Kénitra
القنيطرة
Urban commune in the province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 507,736
- Since 2014
- +17.7%from 431,282 in 2014
- Density
- 4,178people per km², 121.5 km²
- Households
- 138,708
- Foreign residents
- 2,661
- Rank
- 88th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 23 in its province
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 Kénitra.
Kénitra +17.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 13.1%aged 10 and over18.9% in 201418.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 20.0%20.9% in 201421.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.5%aged 15 and over50.0% in 201426.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.72children per woman1.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.0%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.6people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 98.8%of settled households92.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 3.3% |
| 2.9% | 70–74 | 2.6% |
| 4.2% | 65–69 | 3.9% |
| 5.5% | 60–64 | 5.4% |
| 5.2% | 55–59 | 5.4% |
| 5.8% | 50–54 | 6.0% |
| 5.8% | 45–49 | 6.3% |
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 7.0% |
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.2% |
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 8.0% |
| 7.2% | 25–29 | 7.9% |
| 7.5% | 20–24 | 8.1% |
| 7.5% | 15–19 | 7.0% |
| 8.6% | 10–14 | 7.7% |
| 8.5% | 5–9 | 7.7% |
| 7.3% | 0–4 | 6.5% |
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 18.9%aged 10 and over13.1% in 202426.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 20.9%20.0% in 202429.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 50.0%aged 15 and over44.5% in 202430.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 98.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.86children per woman1.72 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.8%of people4.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.1people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 92.6%of settled households98.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0% | 75 and over | 2.4% |
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 1.9% |
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 2.0% |
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 3.6% |
| 5.3% | 55–59 | 4.8% |
| 6.6% | 50–54 | 6.4% |
| 6.2% | 45–49 | 6.5% |
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 7.2% |
| 6.7% | 35–39 | 7.4% |
| 7.6% | 30–34 | 8.1% |
| 8.1% | 25–29 | 8.6% |
| 9.0% | 20–24 | 9.5% |
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 8.2% |
| 8.4% | 10–14 | 7.7% |
| 8.1% | 5–9 | 7.4% |
| 9.0% | 0–4 | 8.3% |
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Kénitra’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 179,175
- Standing empty
- 26.1%11.1% vacant15.0% a second home
- Precarious
- 2.5%1.8% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 96.5%97.4% on the water mains97.8% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 3.5%households short, against the sound stock
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 20,22139.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 19,42896.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 69,3143.6 per business
- Public services
- 582
- Associations
- 211in premises of their own
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
In the data
- Code
04.281.01.01- As digits
042810101- Slug
kenitra- Census figures
/api/communes/04.281.01.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.281.01.01/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.281.01.01/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.281.01.01/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2804287
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("kenitra");