Tata

طاطا

Province in the région of Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 111,757
Since 2014: −5.2%
Households: 25,530
Communes: 20
Area: 26,727 km²

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

Most populous: Tata 19,544
Grew the most: Kasbat Sidi Abdellah Ben M'barek +10.4%
Shrank the most: Tamanarte −19.3%
Densest: Tata 1,296 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: 31.9%aged 10 and over36.7% in 201442.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 28.5%24.8% in 201444.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 28.2%aged 15 and over30.0% in 20147.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.08children per woman2.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.3%of people7.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.7%of settled households89.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tata: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.5%	75 and over	5.2%
3.6%	70–74	3.4%
4.1%	65–69	4.2%
3.8%	60–64	4.9%
4.2%	55–59	5.3%
4.9%	50–54	5.6%
5.0%	45–49	5.7%
5.8%	40–44	6.8%
5.9%	35–39	6.9%
6.4%	30–34	7.1%
5.6%	25–29	6.5%
6.2%	20–24	6.9%
8.9%	15–19	7.5%
11.2%	10–14	8.7%
10.6%	5–9	8.2%
9.1%	0–4	7.1%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit76.5%
Darija61.3%
Tamazight4.2%
Hassania2.1%
Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.6%
French50.7%
English19.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.4%
Bike or motorcycle25.0%
Private car6.6%
Employer’s transport3.4%
Bus3.2%
Taxi2.3%

Can’t read or write: 36.7%aged 10 and over31.9% in 202448.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.8%28.5% in 202457.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 30.0%aged 15 and over28.2% in 20248.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.19children per woman2.08 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.5%of people6.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 89.8%of settled households96.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Tata: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.2%	75 and over	3.9%
2.0%	70–74	2.3%
2.4%	65–69	2.4%
3.9%	60–64	3.7%
4.1%	55–59	4.3%
4.0%	50–54	4.9%
4.3%	45–49	5.3%
5.0%	40–44	5.9%
5.1%	35–39	6.3%
5.6%	30–34	7.6%
6.2%	25–29	8.5%
8.2%	20–24	9.7%
11.0%	15–19	9.4%
11.2%	10–14	9.0%
10.8%	5–9	8.0%
11.8%	0–4	8.9%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit78.9%
Darija59.7%
Hassania1.9%
Tamazight0.8%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French38.6%
Arabic only38.1%
Arabic, French and English15.5%
Other combinations7.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot59.3%
Bike or motorcycle18.1%
Bus5.9%
Private car5.0%
Taxi1.9%
Employer’s transport1.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood50.2%
Another in the commune16.7%
Another province13.2%
No fixed place8.4%
Another commune5.6%
At home1.1%
Somewhere else0.4%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades21.4%
Clerical work20.4%
Crafts and skilled trades15.8%
Farming and fishing9.4%
Trade and broking9.2%
Managers and senior professionals9.1%
Farm and fishing labour6.5%
Machine operating3.0%
Technicians2.6%
Not classified2.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma61.2%
Primary20.4%
Lower secondary9.7%
Upper secondary5.5%
DEUG or Licence2.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 11,826
Standing empty: 27.6%14.8% vacant12.8% a second home
Precarious: 14.1%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 63.9%95.8% on the water mains95.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 20.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house80.8%
Rural-type12.6%
Traditional house4.8%
Other1.1%
Slum or basic house0.4%
Apartment0.2%
Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years44.9%
20 to 49 years48.2%
50 years or more6.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 3,56031.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 2,24863.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3,2841.5 per business
Public services: 1,117
Associations: 195in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 13counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce64.3%
Services22.1%
Industry10.8%
Construction2.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person87.6%
2 to 38.5%
4 to 93.0%
10 to 490.8%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later24.4%
2011–201941.6%
2001–201017.6%
1991–20007.8%
1981–19903.5%
1956–19804.6%
Before 19560.6%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Tata	urban	19,544	+5.0%	1,296
Tissint	rural	8,797	−6.8%	3.4
Foum Zguid	urban	8,660	−3.6%	7.1
Allougoum	rural	8,251	−2.0%	1.8
Kasbat Sidi Abdellah Ben M'barek	rural	6,840	+10.4%	19.4
Adis	rural	6,468	−0.7%	11.6
Akka-Ighane	rural	6,045	−6.3%	5.6
Fam El Hisn	urban	5,908	−7.0%	2.1
Akka	urban	5,575	−18.9%	12.8
Tamanarte	rural	4,999	−19.3%	2.6
Tagmout	rural	4,300	−6.1%	9.4
Tlite	rural	4,166	−3.7%	3.8
Tigzmerte	rural	3,600	−8.1%	2.4
Tizaghte	rural	3,356	−14.4%	2.7
Oum El Guerdane	rural	3,143	−6.7%	1.4
Issafen	rural	3,031	−12.4%	6.2
Ibn Yacoub	rural	2,530	−13.3%	3.6
Aguinane	rural	2,396	−14.5%	5.3
Ait Ouabelli	rural	2,140	−10.9%	1.5
Tizounine	rural	2,008	−5.2%	1.3

In the data

Code: 09.551
As digits: 09551
Record: /api/provinces/09.551.json
Communes: /api/provinces/09.551/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/09.551/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/09.551/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/09.551/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/09.551/housing.json

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