Chouafaa

الشوافع

Rural commune in the cercle of Lalla Mimouna, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 21,374
Since 2014: +15.9%from 18,436 in 2014
Density: 129people per km², 166.2 km²
Households: 3,872
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 284284th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 23 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 Chouafaa.

Chouafaa +15.9%

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: 45.9%aged 10 and over59.0% in 201456.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.4%7.6% in 201412.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.9%aged 15 and over48.2% in 201410.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.75children per woman2.16 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 3.6%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Chouafaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.8%	75 and over	2.3%
2.1%	70–74	1.7%
2.5%	65–69	2.4%
3.6%	60–64	3.8%
3.1%	55–59	4.1%
3.6%	50–54	4.3%
4.4%	45–49	4.5%
6.9%	40–44	6.6%
8.8%	35–39	8.1%
7.8%	30–34	9.1%
7.0%	25–29	7.0%
6.8%	20–24	6.7%
7.8%	15–19	7.6%
10.9%	10–14	10.3%
12.1%	5–9	12.1%
10.8%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French25.4%
English4.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot50.5%
Employer’s transport13.6%
Private car6.7%
Bike or motorcycle6.3%
Bus1.4%
Taxi0.7%

Can’t read or write: 59.0%aged 10 and over45.9% in 202470.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.6%10.4% in 202421.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.2%aged 15 and over41.9% in 202414.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 87.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.16children per woman2.75 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people4.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.0people on average5.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.2%of settled households3.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Chouafaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.3%	75 and over	1.6%
1.2%	70–74	1.1%
1.6%	65–69	1.6%
3.1%	60–64	2.7%
3.4%	55–59	3.2%
4.1%	50–54	4.3%
4.1%	45–49	4.9%
4.2%	40–44	5.2%
5.5%	35–39	5.7%
8.7%	30–34	7.6%
11.5%	25–29	10.6%
12.2%	20–24	12.2%
9.7%	15–19	10.2%
9.0%	10–14	8.4%
8.8%	5–9	9.1%
11.7%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only64.8%
Arabic and French31.9%
Arabic, French and English2.5%
Other combinations0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot78.3%
Employer’s transport5.5%
Private car3.1%
Bike or motorcycle2.8%
Taxi2.7%
Bus1.5%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood82.2%
Another in the commune7.3%
No fixed place3.4%
Another province1.9%
Another commune0.9%
Somewhere else0.8%
At home0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour54.4%
Farming and fishing24.1%
Labouring and small trades6.8%
Crafts and skilled trades5.6%
Clerical work3.3%
Not classified2.2%
Machine operating1.6%
Trade and broking1.5%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma84.3%
Primary13.2%
Lower secondary1.9%
Upper secondary0.5%
DEUG or Licence0.1%
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: 29013.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 22376.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3211.4 per business
Public services: 66
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce64.6%
Services22.9%
Industry11.7%
Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person80.3%
2 to 316.1%
4 to 92.7%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.6%
2011–201948.4%
2001–201022.9%
1991–20002.2%
1981–19900.9%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 04.281.11.03
As digits: 042811103
Slug: chouafaa
Record: /api/communes/04.281.11.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.281.11.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.281.11.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.281.11.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.281.11.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2753065

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("chouafaa");

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