Dar Chaffai

دار الشافعي

Rural commune in the cercle of El Borouj, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
17,411
Since 2014
−0.3%from 17,454 in 2014
Density
57.6people per km², 302.4 km²
Households
3,639
Rank
366366th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 46 in its province

Next door in Bni Khloug, 92.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 5.5%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 96.6% to 71.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Mimoun. Running water: 5.5% here, 2.7% there; read French: 27.0% here, 28.7% there; unemployment: 10.5% here, 10.3% there.

Compare it with Oulad Mimoun

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Dar Chaffai −0.3%

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
46.7%aged 10 and over54.5% in 201456.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.5%8.2% in 201410.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.8%aged 15 and over47.7% in 20148.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
86.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.48children per woman2.94 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people2.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.5%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dar Chaffai: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over3.3%
2.4%70–742.1%
3.1%65–692.8%
3.7%60–643.9%
3.2%55–593.7%
4.5%50–545.0%
5.6%45–495.7%
6.0%40–446.3%
6.2%35–397.0%
6.5%30–346.1%
6.8%25–296.3%
6.7%20–246.8%
9.4%15–199.6%
11.9%10–1411.7%
11.5%5–911.1%
8.9%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.4%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French27.0%
  • English7.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.0%
  • Taxi13.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.7%
  • Informal transport11.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.7%
  • Private car6.3%
  • Animal4.0%
  • Employer’s transport2.0%
  • Bus1.9%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
25214.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14156.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2031.4 per business
Public services
110
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce65.2%
  • Services22.7%
  • Industry10.6%
  • Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.6%
  • 2 to 314.2%
  • 4 to 92.8%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.2%
  • 2011–201950.4%
  • 2001–20108.5%
  • 1991–20007.8%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households cooking with another fuel is 7.4%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 9 communes it borders, the median is 0.4%. Mayate is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Dar Chaffai’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 5 fractions, with 17,408 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لخنانتةLakhnanta5 douars · 3,212 people
الطناجاT'NajaIn parts3151,8033.61.47.2
شليحاتChlihateGrouped1405570.01.112.3
اولاد موسى أهل الوادOulad Moussa El OuedGrouped1405060.01.614.3
لعسارةLaassaraIn parts672970.13.412.6
الشماردةEcchmardaGrouped949———
اولاد العكارية الشرقيةOulad El Akaria Charqia4 douars · 3,907 people
اولاد الحجامOulad El HejiamGrouped301170.10.04.4
الجدودةEl JdoudaIn parts5422,4290.60.93.2
دار الشافعي المركزDar Chaffai CentreGrouped3021,2450.20.81.3
ولاد ميمتيOulad MimtiGrouped25116———
اولاد سي مسعودOulad Si Massaoud4 douars · 4,396 people
اولاد سي عبداللهOulad Si AbdellahGrouped4532,2681.61.916.0
اولاد سي احمد لعوينةOulad Si Ahmed LaaouinaGrouped1236391.41.716.9
اولاد سي احمدOulad Si AhmedGrouped2451,0661.01.215.9
اولاد سي غانمOulad Si GhanemGrouped834230.50.617.5
اولاد العكارية الغربيةOulad El Akaria Gharbia5 douars · 3,459 people
الميمناتEl MouimenetIn parts1266936.61.27.2
الزياينةEz-ZyaynaIn parts1871,0234.91.66.1
اولاد التوميOulad ToumiGrouped1657161.01.03.0
لغراردةEl GherardaIn parts904643.71.37.2
لميساتLemessatIn parts1025634.90.15.0
اولاد عبوOulad Abbou3 douars · 2,434 people
اولاد علي بن امحمدOulad Ali Ben M'HamedIn parts2051,0741.81.310.7
اولاد احميدةOulad HmidaIn parts854162.21.37.7
اولاد عشيOulad AchiIn parts2059441.42.311.5

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
06.461.07.05
As digits
064610705
Slug
dar-chaffai
OpenStreetMap
2879971
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("dar-chaffai");

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