Boutferda

بوتفردة

Rural commune in the cercle of Aghbala, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 7,952
Since 2014: +7.6%from 7,391 in 2014
Density: 13.2people per km², 603.5 km²
Households: 1,581
Rank: 910910th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 22 in its province

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 Boutferda.

Boutferda +7.6%

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: 52.7%aged 10 and over68.7% in 201461.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.1%8.4% in 20142.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.8%aged 15 and over43.9% in 201416.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.52children per woman3.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people8.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 35.0%of settled households30.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boutferda: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.2%	75 and over	2.3%
2.0%	70–74	1.9%
2.3%	65–69	2.6%
3.4%	60–64	3.9%
3.4%	55–59	3.7%
4.6%	50–54	4.7%
4.5%	45–49	5.1%
5.9%	40–44	5.9%
6.4%	35–39	6.5%
6.9%	30–34	6.3%
8.4%	25–29	6.8%
8.2%	20–24	7.8%
9.9%	15–19	9.6%
11.0%	10–14	11.1%
10.5%	5–9	11.1%
10.4%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight81.1%
Darija22.8%
Tachelhit15.5%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic96.3%
French47.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh21.2%
English12.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot58.0%
Employer’s transport6.2%
Private car1.2%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%
Bus0.7%
Taxi0.3%

Can’t read or write: 68.7%aged 10 and over52.7% in 202478.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.4%7.1% in 202449.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.9%aged 15 and over48.8% in 20244.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 69.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.23children per woman3.52 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 8.6%of people4.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.9people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 30.3%of settled households35.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Boutferda: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.4%	75 and over	2.2%
1.3%	70–74	1.4%
1.8%	65–69	1.2%
2.7%	60–64	3.0%
2.8%	55–59	2.5%
3.7%	50–54	4.0%
3.9%	45–49	3.9%
5.4%	40–44	5.2%
5.2%	35–39	6.1%
6.9%	30–34	7.0%
8.3%	25–29	7.4%
9.3%	20–24	8.8%
11.5%	15–19	10.3%
11.3%	10–14	11.7%
11.9%	5–9	12.7%
11.9%	0–4	12.5%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.2%
Darija7.1%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only39.4%
Arabic and French36.4%
Other combinations20.3%
Arabic, French and English3.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot85.8%
Bus6.2%
Private car0.7%
Employer’s transport0.4%
Taxi0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood78.9%
Another province10.8%
No fixed place3.5%
Another in the commune2.6%
Another commune1.7%
At home0.2%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing38.6%
Farm and fishing labour28.8%
Labouring and small trades14.6%
Crafts and skilled trades8.1%
Machine operating3.6%
Clerical work3.4%
Trade and broking1.9%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%
Not classified0.3%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma88.1%
Primary9.4%
Lower secondary1.6%
Upper secondary0.6%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 20325.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12159.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1441.2 per business
Public services: 71
Associations: 11in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.8%
Services25.6%
Industry11.6%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person84.3%
2 to 315.7%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later43.0%
2011–201942.1%
2001–20108.3%
1991–20005.8%
1981–19900.8%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 05.091.05.05
As digits: 050910505
Slug: boutferda
Record: /api/communes/05.091.05.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.091.05.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.091.05.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.091.05.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.091.05.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882830

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boutferda");

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