Jorf

الجرف

Urban commune in the province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
11,865
Since 2014
−3.6%from 12,302 in 2014
Density
3,591people per km², 3.3 km²
Households
2,521
Rank
610610th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 29 in its province

Next door in Aarab Sebbah Gheris, 1.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 75.3%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.6% to 75.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Assahrij. Read French: 26.2% here, 25.5% there; running water: 99.2% here, 98.2% there; in the labour force: 34.4% here, 32.3% there.

Compare it with Assahrij

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

52350

How it changed

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

Jorf −3.6%

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
21.0%aged 10 and over27.9% in 201428.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.7%15.1% in 201441.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.4%aged 15 and over35.5% in 20146.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.64children per woman2.68 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.4%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.2%of settled households94.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jorf: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.0%
2.4%70–742.3%
3.3%65–693.3%
4.6%60–644.6%
4.1%55–594.4%
5.0%50–545.4%
5.5%45–496.4%
5.7%40–447.0%
6.6%35–395.9%
6.7%30–346.7%
6.5%25–296.9%
7.4%20–246.9%
8.7%15–198.6%
11.6%10–1411.2%
10.3%5–99.4%
8.5%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tachelhit3.1%
  • Tamazight1.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French26.2%
  • English10.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle32.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.8%
  • Taxi4.3%
  • Bus3.9%
  • Another way3.7%
  • Private car3.4%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Animal1.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,264
Standing empty
28.7%14.8% vacant13.9% a second home
Precarious
20.4%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
76.0%97.1% on the water mains96.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
32.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house74.0%
  • Rural-type19.1%
  • Traditional house4.8%
  • Other1.3%
  • Villa0.8%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years53.2%
  • 20 to 49 years41.0%
  • 50 years or more5.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
35229.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
31388.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3951.3 per business
Public services
33
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.9%
  • Services24.6%
  • Industry10.5%
  • Construction8.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.2%
  • 2 to 310.2%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.9%
  • 2011–201939.3%
  • 2001–201014.7%
  • 1991–20006.1%
  • 1981–19903.5%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.201.01.11
As digits
082010111
Slug
jorf
OpenStreetMap
2884808
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jorf");

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