Ain Chkef
عين الشقف
Urban commune in the province of Moulay Yacoub, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 91,541
- Since 2014
- +68.0%from 54,477 in 2014
- Density
- 618people per km², 148.1 km²
- Households
- 19,657
- Foreign residents
- 92
- Rank
- 6060th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 11 in its province
Next door in Fès, 99.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 51.9%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 49.4% to 84.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: My Abdellah. Aged 65 and over: 5.2% here, 5.1% there; aged 0 to 14: 32.0% here, 31.6% there; can’t read or write: 26.9% here, 24.6% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
36122
Villages and hamlets
Ain Chqef
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ain Chkef.
Ain Chkef +68.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 26.9%aged 10 and over38.2% in 201434.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 19.9%11.3% in 201424.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.7%aged 15 and over47.0% in 201410.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.52children per woman2.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.3%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 84.2%of settled households49.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4% | 75 and over | 1.7% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 1.3% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 4.4% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.1% | 40–44 | 7.5% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 6.1% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.4% | 20–24 | 7.7% | ||
| 9.9% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 11.4% | 10–14 | 11.3% | ||
| 11.3% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 9.6% | 0–4 | 9.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 38.2%aged 10 and over26.9% in 202449.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.3%19.9% in 202428.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.0%aged 15 and over40.7% in 202411.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.93children per woman2.52 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.7%of people4.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 49.4%of settled households84.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4% | 75 and over | 1.5% | ||
| 1.0% | 70–74 | 1.1% | ||
| 1.1% | 65–69 | 1.1% | ||
| 2.3% | 60–64 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.0% | 55–59 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.7% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.2% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 8.8% | 30–34 | 8.6% | ||
| 8.1% | 25–29 | 9.1% | ||
| 8.9% | 20–24 | 9.7% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 8.9% | ||
| 10.3% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 11.5% | 5–9 | 11.2% | ||
| 12.6% | 0–4 | 12.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ain Chkef’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 16,117
- Standing empty
- 40.7%31.3% vacant9.4% a second home
- Precarious
- 4.5%2.5% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 91.9%79.7% on the water mains80.1% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 5.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 2,10323.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 1,88789.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 5,7593.1 per business
- Public services
- 190
- Associations
- 26in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Ras El Mae | 37,142 |
| Ain Chkef Al Andalous | 11,691 |
Douars
The villages and hamlets of Ain Chkef’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 13 fractions, with 42,696 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| اولاد امحمدOulad M Hamed2 douars · 5,113 people | ||||||
| اولاد امحمدOulad M Hamed | Grouped | 881 | 3,888 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| تجزئة عرصة الزيتون 2Lotissement Arsa Zaitoune 2 | In parts | 294 | 1,225 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| اولاد بوصالحOulad Boussalehe3 douars · 3,680 people | ||||||
| اولاد بوصالحOulad Boussalehe | In parts | 586 | 2,808 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| اولاد عيادOuled Ayad | Grouped | 41 | 214 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| اولاد ݣيرOulad Guir | Grouped | 129 | 658 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| اولاد امعلةOulad Amala3 douars · 6,134 people | ||||||
| اولاد امعلةOulad Amala | Dispersed | 995 | 4,513 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| اولاد حسونOulad Hassoun | Grouped | 274 | 1,237 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| لبسايس العلياLebsayes El Oulia | Dispersed | 88 | 384 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 7.0 |
| التلالسةTlalsa1 douar · 4,790 people | ||||||
| التلالسةTlalsa | Grouped | 1,092 | 4,790 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
| اللبابدةLebabda5 douars · 3,344 people | ||||||
| اللبابدةLebabda | Grouped | 450 | 2,010 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| اولاد امعرف الميتةOulad Amarf El Mita | Grouped | 101 | 429 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 4.9 |
| أولاد يزيدOulad Izid | Grouped | 194 | 890 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.8 |
| أنݣاد الرحالAngad Errhal | Dispersed | 1 | 5 | — | — | — |
| أولاد امعرفOulad Maaraf | Grouped | 2 | 10 | — | — | — |
| لخرابشةLakhrabcha1 douar · 2,648 people | ||||||
| لخرابشةLakhrabcha | Grouped | 581 | 2,648 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| البسايس السفلىEl Bsays Essoufla1 douar · 3,349 people | ||||||
| البسايس السفلىEl Bsays Essoufla | Grouped | 766 | 3,349 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| غابة عين شقفGhaba Ain Chqef1 douar · 101 people | ||||||
| تعاونية الرجاCoopérative Errja | Grouped | 22 | 101 | — | — | — |
| الغوازيRhouazi3 douars · 1,889 people | ||||||
| لغوازيGhouazi | Grouped | 221 | 1,041 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| تعاونية عزيزةCoopérative Aaziza | Grouped | 4 | 20 | — | — | — |
| لحلالفةLahlalfa | Grouped | 178 | 828 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| راس الماءRas El Ma6 douars · 6,798 people | ||||||
| تعاونية الازدهارCoopérative Al Izzdihar | In parts | 1,730 | 6,235 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
| تعاونية الزهوةCoopérative Ezzhoua | Grouped | 54 | 228 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| دوار جبالةDouar Jebala | Grouped | 29 | 138 | — | — | — |
| ضيعة الحلوFerme El Hlou | Grouped | 6 | 21 | — | — | — |
| برݣامةBergama | Dispersed | 20 | 85 | — | — | — |
| ضيعة العلويFerme El Ouloui | Grouped | 25 | 91 | — | — | — |
| واد النجاOued Innja6 douars · 1,990 people | ||||||
| تعاونية الهلالCoopérative El Hilal | In parts | 167 | 771 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 8.2 |
| تعاونية التحريرCoopérative Ettahrir | Grouped | 70 | 308 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 9.7 |
| العشارةEl Achara | Grouped | 99 | 420 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 15.2 |
| تعاونية الأندلسCoopérative Al Andalous | Grouped | 69 | 290 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 14.8 |
| القشاشحةEl Kchachha | Grouped | 41 | 183 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 4.9 |
| ضيعات الخواصDiaat El Khouas | Dispersed | 3 | 18 | — | — | — |
| عين بيضةAin Bida3 douars · 1,639 people | ||||||
| تعاونية الخيرCoopérative El Kheir | Grouped | 48 | 236 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| تعاونية النصرCoopérative Ennasr | Grouped | 69 | 362 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| عين بيضةAin Bida | Grouped | 211 | 1,041 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| أولاد خليفةOuled Khlifa1 douar · 1,221 people | ||||||
| اولاد خليفةOuled Khlifa | In parts | 256 | 1,221 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.
In the data
Files and code
- Code
03.591.01.03- As digits
035910103- Slug
ain-chkef- Census figures
/api/communes/03.591.01.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.591.01.03/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.591.01.03/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.591.01.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.591.01.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2808796
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ain-chkef");