Kelâat Sraghna

قلعة السراغنة

Urban commune in the province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
106,418
Since 2014
+11.8%from 95,224 in 2014
Density
5,864people per km², 18.2 km²
Households
26,083
Foreign residents
142
Rank
4242nd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 43 in its province

Next door in Mayate, 5.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 98.3%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mechraa Bel Ksiri. Higher education: 12.0% here, 11.0% there; can’t read or write: 21.6% here, 21.9% there; running water: 98.0% here, 98.5% there.

Compare it with Mechraa Bel Ksiri

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Kelâat Sraghna +11.8%

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
21.6%aged 10 and over26.7% in 201428.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.0%20.1% in 201424.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.3%aged 15 and over45.5% in 201415.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.64children per woman2.07 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.0%of settled households94.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Kelâat Sraghna: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over2.9%
2.9%70–742.3%
3.8%65–693.1%
4.9%60–644.7%
4.2%55–594.7%
5.7%50–545.8%
5.8%45–496.4%
5.8%40–446.8%
5.9%35–396.3%
6.3%30–347.2%
6.2%25–297.7%
7.2%20–248.1%
9.2%15–198.4%
11.4%10–149.8%
10.3%5–99.0%
7.8%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit2.1%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French56.4%
  • English22.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot37.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle24.1%
  • Private car18.4%
  • Taxi8.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
32,089
Standing empty
21.4%11.0% vacant10.4% a second home
Precarious
1.9%1.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.8%96.7% on the water mains97.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house85.2%
  • Apartment9.5%
  • Villa2.7%
  • Slum or basic house1.3%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Rural-type0.3%
  • Other0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.5%
  • 20 to 49 years42.3%
  • 50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5,22449.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4,98695.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
10,6132.1 per business
Public services
178
Associations
60in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.0%
  • Services29.0%
  • Industry14.0%
  • Construction3.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person50.4%
  • 2 to 340.8%
  • 4 to 97.5%
  • 10 to 491.1%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.8%
  • 2011–201941.6%
  • 2001–201014.1%
  • 1991–20005.6%
  • 1981–19901.6%
  • 1956–19801.1%
  • Before 19560.1%

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 living in an apartment is 7.4%, against 1.6% across its province.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 3 communes it borders, the median is 0.0%. El Marbouh is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

In 2014 it was 5.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.191.01.03
As digits
071910103
Slug
kelaat-sraghna
OpenStreetMap
2881950
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kelaat-sraghna");

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