Ain Sfa

عين الصفا

Rural commune in the cercle of Oujda-Banlieue Nord, préfecture of Oujda-Angad, Oriental.

Population, 2024: 4,426
Since 2014: −1.4%from 4,490 in 2014
Density: 12.6people per km², 351.2 km²
Households: 1,039
Rank: 1,2581,258th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 11 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ain Sfa −1.4%

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: 41.9%aged 10 and over50.6% in 201453.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 42.6%12.2% in 201474.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.6%aged 15 and over46.0% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.48children per woman2.85 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.0%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 76.3%of settled households44.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Sfa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.6%	75 and over	4.6%
3.5%	70–74	3.5%
4.3%	65–69	4.7%
4.0%	60–64	4.4%
4.3%	55–59	5.2%
5.2%	50–54	5.1%
6.7%	45–49	6.5%
7.5%	40–44	7.1%
6.6%	35–39	5.7%
6.1%	30–34	5.6%
4.9%	25–29	6.3%
6.1%	20–24	4.9%
7.7%	15–19	7.0%
10.5%	10–14	11.6%
10.7%	5–9	10.4%
8.2%	0–4	7.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.7%
Tarifit2.9%
Tachelhit0.9%
Tamazight0.4%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French36.8%
English4.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot58.2%
Bike or motorcycle13.1%
Private car5.1%
Taxi1.1%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Bus0.3%

Can’t read or write: 50.6%aged 10 and over41.9% in 202464.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.2%42.6% in 202464.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.0%aged 15 and over36.6% in 20247.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 83.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.85children per woman2.48 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.7%of people7.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 44.4%of settled households76.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Sfa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.2%	75 and over	3.6%
1.8%	70–74	2.5%
2.2%	65–69	2.2%
3.6%	60–64	3.3%
4.2%	55–59	5.1%
4.9%	50–54	5.3%
5.0%	45–49	5.5%
6.7%	40–44	6.0%
7.5%	35–39	7.8%
8.7%	30–34	8.3%
8.3%	25–29	6.5%
8.1%	20–24	6.9%
8.0%	15–19	8.4%
8.4%	10–14	8.8%
8.3%	5–9	7.7%
11.1%	0–4	12.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tarifit4.3%
Tachelhit0.6%
Tamazight0.4%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French51.4%
Arabic only41.8%
Arabic, French and English6.5%
Other combinations0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot78.0%
Private car6.7%
Taxi6.0%
Bike or motorcycle3.5%
Employer’s transport0.4%
Bus0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood79.8%
No fixed place8.9%
At home3.9%
Another commune3.1%
Another in the commune2.5%
Another province0.4%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour39.4%
Farming and fishing34.7%
Clerical work7.8%
Labouring and small trades5.9%
Trade and broking5.8%
Crafts and skilled trades4.2%
Machine operating1.4%
Not classified0.5%
Technicians0.3%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma77.2%
Primary16.2%
Lower secondary4.5%
Upper secondary1.6%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 11926.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 5546.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1342.4 per business
Public services: 63
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce45.5%
Services27.3%
Industry25.5%
Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person61.8%
2 to 325.5%
4 to 99.1%
10 to 493.6%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.9%
2011–201929.1%
2001–201018.2%
1991–20009.1%
1981–19905.5%
1956–19807.3%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 02.411.03.03
As digits: 024110303
Slug: ain-sfa
Record: /api/communes/02.411.03.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/02.411.03.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/02.411.03.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/02.411.03.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/02.411.03.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2502034

In JavaScript

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