Nador

الناضور

Province in the région of Oriental.

Population, 2024: 565,987
Since 2014: +0.1%
Households: 146,090
Communes: 23
Area: 3,122 km²

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

Most populous: Nador 158,202
Grew the most: Selouane +37.4%
Shrank the most: Afsou −31.1%
Densest: Zeghanghane 7,193 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: 27.3%aged 10 and over32.3% in 201435.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 28.4%19.0% in 201436.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.5%aged 15 and over45.7% in 201412.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.68children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 75.5%of settled households61.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Nador: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.6%
2.7%	70–74	2.7%
4.2%	65–69	4.0%
5.2%	60–64	5.9%
4.9%	55–59	5.4%
5.5%	50–54	6.1%
6.0%	45–49	6.2%
7.1%	40–44	6.9%
6.8%	35–39	6.6%
6.8%	30–34	7.2%
6.6%	25–29	7.0%
6.9%	20–24	7.0%
7.9%	15–19	7.3%
10.0%	10–14	8.9%
9.6%	5–9	8.7%
7.2%	0–4	6.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija81.0%
Tarifit71.1%
Tamazight4.7%
Tachelhit2.3%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.9%
French52.3%
English15.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.4%
Private car17.1%
Bike or motorcycle12.6%
Taxi9.2%
Employer’s transport4.8%
Bus4.5%

Can’t read or write: 32.3%aged 10 and over27.3% in 202442.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.0%28.4% in 202439.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.7%aged 15 and over38.5% in 202413.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.13children per woman1.68 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people5.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 61.8%of settled households75.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Nador: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.3%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
1.5%	65–69	1.7%
3.2%	60–64	3.2%
4.8%	55–59	4.5%
5.7%	50–54	6.2%
5.4%	45–49	6.1%
6.2%	40–44	7.0%
6.8%	35–39	7.2%
8.4%	30–34	7.8%
9.1%	25–29	8.1%
9.7%	20–24	9.0%
8.8%	15–19	8.8%
8.4%	10–14	8.1%
8.2%	5–9	7.9%
9.7%	0–4	9.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija77.9%
Tarifit77.9%
Tamazight2.2%
Tachelhit1.6%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French38.4%
Arabic only32.4%
Other combinations19.0%
Arabic, French and English10.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot47.6%
Taxi17.9%
Private car12.7%
Bike or motorcycle6.3%
Bus4.9%
Employer’s transport1.6%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood29.4%
Another in the commune24.8%
No fixed place17.7%
Another commune15.0%
Somewhere else4.5%
At home3.5%
Another province1.9%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades25.1%
Labouring and small trades19.7%
Trade and broking13.8%
Clerical work13.2%
Farm and fishing labour8.1%
Farming and fishing5.7%
Managers and senior professionals5.5%
Machine operating4.8%
Technicians2.4%
Not classified1.9%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma61.5%
Primary21.0%
Lower secondary8.9%
Upper secondary5.5%
DEUG or Licence2.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.5%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 174,913
Standing empty: 43.6%13.0% vacant30.6% a second home
Precarious: 0.7%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 82.5%88.3% on the water mains95.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house74.2%
Apartment19.4%
Traditional house4.4%
Villa1.4%
Other0.3%
Slum or basic house0.2%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years58.9%
20 to 49 years38.7%
50 years or more2.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 22,62840.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20,38390.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 50,3882.5 per business
Public services: 1,970
Associations: 275in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 12counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce53.3%
Services31.2%
Industry10.6%
Construction4.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person50.4%
2 to 339.4%
4 to 98.1%
10 to 491.8%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.6%
2011–201941.3%
2001–201019.5%
1991–20005.8%
1981–19902.8%
1956–19804.3%
Before 19560.7%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Nador	urban	158,202	−2.2%	4,389
Bni Ansar	urban	50,508	−10.7%	885
Al Aaroui	urban	46,540	−2.2%	2,078
Bouarg	rural	44,626	+18.3%	577
Zaio	urban	36,766	+2.7%	2,607
Zeghanghane	urban	31,431	−7.6%	7,193
Selouane	urban	29,628	+37.4%	334
Oulad Settout	rural	26,052	+12.2%	62
Bni Chiker	rural	22,763	−15.3%	183
Arekmane	rural	16,477	−10.9%	87.8
Ihaddadene	rural	15,667	+9.2%	396
Bni Oukil Oulad M'hand	rural	14,691	+37.3%	89.4
Iaazzanene	rural	12,706	+14.2%	152
Tiztoutine	rural	9,349	−4.5%	46.8
Bni Sidel Jbel	rural	8,199	−8.2%	125
Iksane	rural	7,731	−8.2%	119
Ras-El-Ma	urban	7,527	−0.7%	154
Hassi-Berkane	rural	7,465	−15.1%	13.3
Bni Bouifrour	rural	6,846	+6.7%	288
Bni Sidel Louta	rural	5,366	−14.6%	24.7
Oulad Daoud Zkhanine	rural	3,149	−20.1%	13.2
Al Barkanyene	rural	2,278	−10.3%	28.3
Afsou	rural	2,020	−31.1%	6.7

In the data

Code: 02.381
As digits: 02381
Record: /api/provinces/02.381.json
Communes: /api/provinces/02.381/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/02.381/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/02.381/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/02.381/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/02.381/housing.json

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