Malloussa

ملوسة

Rural commune in the cercle of Fahs, province of Fahs-Anjra, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
18,854
Since 2014
+53.9%from 12,250 in 2014
Density
153people per km², 123.5 km²
Households
4,627
Foreign residents
7
Rank
337337th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 7 in its province

Next door in Al Bahraoyine, 76.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 14.7% to 52.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Soualem Trifiya. Aged 65 and over: 6.3% here, 6.0% there; household size: 3.9 here, 3.7 there; aged 0 to 14: 31.9% here, 30.7% there.

Compare it with Soualem Trifiya

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

94053

How it changed

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

Malloussa +53.9%

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
27.9%aged 10 and over41.4% in 201435.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.0%13.9% in 20149.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
51.6%aged 15 and over49.5% in 201417.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
91.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.33children per woman2.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
52.0%of settled households14.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Malloussa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.7%
2.1%70–741.5%
2.3%65–692.1%
3.1%60–642.9%
3.5%55–593.5%
4.3%50–544.2%
5.3%45–495.2%
6.8%40–446.0%
8.1%35–397.2%
8.2%30–348.5%
7.6%25–297.9%
7.3%20–247.9%
7.8%15–198.0%
9.7%10–1410.1%
11.0%5–911.3%
10.9%0–411.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit1.9%
  • Tamazight1.4%
  • Tarifit1.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French35.5%
  • English8.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.8%
  • Employer’s transport19.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.0%
  • Bus6.9%
  • Private car5.5%
  • Informal transport3.8%
  • Taxi3.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.7%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
41221.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
27667.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
13,57949.2 per business
Public services
115
Associations
21in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.8%
  • Services29.7%
  • Industry13.8%
  • Construction4.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person76.8%
  • 2 to 313.0%
  • 4 to 93.6%
  • 10 to 494.7%
  • 50 and over1.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later55.4%
  • 2011–201927.9%
  • 2001–201010.1%
  • 1991–20004.7%
  • 1981–19900.7%
  • 1956–19801.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The number of permanent jobs in businesses is 720.2 per 1,000 people, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 60.2 per 1,000 people. Jouamaa is furthest from it, at 2,141.4 per 1,000 people.

The number of permanent jobs per business is 49.2, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 4.1. Jouamaa is furthest from it, at 99.5.

How these are picked

Douars

Malloussa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 6 fractions, with 18,188 people. 666 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
البرجEl Borj3 douars · 3,697 people
دار حمرانDar HammraneDispersed4341,8291.62.311.5
البرجEl BorjDispersed3111,3081.12.314.9
عين عنصرAin OnsarGrouped1385601.22.212.7
المركزCentre3 douars · 2,919 people
بولعيشيشBoulaaychichGrouped1234560.81.21.2
المخفيEl MakhfiGrouped4561,7071.21.62.2
ملوسةMalloussaGrouped1997561.22.12.2
الرمانErommane3 douars · 4,349 people
الرمانErommaneIn parts8373,1911.42.17.9
وازلةOuazlaGrouped1256———
الزميجZemmijIn parts2691,1021.22.78.5
الحموميLahmoumi2 douars · 1,559 people
الحموميLahmoumiIn parts2359661.21.26.9
عين اسعيدAïn SaïdIn parts1575931.11.54.7
عزيب بولعيشAzib Boulaich3 douars · 3,062 people
عزيب بولعيشAzib BoulaichIn parts2219181.01.412.9
غدير الدفلةGhedir EddeflaGrouped4761,6951.11.210.6
تافوغالتTafoughaltGrouped1104491.11.56.2
اغزييلشGhzeylech3 douars · 2,602 people
اغزييلشGhzeylechIn parts1897840.70.98.5
عين حمراءAin LhamraIn parts2368861.62.09.2
اللنجرييشLanjriyechIn parts2249320.71.06.7

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
01.227.05.09
As digits
012270509
Slug
malloussa
OpenStreetMap
2752962
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("malloussa");

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