Mehdya

مهدية

Urban commune in the province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
58,558
Since 2014
+104.5%from 28,636 in 2014
Density
4,874people per km², 12 km²
Households
16,071
Foreign residents
202
Rank
8787th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 23 in its province

Next door in Mnasra, 5.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 99.6%.

Since 2014, households in an apartment went from 6.8% to 24.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Mansouria. Apartments: 24.5% here, 24.8% there; higher education: 13.9% here, 13.7% there; can’t read or write: 13.0% here, 16.8% there.

Compare it with El Mansouria

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

14110

Villages and hamlets

Mehdia

How it changed

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

Mehdya +104.5%

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
13.0%aged 10 and over21.6% in 201417.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.1%18.4% in 201417.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.2%aged 15 and over51.7% in 201426.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.26children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.0%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.6%of settled households94.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mehdya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.3%75 and over1.4%
1.8%70–741.4%
3.2%65–692.4%
4.6%60–643.9%
4.1%55–594.4%
5.0%50–545.2%
5.5%45–495.6%
7.0%40–446.8%
7.7%35–398.0%
8.9%30–349.3%
7.6%25–299.2%
7.5%20–248.5%
7.5%15–197.8%
9.5%10–148.6%
9.8%5–98.9%
8.8%0–48.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit4.0%
  • Tamazight2.5%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Hassania0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French71.2%
  • English29.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.1%
  • Employer’s transport21.2%
  • Private car16.5%
  • Bus7.6%
  • Taxi7.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.8%
  • Train1.8%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
26,518
Standing empty
42.1%16.9% vacant25.1% a second home
Precarious
0.4%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.2%95.6% on the water mains95.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house58.6%
  • Apartment34.7%
  • Villa5.7%
  • Traditional house0.6%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years80.8%
  • 20 to 49 years18.5%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,65228.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,57995.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,4352.2 per business
Public services
56
Associations
17in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.2%
  • Services35.6%
  • Industry9.6%
  • Construction5.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.1%
  • 2 to 336.7%
  • 4 to 94.2%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later53.9%
  • 2011–201935.9%
  • 2001–20106.2%
  • 1991–20001.3%
  • 1981–19900.3%
  • 1956–19802.4%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.281.01.05
As digits
042810105
Slug
mehdya
OpenStreetMap
2804286
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mehdya");

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