Boufakrane

بوفكران

Urban commune in the préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
16,892
Since 2014
+30.5%from 12,941 in 2014
Density
3,400people per km², 5 km²
Households
4,093
Foreign residents
1
Rank
379379th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Ait Bourzouine, 1.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 90.8%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Guercif. Can’t read or write: 19.2% here, 22.7% there; higher education: 10.1% here, 10.0% there; read French: 61.1% here, 61.7% there.

Compare it with Guercif

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

50300

How it changed

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

Boufakrane +30.5%

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
19.2%aged 10 and over26.1% in 201426.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.5%14.5% in 201422.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.5%aged 15 and over44.3% in 201410.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.54children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.5%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.8%of settled households89.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boufakrane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over2.4%
2.2%70–742.1%
3.5%65–692.9%
5.4%60–644.3%
5.6%55–594.7%
6.3%50–545.5%
5.7%45–497.0%
6.7%40–447.3%
6.0%35–397.4%
6.3%30–347.1%
6.0%25–297.1%
7.0%20–247.7%
8.8%15–198.3%
10.7%10–149.8%
9.8%5–99.4%
7.5%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tamazight20.8%
  • Tachelhit6.6%
  • Tarifit2.8%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French61.1%
  • English17.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.9%
  • Private car17.8%
  • Employer’s transport12.8%
  • Bus6.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.3%
  • Taxi3.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.3%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,503
Standing empty
31.1%15.2% vacant15.9% a second home
Precarious
4.1%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
91.6%94.7% on the water mains98.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house75.0%
  • Apartment16.1%
  • Traditional house2.8%
  • Rural-type2.3%
  • Villa2.0%
  • Other1.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.6%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years88.0%
  • 20 to 49 years11.0%
  • 50 years or more1.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
75144.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
70393.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,9012.7 per business
Public services
39
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.9%
  • Services29.9%
  • Industry14.4%
  • Construction6.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person53.9%
  • 2 to 337.4%
  • 4 to 97.5%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.7%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–201013.4%
  • 1991–20002.8%
  • 1981–19901.0%
  • 1956–19803.4%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.061.01.05
As digits
030610105
Slug
boufakrane
OpenStreetMap
2808073
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boufakrane");

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