Driouch

الدريوش

Province in the région of Oriental.

Population, 2024: 188,191
Since 2014: −10.8%
Households: 48,849
Communes: 23
Area: 2,885 km²

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

Most populous: Mtalssa 16,778
Grew the most: Driouch +6.2%
Shrank the most: Oulad Boubker −54.0%
Densest: Driouch 1,470 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: 40.0%aged 10 and over46.3% in 201450.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 35.7%24.7% in 201439.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 32.4%aged 15 and over39.7% in 20145.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.75children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 8.3%of people8.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 36.8%of settled households26.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Driouch: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.5%	75 and over	4.4%
3.0%	70–74	3.1%
4.5%	65–69	4.9%
5.4%	60–64	6.3%
4.9%	55–59	5.9%
5.4%	50–54	6.5%
5.7%	45–49	6.4%
6.8%	40–44	6.8%
7.0%	35–39	6.7%
6.5%	30–34	6.4%
6.5%	25–29	6.2%
6.3%	20–24	6.1%
7.6%	15–19	6.8%
9.6%	10–14	8.4%
9.9%	5–9	8.3%
7.4%	0–4	6.5%

Local languages used

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

Tarifit89.6%
Darija59.8%
Tamazight1.6%
Tachelhit0.8%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French48.8%
English13.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot47.2%
Bike or motorcycle15.4%
Private car14.0%
Doesn’t travel to work10.1%
Taxi4.6%
Informal transport4.2%
Employer’s transport2.7%
Bus0.9%
Another way0.5%
Animal0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.3%aged 10 and over40.0% in 202459.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.7%35.7% in 202463.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.7%aged 15 and over32.4% in 20248.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 90.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.84children per woman1.75 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 8.2%of people8.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 26.7%of settled households36.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Driouch: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	4.1%
1.7%	70–74	2.2%
1.6%	65–69	1.8%
3.3%	60–64	3.4%
4.5%	55–59	4.7%
5.4%	50–54	6.3%
5.1%	45–49	6.2%
5.5%	40–44	7.0%
5.9%	35–39	7.1%
7.9%	30–34	7.7%
9.2%	25–29	8.4%
9.8%	20–24	8.7%
9.8%	15–19	9.1%
9.0%	10–14	7.8%
8.1%	5–9	7.3%
9.4%	0–4	8.2%

Local languages used

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

Tarifit92.5%
Darija53.5%
Tachelhit0.7%
Tamazight0.7%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only39.6%
Arabic and French33.6%
Other combinations19.1%
Arabic, French and English7.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot61.7%
Private car10.8%
Taxi10.4%
Bike or motorcycle6.4%
Not stated3.1%
Another way2.9%
Works at home2.8%
Bus1.5%
Employer’s transport0.4%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood46.3%
No fixed place18.7%
Another in the commune16.3%
Another commune7.6%
Another province4.8%
Not stated3.0%
At home2.8%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades22.7%
Labouring and small trades19.9%
Farming and fishing16.2%
Farm and fishing labour11.5%
Trade and broking11.2%
Clerical work9.3%
Machine operating3.6%
Managers and senior professionals3.4%
Not classified1.2%
Technicians1.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma74.1%
Primary16.7%
Lower secondary5.4%
Upper secondary2.4%
DEUG or Licence1.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 24,492
Standing empty: 40.9%13.3% vacant27.5% a second home
Precarious: 3.3%1.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 58.9%81.6% on the water mains96.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 6.2%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house89.5%
Apartment5.5%
Rural-type1.5%
Traditional house1.2%
Slum or basic house1.1%
Other0.6%
Villa0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years57.8%
20 to 49 years38.2%
50 years or more4.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 7,29038.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 5,43474.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 8,9121.6 per business
Public services: 1,789
Associations: 67in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 13counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.0%
Services29.9%
Industry10.4%
Construction5.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person62.6%
2 to 332.7%
4 to 94.2%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.3%
2011–201941.8%
2001–201015.1%
1991–20006.0%
1981–19903.0%
1956–19803.3%
Before 19560.6%

Douars

Driouch’s rural communes hold 433 douars, with 129,397 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 8.3 km28.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 7.2 km18.4% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 6.7 km16.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 1.0 km0.3% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.7 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Mtalssa	rural	16,778	−0.1%	31.1
Driouch	urban	15,661	+6.2%	1,470
Midar	urban	15,391	+2.5%	164
Ben Taieb	urban	15,002	+5.2%	1,172
Temsamane	rural	12,198	−12.4%	121
Trougout	rural	11,348	−1.0%	102
Ain Zohra	rural	8,705	−17.9%	27.9
Dar El Kebdani	rural	8,518	−14.1%	95.6
Tsaft	rural	8,401	−12.3%	55.6
Tafersit	rural	8,202	−10.2%	111
M'hajer	rural	8,008	−14.7%	75.8
Boudinar	rural	7,996	−18.9%	91.4
Ouardana	rural	7,032	−1.2%	165
Oulad Amghar	rural	5,755	−4.2%	91.4
Ijermaouas	rural	5,303	−29.7%	31.8
Bni Marghnine	rural	4,950	−21.0%	118
Iferni	rural	4,873	−23.4%	41
Ait Mait	rural	4,721	−15.9%	30.9
Amejjaou	rural	4,177	−16.3%	31.6
Azlaf	rural	4,132	−16.0%	48.2
Talilit	rural	3,881	−25.5%	79.8
Oulad Boubker	rural	3,703	−54.0%	13.1
Tazaghine	rural	3,456	−20.1%	56.5

In the data

Code: 02.167
As digits: 02167
Record: /api/provinces/02.167.json
Communes: /api/provinces/02.167/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/02.167/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/02.167/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/02.167/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/02.167/housing.json

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