Errafiaya

الرافعية

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Beni Ameur, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
4,903
Since 2014
−10.9%from 5,502 in 2014
Density
237people per km², 20.7 km²
Households
1,098
Rank
1,2101,210th most populous of 1,503 communes41st of 43 in its province

Next door in Sidi Moussa, 46.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.1% to 31.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Errafiaya.

Errafiaya −10.9%

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
35.1%aged 10 and over44.2% in 201440.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.0%13.1% in 201451.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.8%aged 15 and over46.7% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.49children per woman2.56 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.4%of people2.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.5%of settled households96.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Errafiaya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over3.5%
3.3%70–742.6%
4.1%65–693.3%
3.7%60–644.8%
3.7%55–593.9%
5.1%50–544.5%
6.1%45–495.8%
5.5%40–446.6%
5.2%35–394.8%
4.8%30–347.5%
5.0%25–296.8%
5.3%20–246.8%
10.3%15–199.1%
13.4%10–1412.1%
12.4%5–911.2%
8.6%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French20.6%
  • English4.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle32.1%
  • On foot30.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.2%
  • Private car8.8%
  • Bus5.2%
  • Employer’s transport3.0%
  • Taxi2.6%
  • Another way2.1%
  • Informal transport1.7%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17736.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
13274.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2431.8 per business
Public services
31
Associations
14in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.8%
  • Services22.7%
  • Industry17.4%
  • Construction3.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person48.5%
  • 2 to 343.9%
  • 4 to 96.8%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.5%
  • 2011–201947.7%
  • 2001–201015.9%
  • 1991–20006.8%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19801.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Errafiaya’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,832 people. 71 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
أولاد الشيخOulad Cheikh5 douars · 2,415 people
القصرKsarIn parts1556640.20.42.1
أولاد الغزوانيOulad El GhazouaniIn parts833810.00.03.9
أولاد رافع التحتانيينOd Rafaa TahtanyeneIn parts913950.32.25.6
المغنيةMaghniaIn parts823530.12.14.2
لكبيرLakbirIn parts1306220.50.42.6
تساوتTassaout6 douars · 2,417 people
ضراوةDraouaGrouped642990.00.80.2
المركزCentreGrouped683420.70.70.8
ضيعة واݣرمانFerme OuagrmaneDispersed2372———
واݣرمانOuaguramaneIn parts1738101.01.53.1
أولاد رافع الفوقانيينOulad Rafaa El FoukaniineGrouped1546211.01.05.0
أيت الفقيه الرافعيAit Fquih ErrafaiGrouped752731.01.04.9

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
07.191.13.09
As digits
071911309
Slug
errafiaya
OpenStreetMap
2881959
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