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

Where it is

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

Sidi BibiOued EssafaBiougraAit AmiraInchadenSidi OuassayMassaAit MilkSidi Abdallah El BouchouariSidi BoushabAit OuadrimTargua-NtouchkaImi-MqournAit BahaAit MzalTassegdeltHilalaIda-OugnidifAouguenzTanaltTizi Ntakoucht

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
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.3%
1.8%70–741.7%
2.2%65–692.2%
3.2%60–643.8%
4.2%55–594.2%
5.9%50–545.3%
6.5%45–496.3%
7.5%40–447.7%
7.6%35–398.0%
7.2%30–347.2%
6.5%25–296.6%
7.6%20–246.7%
8.3%15–198.2%
10.2%10–1410.2%
10.3%5–910.2%
8.2%0–48.4%

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%

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%
  • Private car8.8%
  • Bus5.6%
  • Taxi4.4%

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

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

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.

Belfaâ13,492

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap
2832952
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("belfaa");

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