Khémisset

الخميسات

Urban commune in the province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
125,834
Since 2014
−4.3%from 131,542 in 2014
Density
4,064people per km², 31 km²
Households
34,344
Foreign residents
45
Rank
3030th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 35 in its province

Next door in Sidi Allal Lamsadder, 0.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 98.2%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Kasba Tadla. Read French: 67.0% here, 64.9% there; can’t read or write: 21.7% here, 22.4% there; higher education: 11.2% here, 9.7% there.

Compare it with Kasba Tadla

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcodes

15000, 15010, 15020

How it changed

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

Khémisset −4.3%

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
21.7%aged 10 and over26.8% in 201430.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.1%26.6% in 201440.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.3%aged 15 and over42.9% in 201416.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.45children per woman1.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.7%of settled households88.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Khémisset: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over4.4%
3.6%70–743.0%
5.4%65–694.1%
6.9%60–646.6%
5.6%55–596.2%
6.5%50–547.2%
5.7%45–497.0%
5.9%40–447.0%
5.9%35–396.8%
6.1%30–346.7%
5.8%25–296.2%
7.2%20–247.3%
8.2%15–197.3%
9.5%10–148.2%
8.3%5–97.1%
6.1%0–45.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tamazight35.8%
  • Tachelhit9.0%
  • Tarifit0.8%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French67.0%
  • English24.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.2%
  • Private car18.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.0%
  • Taxi8.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.3%
  • Employer’s transport3.8%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
42,055
Standing empty
21.0%10.1% vacant10.9% a second home
Precarious
2.1%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.4%95.9% on the water mains96.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house87.3%
  • Apartment7.0%
  • Traditional house1.9%
  • Villa1.8%
  • Other1.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.8%
  • Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.8%
  • 20 to 49 years38.6%
  • 50 years or more3.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6,02447.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5,72795.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
10,7871.9 per business
Public services
188
Associations
109in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.1%
  • Services30.2%
  • Industry14.6%
  • Construction3.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.4%
  • 2 to 332.6%
  • 4 to 96.1%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.9%
  • 2011–201931.0%
  • 2001–201017.4%
  • 1991–200010.1%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19802.9%
  • Before 19560.2%

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.291.01.01
As digits
042910101
Slug
khemisset
OpenStreetMap
2808190
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("khemisset");

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