Belfaâ

بلفاع

Rural commune in the cercle of Belfaâ-Massa, province of Chtouka-Aït Baha, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 36,774
Since 2014: +32.8%from 27,699 in 2014
Density: 160people per km², 230.4 km²
Households: 9,935
Foreign residents: 541
Rank: 141141st most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 22 in its province

Next door in El Maader El Kabir, 48.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 97.0%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 76.6% to 63.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imintanoute. Running water: 97.0% here, 97.3% there; aged 65 and over: 7.0% here, 7.7% there; household size: 3.7 here, 3.9 there.

Compare it with Imintanoute

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

Its province, 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 Belfaâ.

Belfaâ +32.8%

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: 28.6%aged 10 and over37.9% in 201440.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.3%8.1% in 201417.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.0%aged 15 and over46.0% in 201415.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.17children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.8%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.0%of settled households90.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Belfaâ: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	3.3%
1.8%	70–74	1.7%
2.2%	65–69	2.2%
3.2%	60–64	3.8%
4.2%	55–59	4.2%
5.9%	50–54	5.3%
6.5%	45–49	6.3%
7.5%	40–44	7.7%
7.6%	35–39	8.0%
7.2%	30–34	7.2%
6.5%	25–29	6.6%
7.6%	20–24	6.7%
8.3%	15–19	8.2%
10.2%	10–14	10.2%
10.3%	5–9	10.2%
8.2%	0–4	8.4%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit85.3%
Darija61.1%
Tamazight4.3%
Hassania0.4%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.3%
French55.4%
English16.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Employer’s transport28.3%
On foot22.1%
Bike or motorcycle18.9%
Doesn’t travel to work10.0%
Private car8.8%
Bus5.6%
Taxi4.4%
Informal transport1.4%
Another way0.4%
Animal0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 37.9%aged 10 and over28.6% in 202454.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.1%13.3% in 202412.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.0%aged 15 and over46.0% in 202412.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.84children per woman2.17 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people3.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 90.7%of settled households97.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Belfaâ: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.6%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
2.1%	65–69	2.0%
3.0%	60–64	2.8%
3.2%	55–59	3.1%
4.1%	50–54	4.9%
5.4%	45–49	5.4%
7.0%	40–44	6.7%
8.1%	35–39	7.6%
8.7%	30–34	9.3%
9.0%	25–29	9.2%
9.2%	20–24	8.8%
8.1%	15–19	7.8%
8.8%	10–14	8.3%
8.4%	5–9	9.1%
11.0%	0–4	10.7%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit92.4%
Darija45.7%
Tamazight1.5%
Hassania0.2%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French36.9%
Arabic only33.4%
Other combinations17.0%
Arabic, French and English12.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot38.8%
Bike or motorcycle19.1%
Employer’s transport10.2%
Taxi9.1%
Private car8.1%
Another way4.6%
Bus4.2%
Works at home3.3%
Not stated2.5%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood41.9%
Another in the commune25.1%
No fixed place13.2%
Another commune7.6%
Another province6.0%
At home3.3%
Not stated2.5%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour35.6%
Farming and fishing15.1%
Crafts and skilled trades12.2%
Labouring and small trades10.0%
Clerical work7.3%
Trade and broking6.5%
Machine operating5.5%
Managers and senior professionals3.4%
Technicians2.5%
Not classified1.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma64.3%
Primary20.1%
Lower secondary8.5%
Upper secondary4.9%
DEUG or Licence1.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 4,294
Standing empty: 17.9%10.4% vacant7.5% a second home
Precarious: 4.1%0.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 1.4%95.1% on the water mains95.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 5.3%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house93.1%
Other2.5%
Apartment1.6%
Traditional house1.0%
Rural-type0.9%
Slum or basic house0.7%
Villa0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years80.5%
20 to 49 years18.3%
50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 1,33336.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 1,12584.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,6271.4 per business
Public services: 160
Associations: 48in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.0%
Services25.7%
Industry16.4%
Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person78.0%
2 to 319.4%
4 to 92.1%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later47.1%
2011–201933.7%
2001–201012.4%
1991–20004.6%
1981–19901.5%
1956–19800.6%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Belfaâ

