Agafay

أكفاي

Rural commune in the cercle of Loudaya, préfecture of Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
17,771
Since 2014
+15.0%from 15,452 in 2014
Density
87.4people per km², 203.4 km²
Households
4,213
Foreign residents
8
Rank
359359th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 15 in its préfecture

Where it is

Its préfecture, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Méchouar-KasbaMarrakechM'nabhaOuled DlimHarbilLoudayaSid ZouineOulad HassouneAl OuidaneOuahat Sidi BrahimSouihlaAit ImourSaadaTassoultante

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Agafay.

Agafay +15.0%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
33.5%aged 10 and over43.9% in 201442.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.8%7.0% in 201430.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.6%aged 15 and over43.7% in 20144.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.12children per woman1.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.5%of settled households93.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Agafay: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.4%75 and over2.3%
2.5%70–742.5%
2.6%65–693.1%
3.7%60–643.6%
3.8%55–593.6%
5.9%50–545.9%
6.3%45–496.1%
6.1%40–446.5%
6.4%35–396.9%
7.4%30–347.2%
7.4%25–297.0%
7.2%20–247.0%
9.1%15–199.2%
10.8%10–1410.8%
9.9%5–99.6%
8.4%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tachelhit16.5%
  • Tamazight2.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French45.0%
  • English7.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle38.7%
  • On foot32.0%
  • Bus10.0%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Taxi2.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
52429.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
43482.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,5553.6 per business
Public services
59
Associations
31in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.5%
  • Industry27.9%
  • Services23.3%
  • Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.5%
  • 2 to 324.9%
  • 4 to 912.4%
  • 10 to 496.9%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.9%
  • 2011–201953.0%
  • 2001–201014.7%
  • 1991–20004.6%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.351.05.01
As digits
073510501
Slug
agafay
Record
/api/communes/07.351.05.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.351.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.351.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.351.05.01/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.351.05.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2824275
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("agafay");

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