Moulay Ali Cherif

مولاي علي الشريف

Urban commune in the province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
22,082
Since 2014
−0.6%from 22,209 in 2014
Density
3,945people per km², 5.6 km²
Households
4,481
Foreign residents
8
Rank
271271st most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 29 in its province

Next door in Bni M'hamed-Sijelmassa, 3.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 93.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 79.3% to 93.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jorf El Melha. Aged 65 and over: 6.3% here, 6.3% there; running water: 99.9% here, 98.4% there; read French: 57.1% here, 57.1% there.

Compare it with Jorf El Melha

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

52015

How it changed

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

Moulay Ali Cherif −0.6%

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
17.2%aged 10 and over22.9% in 201424.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.1%12.6% in 201439.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.3%aged 15 and over40.1% in 20148.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.66children per woman2.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.7%of people2.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.9%of settled households95.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Ali Cherif: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.2%
2.2%70–741.7%
2.7%65–691.9%
4.2%60–643.6%
3.6%55–593.9%
4.8%50–544.6%
5.9%45–496.0%
6.8%40–447.2%
6.4%35–396.7%
7.0%30–347.5%
6.2%25–297.4%
7.2%20–247.5%
9.4%15–199.1%
11.7%10–1411.1%
10.6%5–910.6%
9.2%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tamazight19.0%
  • Tachelhit4.0%
  • Hassania0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French57.1%
  • English21.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot47.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle32.2%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Taxi4.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,858
Standing empty
26.2%17.1% vacant9.1% a second home
Precarious
7.7%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
91.7%98.6% on the water mains98.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house85.1%
  • Rural-type7.4%
  • Traditional house6.9%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Apartment0.2%
  • Other0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.4%
  • 20 to 49 years38.8%
  • 50 years or more4.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,53269.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,41792.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,7351.2 per business
Public services
83
Associations
32in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.5%
  • Services20.7%
  • Industry14.7%
  • Construction5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.8%
  • 2 to 37.4%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.3%
  • 2011–201932.7%
  • 2001–201018.3%
  • 1991–200014.3%
  • 1981–19905.9%
  • 1956–19806.5%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.201.01.13
As digits
082010113
Slug
moulay-ali-cherif
OpenStreetMap
5150546
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("moulay-ali-cherif");

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