Arbaoua

عرباوة

Rural commune in the cercle of Souk Arbaa El Gharb, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
35,077
Since 2014
+7.3%from 32,690 in 2014
Density
206people per km², 170.2 km²
Households
7,545
Foreign residents
1
Rank
154154th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 23 in its province

Where it is

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

ChouafaaSouk Tlet El GharbSidi Allal TaziLalla MimounaSidi Boubker El HajOued El MakhazineMoulay BousselhamKariat Ben AoudaBeni MalekSouk El ArbaaSidi Mohamed LahmarBahhara Ouled AyadBen MansourMograneMnasraOuled SlamaHaddadaSidi TaibiMehdyaKénitraAmeur SefliaNo commune boundary here in OpenStreetMap

How it changed

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

Arbaoua +7.3%

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
36.7%aged 10 and over44.8% in 201446.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.2%9.5% in 201429.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.3%aged 15 and over46.1% in 201412.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.77children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
38.1%of settled households25.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Arbaoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over2.6%
1.9%70–742.0%
2.8%65–692.5%
4.0%60–644.0%
3.7%55–593.7%
4.7%50–544.7%
4.8%45–495.5%
6.7%40–446.8%
7.0%35–397.2%
6.4%30–346.8%
5.8%25–296.3%
7.4%20–247.2%
9.7%15–199.0%
11.4%10–1411.0%
11.1%5–911.1%
10.3%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French38.6%
  • English7.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot31.6%
  • Employer’s transport17.6%
  • Private car8.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.3%
  • Taxi6.1%
  • Bus5.9%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,548
Standing empty
25.6%18.4% vacant7.2% a second home
Precarious
1.1%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.8%94.4% on the water mains94.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house98.2%
  • Other0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Traditional house0.3%
  • Apartment0.1%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years64.7%
  • 20 to 49 years30.2%
  • 50 years or more5.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
68119.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
54379.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9421.7 per business
Public services
130
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.4%
  • Services29.7%
  • Industry14.0%
  • Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.5%
  • 2 to 330.6%
  • 4 to 94.4%
  • 10 to 491.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.8%
  • 2011–201946.4%
  • 2001–201015.1%
  • 1991–20003.3%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19802.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Arbaoua4,478

In the data

Code
04.281.07.01
As digits
042810701
Slug
arbaoua
Record
/api/communes/04.281.07.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.281.07.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.281.07.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.281.07.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.281.07.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.281.07.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2753073
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("arbaoua");

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