Oued Essafa

واد الصفاء

Rural commune in the cercle of Biougra, province of Chtouka-Aït Baha, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
83,442
Since 2014
+47.6%from 56,547 in 2014
Density
307people per km², 272.2 km²
Households
21,290
Foreign residents
162
Rank
6666th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 22 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi BibiBiougraAit AmiraInchadenSidi OuassayMassaBelfaâAit MilkSidi Abdallah El BouchouariSidi BoushabAit OuadrimTargua-NtouchkaImi-MqournAit BahaAit MzalTassegdeltHilalaIda-OugnidifAouguenzTanaltTizi Ntakoucht

How it changed

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

Oued Essafa +47.6%

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
29.8%aged 10 and over38.4% in 201439.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.0%8.8% in 201422.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.3%aged 15 and over47.6% in 201416.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman2.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.4%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.4%of settled households94.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oued Essafa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.8%75 and over2.0%
1.7%70–741.5%
2.1%65–691.9%
3.3%60–643.2%
4.0%55–593.7%
5.6%50–545.1%
6.5%45–496.5%
7.3%40–447.7%
7.0%35–397.9%
6.9%30–347.7%
6.4%25–297.0%
7.6%20–247.5%
9.3%15–198.6%
11.0%10–1410.6%
10.5%5–910.5%
8.9%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija78.1%
  • Tachelhit75.0%
  • Tamazight6.3%
  • Hassania0.9%
  • Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French52.9%
  • English15.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle25.2%
  • On foot23.6%
  • Employer’s transport22.2%
  • Private car9.3%
  • Taxi5.0%
  • Bus4.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,27115.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
91972.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,3562.6 per business
Public services
206
Associations
146in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce69.9%
  • Services14.8%
  • Industry14.0%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.9%
  • 2 to 316.3%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later59.0%
  • 2011–201928.9%
  • 2001–20108.1%
  • 1991–20002.6%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
09.163.07.23
As digits
091630723
Slug
oued-essafa
Record
/api/communes/09.163.07.23.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.163.07.23/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.163.07.23/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.163.07.23/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.163.07.23/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2832934
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oued-essafa");

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