Méchouar-Kasba

مشور– القصبة

Urban commune in the préfecture of Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
12,116
Since 2014
−28.1%from 16,860 in 2014
Density
914people per km², 13.3 km²
Households
3,345
Foreign residents
336
Rank
589589th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 15 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

MarrakechM'nabhaOuled DlimHarbilLoudayaSid ZouineOulad HassouneAl OuidaneOuahat Sidi BrahimSouihlaAgafayAit ImourSaadaTassoultante

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Méchouar-Kasba −28.1%

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
17.1%aged 10 and over22.1% in 201424.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.9%20.3% in 201421.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.8%aged 15 and over50.2% in 201425.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.33children per woman1.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people6.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.2%of settled households97.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Méchouar-Kasba: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.4%75 and over7.2%
3.7%70–744.9%
6.4%65–696.1%
7.5%60–648.7%
7.2%55–598.1%
7.1%50–546.8%
5.8%45–496.2%
5.7%40–446.7%
5.6%35–395.8%
6.9%30–346.7%
6.9%25–295.6%
8.0%20–246.5%
7.3%15–195.9%
7.1%10–145.8%
5.6%5–94.8%
4.7%0–44.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija96.3%
  • Tachelhit11.8%
  • Tamazight1.8%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.2%
  • French71.4%
  • English31.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle33.0%
  • On foot26.4%
  • Private car21.6%
  • Bus7.8%
  • Taxi5.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,920
Standing empty
38.7%16.0% vacant22.6% a second home
Precarious
1.0%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.4%98.6% on the water mains98.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Traditional house36.9%
  • Modern house29.0%
  • Apartment26.8%
  • Villa6.2%
  • Rural-type0.5%
  • Other0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years48.8%
  • 20 to 49 years41.5%
  • 50 years or more9.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
80366.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
74592.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4,2355.7 per business
Public services
52
Associations
6in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services46.2%
  • Commerce44.0%
  • Industry8.7%
  • Construction1.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person41.2%
  • 2 to 335.2%
  • 4 to 915.7%
  • 10 to 495.6%
  • 50 and over2.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.6%
  • 2011–201932.5%
  • 2001–201019.5%
  • 1991–20007.5%
  • 1981–19903.6%
  • 1956–19803.8%
  • Before 19560.5%

In the data

Code
07.351.01.01
As digits
073510101
Slug
mechouar-kasba
Record
/api/communes/07.351.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.351.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.351.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.351.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.351.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.351.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2799528
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mechouar-kasba");

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