Ouarzazate

ورزازات

Province in the région of Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 304,932
Since 2014: +2.5%
Households: 66,420
Communes: 17
Area: 12,043 km²

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

Most populous: Ouarzazate 79,218
Grew the most: Tarmigt +16.9%
Shrank the most: Ghassate −15.1%
Densest: Ouarzazate 2,615 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: 27.7%aged 10 and over33.9% in 201437.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 21.4%12.3% in 201431.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.8%aged 15 and over43.6% in 20149.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.15children per woman2.53 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.7%of settled households92.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouarzazate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	3.4%
2.9%	70–74	2.5%
3.4%	65–69	3.2%
3.9%	60–64	4.2%
4.2%	55–59	4.4%
5.0%	50–54	5.4%
5.5%	45–49	6.2%
6.5%	40–44	7.1%
6.4%	35–39	7.3%
6.8%	30–34	7.4%
6.6%	25–29	6.8%
6.9%	20–24	7.0%
8.8%	15–19	8.4%
10.8%	10–14	9.7%
10.2%	5–9	9.2%
8.9%	0–4	7.8%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit75.4%
Darija61.2%
Tamazight10.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.3%
French53.9%
English19.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.0%
Bike or motorcycle17.1%
Private car10.6%
Doesn’t travel to work9.9%
Taxi6.8%
Employer’s transport5.9%
Bus4.1%
Informal transport2.9%
Another way1.3%
Animal0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 33.9%aged 10 and over27.7% in 202445.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.3%21.4% in 202420.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.6%aged 15 and over34.8% in 202418.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.53children per woman2.15 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.4people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 92.0%of settled households96.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouarzazate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.4%
1.6%	70–74	1.6%
2.0%	65–69	2.0%
3.5%	60–64	3.0%
4.1%	55–59	3.6%
4.4%	50–54	4.5%
4.7%	45–49	4.9%
5.6%	40–44	6.0%
6.2%	35–39	7.0%
7.2%	30–34	8.1%
7.6%	25–29	8.8%
8.8%	20–24	9.8%
9.8%	15–19	9.8%
10.1%	10–14	8.9%
10.3%	5–9	9.3%
11.6%	0–4	10.3%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit80.5%
Darija59.3%
Tamazight2.7%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French40.7%
Arabic only35.6%
Arabic, French and English15.9%
Other combinations7.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot47.5%
Bike or motorcycle10.7%
Bus9.4%
Works at home9.4%
Private car6.7%
Taxi6.4%
Employer’s transport3.8%
Another way3.1%
Not stated3.0%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood34.9%
Another in the commune17.3%
No fixed place13.2%
Another province12.7%
At home9.4%
Another commune9.1%
Not stated2.8%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades31.3%
Labouring and small trades17.1%
Clerical work13.8%
Farming and fishing11.6%
Farm and fishing labour6.7%
Managers and senior professionals5.8%
Trade and broking4.9%
Machine operating4.4%
Technicians2.5%
Not classified1.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma60.7%
Primary21.6%
Lower secondary9.7%
Upper secondary5.0%
DEUG or Licence2.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.4%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 38,264
Standing empty: 26.3%15.9% vacant10.4% a second home
Precarious: 4.2%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 85.5%95.6% on the water mains94.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 5.4%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house83.8%
Apartment7.8%
Rural-type3.6%
Traditional house2.4%
Villa1.8%
Slum or basic house0.3%
Other0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years67.0%
20 to 49 years30.2%
50 years or more2.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 10,84335.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8,19875.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 17,3002.1 per business
Public services: 2,227
Associations: 418in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 8counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.8%
Services27.2%
Industry10.1%
Construction4.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person78.8%
2 to 314.2%
4 to 95.1%
10 to 491.6%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later36.7%
2011–201933.6%
2001–201015.7%
1991–20008.2%
1981–19903.5%
1956–19802.2%
Before 19560.2%

Douars

Ouarzazate’s rural communes hold 431 douars, with 175,011 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 26.2 km69.7% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 11.8 km42.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 9.2 km29.9% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 2.0 km2.7% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.5 km0.9% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Ouarzazate	urban	79,218	+11.5%	2,615
Tarmigt	rural	46,963	+16.9%	48.5
Skoura Ahl El Oust	rural	24,053	−0.0%	23.1
Imi-N'oulaoune	rural	19,734	−6.3%	32.9
Tidili	rural	14,841	−2.9%	29.3
Ighrem N'ougdal	rural	13,727	−7.3%	29.2
Ouisselsate	rural	12,471	−12.2%	8
Telouet	rural	12,396	−11.8%	16.4
Iznaguen	rural	11,953	−0.5%	10.3
Ait Zineb	rural	10,530	+4.5%	19.8
Toundoute	rural	10,177	−4.0%	15.5
Amerzgane	rural	8,765	−0.6%	15.4
Idelsane	rural	8,680	+3.7%	23.5
Siroua	rural	8,586	−11.3%	8.7
Taznakht	urban	8,268	+13.6%	354
Khouzama	rural	7,401	−1.2%	9.2
Ghassate	rural	7,169	−15.1%	7.2

In the data

Code: 08.401
As digits: 08401
Record: /api/provinces/08.401.json
Communes: /api/provinces/08.401/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/08.401/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/08.401/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/08.401/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/08.401/housing.json

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