Echemmaia

الشماعية

Urban commune in the province of Youssoufia, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
26,547
Since 2014
+9.2%from 24,303 in 2014
Density
764people per km², 34.8 km²
Households
6,023
Foreign residents
14
Rank
213213th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 11 in its province

Where it is

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

IghoudSidi ChikerJnane BouihJdourAtiamimRas El AinLakhoualqaYoussoufiaEsbiaatEl Gantour

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Echemmaia +9.2%

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
24.6%aged 10 and over31.3% in 201433.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.0%18.4% in 201439.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.2%aged 15 and over42.9% in 201412.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.79children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.1%of settled households87.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Echemmaia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over3.0%
2.7%70–742.6%
3.5%65–693.0%
4.0%60–644.6%
4.0%55–594.1%
5.3%50–545.2%
5.6%45–495.7%
6.5%40–446.6%
6.8%35–396.5%
7.2%30–347.0%
6.6%25–298.0%
7.3%20–248.4%
8.4%15–198.6%
10.8%10–149.9%
10.3%5–99.1%
8.7%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit2.3%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French47.6%
  • English13.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.2%
  • Private car10.7%
  • Taxi5.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Bus1.3%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
7,274
Standing empty
21.0%13.6% vacant7.4% a second home
Precarious
1.5%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
90.5%93.3% on the water mains94.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house82.6%
  • Traditional house11.7%
  • Apartment3.4%
  • Rural-type0.8%
  • Villa0.7%
  • Other0.5%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years60.7%
  • 20 to 49 years35.2%
  • 50 years or more4.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,21145.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,12592.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,6741.5 per business
Public services
66
Associations
20in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.8%
  • Services26.2%
  • Industry12.5%
  • Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.3%
  • 2 to 321.8%
  • 4 to 92.4%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.8%
  • 2011–201944.8%
  • 2001–201021.8%
  • 1991–20008.2%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.585.01.07
As digits
075850107
Slug
echemmaia
Record
/api/communes/07.585.01.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.585.01.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.585.01.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.585.01.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.585.01.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.585.01.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2827869
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("echemmaia");

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