Midelt

ميدلت

Province in the région of Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 313,769
Since 2014: +8.4%
Households: 73,708
Communes: 29
Area: 13,003 km²

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

Most populous: Midelt 62,648
Grew the most: Sidi Aayad +34.0%
Shrank the most: Amouguer −9.9%
Densest: Midelt 6,213 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: 34.6%aged 10 and over41.4% in 201443.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.6%14.9% in 201429.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.8%aged 15 and over43.7% in 201410.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.24children per woman2.57 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 81.3%of settled households70.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Midelt: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.6%
2.6%	70–74	2.5%
3.2%	65–69	3.1%
4.2%	60–64	4.2%
4.2%	55–59	4.3%
5.5%	50–54	5.5%
6.1%	45–49	6.4%
6.3%	40–44	6.9%
6.0%	35–39	6.7%
6.5%	30–34	6.9%
6.1%	25–29	6.4%
6.9%	20–24	7.1%
9.0%	15–19	8.4%
10.9%	10–14	10.3%
10.4%	5–9	9.6%
8.8%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight73.9%
Darija67.4%
Tachelhit7.4%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.1%
French59.2%
English16.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot62.4%
Bike or motorcycle7.9%
Doesn’t travel to work6.9%
Private car6.6%
Employer’s transport5.5%
Bus3.4%
Informal transport2.8%
Taxi2.1%
Animal1.6%
Another way0.9%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 41.4%aged 10 and over34.6% in 202451.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.9%22.6% in 202432.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.7%aged 15 and over37.8% in 202414.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.57children per woman2.24 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 70.0%of settled households81.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Midelt: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	2.4%
1.9%	70–74	1.9%
2.0%	65–69	2.0%
3.4%	60–64	3.3%
3.7%	55–59	3.6%
4.8%	50–54	4.9%
4.9%	45–49	5.1%
6.1%	40–44	6.2%
6.7%	35–39	7.3%
7.1%	30–34	7.9%
7.3%	25–29	8.0%
9.2%	20–24	8.9%
9.5%	15–19	9.1%
10.0%	10–14	9.4%
9.8%	5–9	9.4%
11.0%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight79.2%
Darija64.1%
Tachelhit1.8%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French39.9%
Arabic only28.9%
Other combinations17.3%
Arabic, French and English13.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.4%
Bike or motorcycle5.5%
Bus5.4%
Private car4.5%
Another way2.8%
Not stated2.7%
Taxi2.5%
Employer’s transport2.0%
Works at home1.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood54.1%
No fixed place15.8%
Another in the commune14.3%
Another province6.5%
Another commune5.0%
Not stated2.6%
At home1.2%
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 labour24.1%
Farming and fishing19.1%
Labouring and small trades18.5%
Crafts and skilled trades13.3%
Clerical work8.1%
Trade and broking5.5%
Managers and senior professionals4.5%
Machine operating3.9%
Technicians1.7%
Not classified1.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma62.9%
Primary20.7%
Lower secondary9.5%
Upper secondary4.7%
DEUG or Licence2.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 46,431
Standing empty: 21.3%12.7% vacant8.7% a second home
Precarious: 9.9%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 92.8%94.4% on the water mains96.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 12.8%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house85.5%
Rural-type9.5%
Traditional house2.5%
Apartment1.7%
Villa0.4%
Other0.4%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years69.1%
20 to 49 years26.6%
50 years or more4.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 10,18832.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8,30881.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 11,9311.4 per business
Public services: 1,619
Associations: 261in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 22counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.6%
Services25.7%
Industry11.0%
Construction4.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person83.0%
2 to 313.7%
4 to 92.7%
10 to 490.6%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later43.0%
2011–201931.8%
2001–201012.1%
1991–20008.4%
1981–19902.4%
1956–19802.1%
Before 19560.2%

Douars

Midelt’s rural communes hold 427 douars, with 163,788 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 20.5 km57.2% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 11.5 km41.5% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 8.7 km24.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 1.2 km1.4% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.4 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Midelt	urban	62,648	+13.3%	6,213
Er-Rich	urban	28,462	+9.5%	3,619
Boumia	urban	21,713	+19.2%	76.3
Gourrama	rural	15,952	+6.9%	19.9
Guers Tiaallaline	rural	15,019	+16.2%	20.1
Zaida	rural	14,454	+9.7%	28.9
Tounfite	rural	13,424	+1.0%	24.1
Ait Ayach	rural	12,932	+8.3%	25.1
Sidi Aayad	rural	11,562	+34.0%	28.7
Itzer	rural	10,513	−0.9%	39.6
Aghbalou	rural	10,296	+7.9%	33.7
Bou-Azmou	rural	10,100	+5.4%	15.1
Imilchil	rural	9,164	+3.3%	12.6
Ait Izdeg	rural	7,794	+14.3%	21.8
M'zizel	rural	7,502	+1.5%	15.9
Outerbat	rural	6,763	−0.8%	16.8
Amersid	rural	6,023	+2.8%	7.3
Zaouiat Sidi Hamza	rural	5,248	−3.8%	14.2
Anemzi	rural	5,140	+5.2%	12.4
Sidi Yahia Ou Youssef	rural	4,877	+5.2%	14.4
En-Nzala	rural	4,873	+11.0%	5.2
Guir	rural	4,363	+8.5%	5.1
Amouguer	rural	4,363	−9.9%	9.9
Ait Yahya	rural	4,293	−5.9%	17
Agoudim	rural	3,826	−7.0%	6.6
Ait Ben Yacoub	rural	3,743	−6.7%	12
Mibladen	rural	3,052	−1.0%	8.3
Tizi N'ghachou	rural	2,836	+10.9%	34.7
Tanourdi	rural	2,834	−1.3%	13.6

In the data

Code: 08.363
As digits: 08363
Record: /api/provinces/08.363.json
Communes: /api/provinces/08.363/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/08.363/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/08.363/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/08.363/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/08.363/housing.json

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