Agourai

أكوراي

Urban commune in the province of El Hajeb, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
19,158
Since 2014
+15.1%from 16,651 in 2014
Density
1,756people per km², 10.9 km²
Households
4,819
Rank
328328th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 16 in its province

Next door in Tamchachate, 0.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 96.9%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Boumia. Running water: 95.5% here, 92.8% there; read French: 58.9% here, 54.3% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.7% here, 27.2% there.

Compare it with Boumia

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

51050

How it changed

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

Agourai +15.1%

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
35.3%aged 10 and over37.7% in 201444.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.4%14.8% in 201434.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.0%aged 15 and over45.7% in 201411.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.22children per woman2.14 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.7%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.5%of settled households86.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Agourai: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.2%
2.5%70–742.4%
3.7%65–693.5%
4.7%60–645.4%
4.7%55–595.5%
5.5%50–545.5%
6.2%45–496.8%
6.8%40–447.1%
6.7%35–397.2%
7.0%30–346.7%
5.9%25–296.5%
7.3%20–247.2%
8.0%15–197.8%
10.1%10–148.9%
9.9%5–99.0%
8.4%0–47.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tamazight21.7%
  • Tachelhit9.3%
  • Tarifit2.4%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French58.9%
  • English11.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.6%
  • Employer’s transport22.3%
  • Private car9.8%
  • Informal transport6.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.9%
  • Taxi4.4%
  • Bus2.2%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,440
Standing empty
15.1%8.0% vacant7.1% a second home
Precarious
2.6%1.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
96.4%94.7% on the water mains97.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.2%
  • Traditional house3.9%
  • Slum or basic house1.5%
  • Apartment0.9%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.5%
  • Rural-type0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years67.5%
  • 20 to 49 years27.9%
  • 50 years or more4.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
63833.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
58691.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7971.4 per business
Public services
40
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.4%
  • Services27.5%
  • Industry9.7%
  • Construction4.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.7%
  • 2 to 315.9%
  • 4 to 91.5%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later47.1%
  • 2011–201916.9%
  • 2001–201020.8%
  • 1991–200011.6%
  • 1981–19901.4%
  • 1956–19801.5%
  • Before 19560.7%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.171.01.01
As digits
031710101
Slug
agourai
OpenStreetMap
2808106
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("agourai");

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