Laajajra

لعجاجرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Jemâa Lemta, province of Moulay Yacoub, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 14,715
Since 2014: +1.7%from 14,476 in 2014
Density: 82.6people per km², 178.2 km²
Households: 2,985
Rank: 455455th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 11 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 Laajajra.

Laajajra +1.7%

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: 44.1%aged 10 and over55.7% in 201456.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.2%3.7% in 201423.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.8%aged 15 and over45.3% in 20140.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.00children per woman2.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 40.0%of settled households24.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laajajra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.5%
2.3%	70–74	2.0%
2.5%	65–69	2.1%
3.5%	60–64	3.5%
3.5%	55–59	3.4%
4.2%	50–54	4.8%
4.8%	45–49	5.6%
6.3%	40–44	6.6%
7.7%	35–39	7.2%
6.7%	30–34	7.0%
6.9%	25–29	5.4%
7.6%	20–24	6.6%
9.0%	15–19	9.1%
10.9%	10–14	11.1%
10.9%	5–9	11.5%
10.5%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.3%
Tachelhit0.2%
Hassania0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French25.5%
English4.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.2%
Taxi16.1%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Private car2.9%
Bus1.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.7%

Can’t read or write: 55.7%aged 10 and over44.1% in 202470.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 3.7%8.2% in 202432.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.3%aged 15 and over38.8% in 20242.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.83children per woman3.00 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.3people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 24.3%of settled households40.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Laajajra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	2.4%
1.6%	70–74	1.5%
1.4%	65–69	1.5%
2.8%	60–64	2.6%
3.0%	55–59	2.6%
4.3%	50–54	3.8%
3.9%	45–49	3.9%
4.9%	40–44	5.6%
6.0%	35–39	5.9%
7.6%	30–34	8.2%
9.9%	25–29	9.2%
10.0%	20–24	9.9%
9.3%	15–19	9.1%
10.3%	10–14	10.6%
10.7%	5–9	11.5%
11.8%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only51.7%
Arabic and French44.1%
Arabic, French and English3.2%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot84.5%
Taxi9.7%
Private car1.1%
Bus0.6%
Bike or motorcycle0.5%
Employer’s transport0.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood83.2%
Another province6.8%
No fixed place3.3%
Another in the commune2.5%
Another commune1.6%
At home0.2%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour46.0%
Farming and fishing35.8%
Crafts and skilled trades6.6%
Labouring and small trades4.5%
Clerical work2.6%
Machine operating2.1%
Trade and broking1.8%
Not classified0.5%
Managers and senior professionals0.1%
Technicians0.0%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma79.8%
Primary16.6%
Lower secondary2.7%
Upper secondary0.8%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 31321.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 11235.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1501.3 per business
Public services: 201
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.3%
Services26.8%
Industry17.0%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person76.8%
2 to 320.5%
4 to 92.7%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.4%
2011–201952.7%
2001–20108.0%
1991–20007.1%
1981–19900.9%
1956–19800.9%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 03.591.05.03
As digits: 035910503
Slug: laajajra
Record: /api/communes/03.591.05.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.591.05.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.591.05.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.591.05.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.591.05.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2813718

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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