Taourirt

تاوريرت

Province in the région of Oriental.

Population, 2024: 220,157
Since 2014: −5.6%
Households: 50,028
Communes: 14
Area: 7,478 km²

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

Most populous: Taourirt 100,402
Grew the most: Ouled M'hamed +76.8%
Shrank the most: El Atef −71.0%
Densest: Taourirt 5,425 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: 35.8%aged 10 and over42.0% in 201444.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 35.4%21.1% in 201447.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.1%aged 15 and over43.3% in 201410.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.68children per woman2.22 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 77.7%of settled households68.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taourirt: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.7%	75 and over	4.0%
2.8%	70–74	2.7%
3.5%	65–69	3.4%
4.4%	60–64	4.8%
4.3%	55–59	4.7%
5.1%	50–54	5.9%
5.7%	45–49	6.3%
6.4%	40–44	6.8%
6.5%	35–39	6.9%
6.5%	30–34	6.9%
6.8%	25–29	7.2%
7.3%	20–24	7.2%
8.8%	15–19	8.0%
10.7%	10–14	9.6%
10.2%	5–9	8.8%
7.6%	0–4	6.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tarifit18.2%
Tachelhit5.7%
Tamazight3.7%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French51.8%
English15.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.9%
Bike or motorcycle13.9%
Private car9.9%
Employer’s transport3.5%
Taxi2.3%
Bus1.2%

Can’t read or write: 42.0%aged 10 and over35.8% in 202452.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 21.1%35.4% in 202444.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.3%aged 15 and over36.1% in 202412.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.22children per woman1.68 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people5.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.3people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 68.3%of settled households77.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Taourirt: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.8%	75 and over	3.0%
1.7%	70–74	1.9%
1.8%	65–69	1.8%
3.0%	60–64	3.0%
3.8%	55–59	3.6%
4.7%	50–54	5.0%
4.7%	45–49	5.2%
5.7%	40–44	6.4%
6.6%	35–39	7.3%
7.7%	30–34	7.9%
8.3%	25–29	8.5%
9.2%	20–24	8.9%
9.7%	15–19	9.4%
9.5%	10–14	8.8%
9.6%	5–9	9.0%
11.2%	0–4	10.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.2%
Tarifit25.5%
Tachelhit3.9%
Tamazight3.5%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French45.6%
Arabic only34.2%
Arabic, French and English14.7%
Other combinations5.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot63.5%
Bike or motorcycle8.4%
Private car7.3%
Bus4.4%
Taxi4.2%
Employer’s transport1.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood37.1%
Another in the commune25.9%
No fixed place18.4%
Another commune5.3%
Another province4.5%
At home3.5%
Somewhere else2.1%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades20.3%
Labouring and small trades17.8%
Farm and fishing labour17.1%
Farming and fishing14.4%
Clerical work9.7%
Trade and broking9.3%
Managers and senior professionals4.5%
Machine operating3.8%
Technicians1.8%
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 diploma65.1%
Primary19.2%
Lower secondary9.3%
Upper secondary4.1%
DEUG or Licence2.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 44,361
Standing empty: 27.7%13.2% vacant14.5% a second home
Precarious: 1.6%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 96.1%96.4% on the water mains95.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house91.8%
Traditional house3.0%
Apartment2.8%
Villa0.9%
Other0.9%
Slum or basic house0.4%
Rural-type0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years63.4%
20 to 49 years34.8%
50 years or more1.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 7,49934.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6,33784.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 11,4401.8 per business
Public services: 1,068
Associations: 94in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 12counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce59.8%
Services24.8%
Industry11.2%
Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person70.3%
2 to 324.9%
4 to 93.9%
10 to 490.8%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.1%
2011–201942.2%
2001–201012.3%
1991–20006.1%
1981–19901.7%
1956–19802.3%
Before 19560.2%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Taourirt	urban	100,402	−2.9%	5,425
El Aioun Sidi Mellouk	urban	40,652	−2.8%	3,265
Sidi Ali Bel Quassem	rural	13,951	−6.9%	17.8
Ahl Oued Za	rural	11,024	−7.6%	18.5
Gteter	rural	8,222	+12.6%	9.3
Melg El Ouidane	rural	8,009	−2.0%	25.8
Ain Lehjer	rural	7,692	−7.0%	16.8
Sidi Lahsen	rural	6,779	−26.8%	7.4
Tancherfi	rural	6,092	−5.3%	8.9
Mestegmer	rural	5,295	−18.2%	9.8
Debdou	urban	4,447	−10.3%	1,511
Mechraa Hammadi	rural	4,343	−23.1%	8.9
Ouled M'hamed	rural	2,316	+76.8%	3.1
El Atef	rural	933	−71.0%	0.9

In the data

Code: 02.533
As digits: 02533
Record: /api/provinces/02.533.json
Communes: /api/provinces/02.533/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/02.533/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/02.533/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/02.533/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/02.533/housing.json

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