Arfoud

أرفود

Urban commune in the province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
28,912
Since 2014
−1.3%from 29,279 in 2014
Density
4,512people per km², 6.4 km²
Households
6,309
Foreign residents
8
Rank
191191st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 29 in its province

Next door in Aarab Sebbah Ziz, 6.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 93.9%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jorf El Melha. Aged 65 and over: 6.6% here, 6.3% there; running water: 95.4% here, 98.4% there; read French: 51.9% here, 57.1% there.

Compare it with Jorf El Melha

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

52200

How it changed

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

Arfoud −1.3%

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
14.5%aged 10 and over20.8% in 201421.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.5%16.9% in 201427.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.9%aged 15 and over40.5% in 20149.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.11children per woman2.46 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.4%of settled households93.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Arfoud: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.1%
2.2%70–741.7%
2.9%65–692.4%
4.6%60–643.8%
4.1%55–594.3%
5.6%50–545.5%
6.2%45–496.4%
6.4%40–447.3%
6.2%35–396.9%
6.7%30–347.3%
6.1%25–297.0%
7.5%20–247.8%
9.4%15–198.8%
10.9%10–1411.4%
10.5%5–99.6%
8.7%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.3%
  • Tamazight11.3%
  • Tachelhit8.7%
  • Hassania0.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French51.9%
  • English18.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle33.1%
  • Private car11.4%
  • Taxi5.1%
  • Employer’s transport4.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.4%
  • Bus1.9%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Informal transport0.9%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
7,630
Standing empty
22.5%15.0% vacant7.5% a second home
Precarious
4.6%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
94.1%95.0% on the water mains97.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
5.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.9%
  • Rural-type4.2%
  • Traditional house2.0%
  • Villa1.0%
  • Apartment0.6%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years54.9%
  • 20 to 49 years43.9%
  • 50 years or more1.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,59155.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,48293.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,0731.4 per business
Public services
65
Associations
44in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.4%
  • Services24.2%
  • Industry13.5%
  • Construction3.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.4%
  • 2 to 313.2%
  • 4 to 92.6%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.5%
  • 2011–201939.1%
  • 2001–201018.1%
  • 1991–200011.1%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.201.01.01
As digits
082010101
Slug
arfoud
OpenStreetMap
2884805
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("arfoud");

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