Laâyoune

العيون

Province in the région of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024: 295,555
Since 2014: +24.1%
Households: 73,866
Communes: 5
Area: 10,802 km²

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

Most populous: Laâyoune 262,791
Grew the most: Boukraa +109.9%
Densest: Laâyoune 2,597 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: 13.3%aged 10 and over19.6% in 201418.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 27.0%30.7% in 201443.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.8%aged 15 and over53.6% in 201421.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.19children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.0%of people3.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.7%of settled households84.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laâyoune: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.5%	75 and over	1.6%
1.7%	70–74	1.4%
2.4%	65–69	2.1%
3.6%	60–64	3.3%
3.9%	55–59	3.9%
5.4%	50–54	5.2%
6.2%	45–49	6.1%
7.6%	40–44	7.3%
8.0%	35–39	8.3%
8.1%	30–34	8.9%
7.2%	25–29	8.4%
7.3%	20–24	7.7%
7.9%	15–19	7.5%
9.7%	10–14	9.3%
10.5%	5–9	10.0%
9.1%	0–4	8.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija83.6%
Hassania37.8%
Tachelhit13.6%
Tamazight3.5%
Tarifit0.5%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French56.0%
English22.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot38.9%
Private car18.0%
Employer’s transport12.7%
Taxi12.1%
Bike or motorcycle8.2%
Bus1.8%

Can’t read or write: 19.6%aged 10 and over13.3% in 202426.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 30.7%27.0% in 202456.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.6%aged 15 and over46.8% in 202428.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.48children per woman2.19 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.4%of people3.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 84.5%of settled households96.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Laâyoune: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.2%	75 and over	1.2%
0.8%	70–74	0.8%
1.2%	65–69	1.2%
2.6%	60–64	2.2%
3.9%	55–59	3.1%
5.2%	50–54	4.6%
5.4%	45–49	5.5%
6.8%	40–44	7.1%
7.7%	35–39	8.0%
9.3%	30–34	9.1%
9.6%	25–29	10.0%
9.6%	20–24	10.1%
8.5%	15–19	8.6%
8.6%	10–14	8.6%
9.0%	5–9	8.9%
10.8%	0–4	10.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija78.1%
Hassania43.4%
Tachelhit13.4%
Tamazight3.0%
Tarifit0.4%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French44.5%
Arabic only29.7%
Arabic, French and English21.1%
Other combinations4.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot51.8%
Private car12.2%
Taxi11.4%
Bike or motorcycle7.7%
Employer’s transport6.5%
Bus4.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another in the commune42.0%
Their own neighbourhood31.8%
No fixed place11.6%
Another commune5.8%
Another province2.5%
Somewhere else1.4%
At home1.2%

What people did

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

Clerical work27.2%
Crafts and skilled trades19.7%
Labouring and small trades17.9%
Trade and broking8.3%
Managers and senior professionals8.1%
Machine operating4.9%
Farm and fishing labour4.8%
Technicians4.0%
Not classified3.9%
Farming and fishing1.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma41.9%
Primary26.4%
Lower secondary17.7%
Upper secondary9.7%
DEUG or Licence3.4%
Master’s or doctorate1.0%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 91,631
Standing empty: 21.8%14.4% vacant7.4% a second home
Precarious: 1.1%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 98.0%95.6% on the water mains96.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house81.6%
Apartment15.6%
Villa0.9%
Traditional house0.9%
Other0.9%
Slum or basic house0.1%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years74.7%
20 to 49 years24.5%
50 years or more0.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 15,02750.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 14,25294.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 34,8852.4 per business
Public services: 613
Associations: 162in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.0%
Services27.8%
Industry10.5%
Construction3.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person63.6%
2 to 328.9%
4 to 95.4%
10 to 491.7%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later33.0%
2011–201946.2%
2001–201012.9%
1991–20005.3%
1981–19901.7%
1956–19800.9%
Before 19560.0%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Laâyoune	urban	262,791	+20.7%	2,597
El Marsa	urban	28,848	+61.0%	298
Foum El Oued	rural	1,844	+33.6%	0.9
Boukraa	rural	1,171	+109.9%	0.3
Dcheira	rural	901	+77.0%	0.2

In the data

Code: 11.321
As digits: 11321
Record: /api/provinces/11.321.json
Communes: /api/provinces/11.321/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/11.321/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/11.321/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/11.321/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/11.321/housing.json

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