M'haya

المهاية

Rural commune in the cercle of Meknès-Banlieue, préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
30,060
Since 2014
+13.9%from 26,395 in 2014
Density
257people per km², 116.8 km²
Households
6,424
Foreign residents
7
Rank
181181st most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 21 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

MeknèsAl Machouar-StiniaToulalDar Oum SoltaneAin JemaaAin OrmaMy Idriss ZerhounOualiliOued JdidaOuislaneDkhissaSidi Slimane Moul Al KifaneMajjateBoufakraneCharqaouaN'zalat Bni AmarMrhassiyineSidi Abdellah Al KhayatAin Karma-Oued RommaneAit Ouallal

How it changed

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

M'haya +13.9%

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
36.3%aged 10 and over42.2% in 201445.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.7%6.1% in 201432.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.1%aged 15 and over45.5% in 20144.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.36children per woman2.29 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.6%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
87.4%of settled households71.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

M'haya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.6%
2.1%70–741.9%
2.7%65–692.7%
4.1%60–643.8%
3.8%55–593.8%
5.2%50–545.1%
6.1%45–495.9%
6.6%40–446.7%
6.3%35–396.5%
6.3%30–346.6%
6.4%25–296.5%
7.5%20–247.4%
9.1%15–199.1%
11.0%10–1410.7%
10.8%5–910.9%
9.9%0–49.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit1.6%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French39.2%
  • English6.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.0%
  • Employer’s transport18.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.8%
  • Taxi7.2%
  • Private car5.7%
  • Bus2.6%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,939
Standing empty
17.6%9.7% vacant7.8% a second home
Precarious
1.3%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
68.8%95.7% on the water mains96.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house94.1%
  • Villa2.6%
  • Apartment1.1%
  • Rural-type1.0%
  • Traditional house0.9%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years82.0%
  • 20 to 49 years16.6%
  • 50 years or more1.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
65821.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
51778.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
8081.6 per business
Public services
119
Associations
22in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.1%
  • Services29.2%
  • Industry12.8%
  • Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.6%
  • 2 to 324.2%
  • 4 to 93.5%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.4%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–201013.9%
  • 1991–20006.4%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19804.8%
  • Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

M'haya6,965

In the data

Code
03.061.05.05
As digits
030610505
Slug
m-haya
Record
/api/communes/03.061.05.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.061.05.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.061.05.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.061.05.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.061.05.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.061.05.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2813766
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("m-haya");

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