My Idriss Zerhoun

مولاي إدريس زرهون

Urban commune in the préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
10,038
Since 2014
−13.6%from 11,615 in 2014
Density
3,969people per km², 2.5 km²
Households
2,947
Foreign residents
1
Rank
742742nd most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Oualili, 12.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 99.7%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 44.1% to 31.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rommani. Aged 0 to 14: 22.9% here, 23.4% there; aged 65 and over: 13.2% here, 12.5% there; can’t read or write: 23.7% here, 25.0% there.

Compare it with Rommani

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 My Idriss Zerhoun.

My Idriss Zerhoun −13.6%

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
23.7%aged 10 and over25.7% in 201431.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.7%22.8% in 201411.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.1%aged 15 and over44.1% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.87children per woman1.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.4people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.8%of settled households93.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

My Idriss Zerhoun: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over5.0%
3.3%70–743.8%
4.9%65–695.2%
6.2%60–646.5%
7.1%55–597.0%
7.2%50–547.2%
6.5%45–497.2%
6.2%40–446.6%
5.6%35–396.2%
5.4%30–346.0%
4.8%25–295.5%
5.7%20–246.0%
8.4%15–196.5%
9.3%10–148.1%
8.5%5–97.5%
6.7%0–45.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tarifit2.6%
  • Tachelhit2.0%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French57.4%
  • English12.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot80.2%
  • Taxi7.5%
  • Private car3.2%
  • Animal2.1%
  • Bus2.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.2%
  • Informal transport1.0%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,430
Standing empty
20.5%11.5% vacant9.0% a second home
Precarious
0.2%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
99.1%98.4% on the water mains98.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.8%
  • Traditional house6.6%
  • Apartment1.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Rural-type0.0%
  • Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years21.7%
  • 20 to 49 years61.4%
  • 50 years or more16.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
61761.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
53987.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7811.4 per business
Public services
63
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.6%
  • Services31.4%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.9%
  • 2 to 326.0%
  • 4 to 93.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later14.5%
  • 2011–201931.9%
  • 2001–201027.6%
  • 1991–200011.7%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19806.7%
  • Before 19563.2%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.061.01.09
As digits
030610109
Slug
my-idriss-zerhoun
OpenStreetMap
2561365
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("my-idriss-zerhoun");

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