
As digits: 09163
Record: /api/provinces/09.163.json
Communes: /api/provinces/09.163/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/09.163/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/09.163/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/09.163/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/09.163/housing.json

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