El Hajeb

الحاجب

Urban commune in the province of El Hajeb, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
41,359
Since 2014
+17.2%from 35,282 in 2014
Density
3,939people per km², 10.5 km²
Households
11,069
Foreign residents
29
Rank
125125th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 16 in its province

Where it is

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

Ain TaoujdateLaqsirAit BoubidmaneSabaa AiyounAit YaazemAgouraiJahjouhRas IjerriBititAit Harz AllahAit NaamaneIqaddarAit BourzouineTamchachateAit Ouikhalfen

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

El Hajeb +17.2%

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
20.0%aged 10 and over24.4% in 201427.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.0%20.2% in 201431.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.2%aged 15 and over46.9% in 201420.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.76children per woman1.81 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.4%of settled households96.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Hajeb: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.3%
2.7%70–742.2%
3.8%65–693.3%
5.6%60–645.5%
5.2%55–595.4%
6.4%50–546.6%
6.5%45–496.7%
7.5%40–447.7%
6.7%35–397.5%
6.1%30–347.4%
5.5%25–296.5%
6.7%20–246.9%
8.2%15–197.6%
10.1%10–148.7%
8.8%5–98.5%
7.5%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tamazight18.9%
  • Tachelhit10.2%
  • Tarifit2.4%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French70.2%
  • English23.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot53.1%
  • Private car16.9%
  • Employer’s transport10.0%
  • Taxi8.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.2%
  • Bus2.4%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
12,879
Standing empty
18.4%9.5% vacant8.9% a second home
Precarious
1.7%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.4%97.8% on the water mains98.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house89.0%
  • Apartment6.0%
  • Villa2.5%
  • Other0.9%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Rural-type0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.1%
  • 20 to 49 years39.3%
  • 50 years or more4.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,53737.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,36588.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,1851.6 per business
Public services
127
Associations
45in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.6%
  • Services34.2%
  • Industry8.4%
  • Construction5.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.1%
  • 2 to 322.4%
  • 4 to 93.8%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.7%
  • 2011–201932.0%
  • 2001–201010.8%
  • 1991–200011.2%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19802.9%
  • Before 19561.2%

In the data

Code
03.171.01.05
As digits
031710105
Slug
el-hajeb
Record
/api/communes/03.171.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.171.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.171.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.171.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.171.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.171.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2827093
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-hajeb");

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