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

Where it is

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

Sebaa RouadiMikkesSebt LoudayaMoulay YacoubLouadaineAin KansaraAin Bou AliLaajajraOulad MimounSidi Daoud

How it changed

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

Ain Chkef +68.0%

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
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.

Ain Chkef: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.4%75 and over1.7%
1.6%70–741.3%
2.3%65–692.0%
3.7%60–643.5%
3.7%55–593.6%
5.0%50–544.4%
6.1%45–495.8%
7.1%40–447.5%
6.9%35–397.6%
6.5%30–347.2%
6.1%25–296.7%
7.4%20–247.7%
9.9%15–199.4%
11.4%10–1411.3%
11.3%5–910.9%
9.6%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French47.1%
  • English12.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.6%
  • Private car14.3%
  • Taxi11.2%
  • Employer’s transport6.2%
  • Bus5.8%

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

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house61.4%
  • Apartment20.2%
  • Villa13.4%
  • Slum or basic house2.5%
  • Rural-type1.4%
  • Other0.6%
  • Traditional house0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years93.4%
  • 20 to 49 years4.8%
  • 50 years or more1.8%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce44.3%
  • Services29.0%
  • Industry22.2%
  • Construction4.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.3%
  • 2 to 330.6%
  • 4 to 97.9%
  • 10 to 493.5%
  • 50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later66.2%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–20105.5%
  • 1991–20002.3%
  • 1981–19900.4%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ras El Mae37,142
Ain Chkef Al Andalous11,691

In the data

Code
03.591.01.03
As digits
035910103
Slug
ain-chkef
Record
/api/communes/03.591.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.591.01.03/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2808796
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-chkef");

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