Guelmim

كلميم

Province in the région of Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024: 196,267
Since 2014: +4.5%
Households: 47,250
Communes: 20
Area: 10,913 km²

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

Most populous: Guelmim 126,729
Grew the most: Bouizakarne +26.8%
Shrank the most: Aferkat −33.0%
Densest: Bouizakarne 3,085 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: 23.6%aged 10 and over29.3% in 201432.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 33.7%29.7% in 201450.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.9%aged 15 and over39.4% in 201413.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.78children per woman2.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 95.8%of settled households91.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Guelmim: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.4%	75 and over	3.9%
2.8%	70–74	2.4%
3.4%	65–69	3.0%
4.3%	60–64	4.4%
4.4%	55–59	4.8%
5.3%	50–54	5.8%
6.0%	45–49	6.2%
6.8%	40–44	7.2%
6.9%	35–39	7.4%
7.0%	30–34	7.9%
6.2%	25–29	6.9%
6.9%	20–24	7.3%
8.4%	15–19	7.7%
10.3%	10–14	9.2%
10.1%	5–9	9.0%
7.9%	0–4	6.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija80.5%
Tachelhit45.7%
Hassania15.9%
Tamazight2.5%
Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.1%
French61.1%
English24.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.6%
Bike or motorcycle16.8%
Private car15.4%
Taxi7.4%
Employer’s transport6.7%
Bus1.5%

Can’t read or write: 29.3%aged 10 and over23.6% in 202439.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 29.7%33.7% in 202457.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.4%aged 15 and over36.9% in 202414.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.31children per woman1.78 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people4.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 91.2%of settled households95.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Guelmim: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.1%	75 and over	2.8%
1.5%	70–74	1.7%
1.6%	65–69	2.0%
3.3%	60–64	2.9%
4.1%	55–59	3.5%
4.9%	50–54	4.8%
5.0%	45–49	5.6%
5.8%	40–44	6.8%
6.4%	35–39	7.2%
7.5%	30–34	8.4%
8.1%	25–29	9.0%
9.4%	20–24	10.0%
9.8%	15–19	8.9%
9.4%	10–14	8.6%
9.4%	5–9	8.3%
10.7%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija73.4%
Tachelhit48.4%
Hassania22.3%
Tamazight1.4%
Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French38.5%
Arabic only30.5%
Arabic, French and English20.3%
Other combinations10.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.9%
Bike or motorcycle15.0%
Private car9.2%
Taxi6.8%
Employer’s transport2.9%
Bus2.7%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another in the commune38.2%
Their own neighbourhood28.4%
No fixed place17.0%
Another commune5.7%
Another province4.2%
At home1.7%
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 trades21.6%
Clerical work21.0%
Labouring and small trades16.4%
Trade and broking10.3%
Managers and senior professionals10.1%
Farming and fishing5.2%
Farm and fishing labour5.2%
Machine operating5.1%
Technicians3.2%
Not classified2.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma51.8%
Primary21.6%
Lower secondary13.9%
Upper secondary8.1%
DEUG or Licence3.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.7%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 49,238
Standing empty: 26.4%13.2% vacant13.2% a second home
Precarious: 0.7%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 91.6%97.0% on the water mains97.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 0.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house94.8%
Traditional house2.8%
Apartment1.1%
Villa0.5%
Rural-type0.4%
Other0.3%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years62.5%
20 to 49 years35.4%
50 years or more2.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 8,55143.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7,26084.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 12,0111.7 per business
Public services: 1,083
Associations: 208in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 6counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.4%
Services26.5%
Industry11.7%
Construction5.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person74.1%
2 to 321.0%
4 to 94.1%
10 to 490.6%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later34.2%
2011–201942.2%
2001–201013.3%
1991–20006.3%
1981–19902.4%
1956–19801.5%
Before 19560.1%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Guelmim	urban	126,729	+7.1%	2,241
Bouizakarne	urban	18,036	+26.8%	3,085
Ifrane Atlas Saghir	rural	10,375	−7.4%	41.6
Taghjijt	rural	9,059	−9.3%	4.1
Timoulay	rural	4,873	−8.5%	18.9
Tagante	rural	4,455	+22.7%	24
Fask	rural	3,511	−11.0%	2.7
Asrir	rural	3,217	−9.8%	2.9
Abaynou	rural	3,038	+25.4%	8.7
Aday	rural	2,828	−5.9%	9.7
Laqsabi Tagoust	rural	2,592	+7.4%	8.5
Amtdi	rural	1,137	−22.8%	2.9
Aferkat	rural	978	−33.0%	2.2
Ait Boufoulen	rural	941	−10.0%	9
Echatea El Abied	rural	928	−19.9%	1.1
Taliouine Assaka	rural	865	−23.1%	21
Rass Oumlil	rural	839	−28.4%	0.5
Tiglit	rural	798	−14.2%	1.5
Targa Wassay	rural	635	−25.9%	6.5
Labyar	rural	433	−20.7%	1.5

In the data

Code: 10.261
As digits: 10261
Record: /api/provinces/10.261.json
Communes: /api/provinces/10.261/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/10.261/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/10.261/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/10.261/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/10.261/housing.json

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