Taza

تازة

Province in the région of Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 500,971
Since 2014: −5.2%
Households: 126,023
Communes: 38
Area: 6,143 km²

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

Most populous: Taza 150,763
Grew the most: Ouad Amlil +5.0%
Shrank the most: Bouyablane −30.8%
Densest: Taza 5,666 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: 34.5%aged 10 and over41.5% in 201445.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 29.9%17.9% in 201436.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.1%aged 15 and over42.5% in 20149.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.95children per woman2.09 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.0%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 61.2%of settled households50.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taza: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.7%	75 and over	4.4%
2.8%	70–74	2.9%
4.1%	65–69	3.9%
5.4%	60–64	5.6%
5.0%	55–59	5.3%
5.9%	50–54	6.1%
6.0%	45–49	6.4%
6.6%	40–44	7.1%
6.7%	35–39	7.0%
6.0%	30–34	6.3%
5.5%	25–29	5.9%
6.4%	20–24	6.5%
8.5%	15–19	7.9%
10.0%	10–14	9.0%
9.6%	5–9	8.8%
7.9%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.2%
Tamazight10.1%
Tarifit9.2%
Tachelhit3.9%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French55.3%
English17.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot52.8%
Private car11.3%
Taxi8.2%
Bus6.1%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.9%

Can’t read or write: 41.5%aged 10 and over34.5% in 202453.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.9%29.9% in 202439.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.5%aged 15 and over34.1% in 202414.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.09children per woman1.95 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people7.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 50.5%of settled households61.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Taza: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.3%	75 and over	3.2%
1.8%	70–74	2.1%
2.1%	65–69	2.2%
3.1%	60–64	3.3%
4.4%	55–59	4.1%
5.5%	50–54	5.7%
5.2%	45–49	5.7%
5.8%	40–44	6.4%
6.2%	35–39	6.9%
7.2%	30–34	7.7%
8.3%	25–29	8.4%
9.0%	20–24	8.9%
9.6%	15–19	9.1%
9.7%	10–14	8.9%
8.9%	5–9	8.3%
10.0%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.1%
Tamazight13.0%
Tarifit10.5%
Tachelhit1.7%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French49.1%
Arabic only29.8%
Arabic, French and English19.2%
Other combinations1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.2%
Taxi8.7%
Bus8.5%
Private car6.8%
Bike or motorcycle1.4%
Employer’s transport0.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood51.3%
Another in the commune16.5%
No fixed place13.0%
Another commune6.8%
Another province6.3%
At home2.1%
Somewhere else0.9%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing22.6%
Crafts and skilled trades18.6%
Farm and fishing labour18.0%
Labouring and small trades12.5%
Clerical work9.6%
Trade and broking6.3%
Managers and senior professionals5.6%
Machine operating3.0%
Technicians1.9%
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 diploma62.4%
Primary20.4%
Lower secondary9.6%
Upper secondary4.5%
DEUG or Licence2.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.4%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 73,779
Standing empty: 26.4%11.8% vacant14.6% a second home
Precarious: 3.0%1.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 95.0%96.7% on the water mains97.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house70.5%
Apartment22.6%
Traditional house2.9%
Slum or basic house1.9%
Villa0.9%
Rural-type0.6%
Other0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years49.1%
20 to 49 years40.7%
50 years or more10.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 17,31534.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12,74473.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 25,0702.0 per business
Public services: 4,170
Associations: 401in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 38counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce52.4%
Services30.1%
Industry13.5%
Construction4.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person67.5%
2 to 325.7%
4 to 95.6%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later26.3%
2011–201944.5%
2001–201016.9%
1991–20007.0%
1981–19902.8%
1956–19802.1%
Before 19560.4%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Taza	urban	150,763	+1.6%	5,666
Tahla	urban	28,612	+3.2%	2,525
Ghiata Al Gharbia	rural	22,437	−2.6%	114
Galdamane	rural	21,732	+1.4%	57.2
Bni Frassen	rural	19,873	−15.2%	101
Oulad Zbair	rural	17,562	−1.0%	193
Bab Marzouka	rural	17,323	−6.5%	103
Ait Saghrouchen	rural	15,147	−5.8%	77.6
Matmata	rural	11,665	−2.2%	80
Ouad Amlil	urban	10,929	+5.0%	1,942
Bni Lent	rural	10,801	−9.0%	122
Tainaste	rural	10,411	−9.7%	68.6
Bouchfaa	rural	10,093	−5.9%	70.9
Bni Ftah	rural	9,632	−11.8%	54.9
Zrarda	rural	9,343	+1.0%	54.7
Ajdir	rural	8,640	−15.4%	51.2
Bouhlou	rural	8,510	−2.7%	116
Gzenaya Al Janoubia	rural	8,125	−18.2%	21.4
Oulad Chrif	rural	7,882	−14.7%	88
Msila	rural	7,800	−6.7%	63.5
Smia	rural	7,385	−0.7%	32.8
Kaf El Ghar	rural	7,060	−12.9%	48.7
Bourd	rural	6,996	−17.1%	50.9
Maghraoua	rural	6,775	−17.4%	13.4
Brarha	rural	6,625	−10.8%	67
Sidi Ali Bourakba	rural	6,280	−22.3%	29
Rbaa El Fouki	rural	6,156	−13.8%	91
Taifa	rural	6,000	−14.2%	44.2
El Gouzate	rural	5,942	−9.6%	57.3
Traiba	rural	5,773	−13.5%	47.4
Tizi Ouasli	rural	5,436	−18.1%	15.6
Meknassa Acharqia	rural	5,197	−13.7%	29.1
Aknoul	urban	4,410	+0.2%	728
Bab Boudir	rural	4,209	−17.2%	24.5
Meknassa Al Gharbia	rural	3,422	−12.0%	68
Jbarna	rural	2,328	−14.7%	10.3
Tazarine	rural	2,030	−22.6%	12.4
Bouyablane	rural	1,667	−30.8%	6.4

In the data

Code: 03.561
As digits: 03561
Record: /api/provinces/03.561.json
Communes: /api/provinces/03.561/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/03.561/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/03.561/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/03.561/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/03.561/housing.json

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