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

Next door in Haddada, 1.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 96.5%.

Since 2014, households in an apartment went from 17.5% to 27.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Marrakech. Apartments: 27.7% here, 30.1% there; can’t read or write: 13.1% here, 13.8% there; read French: 70.2% here, 71.2% there.

Compare it with Marrakech

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcodes

14000, 14006, 14010, 14020, 14030, 14040, 14050, 14060, 14070, 14080, 14090

Villages and hamlets

Assam, Nkhakhsa

How it changed

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

Kénitra +17.7%

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
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.

Kénitra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.3%
2.9%70–742.6%
4.2%65–693.9%
5.5%60–645.4%
5.2%55–595.4%
5.8%50–546.0%
5.8%45–496.3%
6.7%40–447.0%
6.9%35–397.2%
7.7%30–348.0%
7.2%25–297.9%
7.5%20–248.1%
7.5%15–197.0%
8.6%10–147.7%
8.5%5–97.7%
7.3%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit5.4%
  • Tamazight2.6%
  • Tarifit0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French70.2%
  • English29.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot23.3%
  • Employer’s transport21.6%
  • Private car20.0%
  • Bus9.0%
  • Taxi8.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
  • Train3.2%
  • Informal transport0.8%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

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
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house55.7%
  • Apartment36.9%
  • Villa3.6%
  • Slum or basic house1.8%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Other0.5%
  • Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years65.6%
  • 20 to 49 years30.6%
  • 50 years or more3.8%

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
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.0%
  • Services37.2%
  • Industry10.6%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person46.6%
  • 2 to 340.7%
  • 4 to 99.9%
  • 10 to 492.3%
  • 50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.2%
  • 2011–201949.8%
  • 2001–201013.9%
  • 1991–20005.1%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19803.1%
  • Before 19560.7%

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.281.01.01
As digits
042810101
Slug
kenitra
OpenStreetMap
2804287
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kenitra");

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