13,492

Douars

Belfaâ’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 46 douars in 3 fractions, with 22,997 people. Another 13,492 live in Belfaâ, its urban centre, which has no douars. 285 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت عامرAit Ameur15 douars · 5,185 people
توسوسToussous	Dispersed	361	1,373	0.6	1.2	12.0
أنونعديAnou n'Addi	Dispersed	205	829	1.0	3.1	11.6
أيت موسىAit Moussa	Grouped	66	226	1.0	1.3	15.0
إخرضيضنIkherdidene	Grouped	34	144	1.1	1.5	15.0
إمخلافImkhlaf	Grouped	82	265	1.3	2.2	15.6
أيت مومادAit Moummad	In parts	54	181	1.2	2.9	17.1
أيت الطوايرAit Touayer	Grouped	91	339	1.0	1.4	12.0
تن الشاويTi n' Chaoui	Dispersed	70	255	1.0	2.7	12.4
بن عوايسBen Aouis	Dispersed	78	292	0.2	1.2	11.6
أيت مبارك أوحموAit Mbarek Ou Hammou	In parts	52	191	1.0	1.1	12.1
المرسLmers	In parts	138	430	0.5	2.7	9.2
تدوارت أوبعليTadouart Boullal	Grouped	35	147	1.0	1.0	14.9
ترايستTarayst	Grouped	26	90	—	—	—
أيت العسري الجديدAit Laasri El Jadid	Grouped	92	345	0.3	2.5	7.2
المركزالفلاحي 807El Markzalflahi 807	Grouped	18	78	—	—	—
بلفاعBelfaâ29 douars · 17,763 people
توالعسريToul Asri	Grouped	9	26	—	—	—
أشغرغيدAchghrrid	Grouped	23	62	—	—	—
تݣرار الجوانTigrar Jouan	Grouped	63	199	4.5	3.9	25.0
توفارسTou Fars	Grouped	58	160	3.4	3.4	24.0
أعݣربانAagourbane	Grouped	47	159	0.0	0.0	24.0
أيت تزكارتAit Zouggarte	Dispersed	33	128	0.5	1.5	24.0
إمجاضImajad	Dispersed	146	599	0.2	1.0	24.2
قصبة السطايحKasba Steih	In parts	142	527	0.0	1.0	13.2
أدوار السطايحAdouar Staïh	In parts	81	255	0.3	1.3	10.6
تقصبيتTakassbite	In parts	268	991	0.5	1.3	15.1
الحندق إبرنينEl Handek Ibernine	In parts	193	610	0.6	1.3	9.2
بويريكBouirik	Dispersed	135	500	0.1	1.4	8.0
أمركسAmarks	In parts	78	307	1.5	2.2	7.6
أيت بوعامرAit Bou Amer	In parts	556	1,984	0.8	0.9	6.4
أيت سعيدAit Said	In parts	352	1,240	0.3	0.8	5.0
الزنيبيZnibi	Dispersed	217	827	1.0	0.6	3.0
تدوارت نحميدوشTadouart Nahmidouch	Grouped	162	593	1.0	1.0	3.0
القصباتLquasbat	Dispersed	110	404	0.1	0.2	5.0
أيت بلاAit Bella	Grouped	107	377	0.0	1.5	4.4
أيت هرادAit Hrad	Grouped	43	147	0.0	1.3	5.6
أيت صالحAit Salh	In parts	232	781	0.4	1.2	5.7
أيت حمادAit Ahmed	Dispersed	195	756	0.1	0.7	4.2
المركز الفلاحي 805Centre El Flahi 805	In parts	69	246	0.5	3.6	5.7
ملك الزهرMelg Ezzhar	Grouped	5	19	—	—	—
بلفاع المركزBelfaâ Centre	Grouped	29	50	—	—	—
أخريبOukhrib	Dispersed	984	3,699	0.4	0.8	6.5
إسحنانIshnane	Dispersed	21	83	—	—	—
إݣنيضيفنIgounidifene	Dispersed	229	900	0.0	0.6	2.7
تن علي أوعديTien Ali Ou Addi	Dispersed	283	1,134	0.2	1.1	4.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune2 douars · 49 people
كحايزKouhaiz	Grouped	9	42	—	—	—
البويباتEl Bouaibate	Grouped	2	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: 09.163.05.11
As digits: 091630511
Slug: belfaa
Record: /api/communes/09.163.05.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/09.163.05.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/09.163.05.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/09.163.05.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/09.163.05.11/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/09.163.05.11/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/09.163.05.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2832952

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