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

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 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
Men	Age	Women
2.0%	75 and over	2.7%
2.1%	70–74	1.5%
2.3%	65–69	2.1%
3.1%	60–64	2.9%
3.5%	55–59	3.5%
4.3%	50–54	4.2%
5.3%	45–49	5.2%
6.8%	40–44	6.0%
8.1%	35–39	7.2%
8.2%	30–34	8.5%
7.6%	25–29	7.9%
7.3%	20–24	7.9%
7.8%	15–19	8.0%
9.7%	10–14	10.1%
11.0%	5–9	11.3%
10.9%	0–4	11.0%

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%

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%
Bus6.9%
Private car5.5%
Taxi3.4%
Bike or motorcycle2.7%

Can’t read or write: 41.4%aged 10 and over27.9% in 202453.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.9%10.0% in 202427.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.5%aged 15 and over51.6% in 202414.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.82children per woman3.33 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.6%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 14.7%of settled households52.0% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age	Women
2.9%	75 and over	2.9%
1.7%	70–74	1.9%
1.8%	65–69	2.1%
2.8%	60–64	2.4%
2.9%	55–59	2.7%
4.0%	50–54	4.1%
4.4%	45–49	4.8%
5.7%	40–44	5.3%
6.1%	35–39	6.7%
7.6%	30–34	6.8%
8.6%	25–29	8.6%
10.3%	20–24	10.5%
10.1%	15–19	9.9%
10.1%	10–14	10.2%
9.9%	5–9	9.9%
11.0%	0–4	11.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tarifit1.3%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only48.8%
Arabic and French46.7%
Arabic, French and English3.7%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.9%
Taxi24.8%
Employer’s transport4.6%
Private car2.5%
Bike or motorcycle0.9%
Bus0.7%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood54.9%
No fixed place16.7%
Another province11.0%
Another in the commune6.8%
Another commune5.3%
At home2.1%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades24.7%
Farming and fishing23.7%
Labouring and small trades20.6%
Farm and fishing labour11.5%
Machine operating8.2%
Clerical work5.8%
Trade and broking3.4%
Technicians1.1%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Not classified0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma81.6%
Primary12.9%
Lower secondary4.2%
Upper secondary1.0%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

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

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%

In the data

Code: 01.227.05.09
As digits: 012270509
Slug: malloussa
Record: /api/communes/01.227.05.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.227.05.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.227.05.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.227.05.09/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.227.05.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2752962

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("malloussa");

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