Rhafsai

غفساي

Urban commune in the province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,117
Since 2014
+11.9%from 6,361 in 2014
Density
839people per km², 8.5 km²
Households
1,894
Foreign residents
1
Rank
989989th most populous of 1,503 communes44th of 49 in its province

Where it is

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

El BibaneOudkaTaounateAin MediounaKissaneTafrantTaboudaSidi Yahia Bni ZeroualThar Es-SoukBni Ounjel TafraoutTameditBouhoudaGalazZrizerBouadelRghiouaFennassa Bab El HitSidi MokhfiKhlalfaAin MaatoufBni OulidRas El OuedTissaAin AichaEl BsabsaOulad DaoudBouaroussLouljaSidi El AbedBouchabelJbabraKaria Ba MohamedMoulay AbdelkrimMoulay BouchtaRhouaziSidi M'hamed Ben LahcenMessassaOutabouabaneAin LegdahOulad AyyadOued JemaaBni SnousMkansaOurtzarhMezraouaTimezganaRatbaSidi Haj M'hamed

How it changed

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

Rhafsai +11.9%

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
20.4%aged 10 and over24.5% in 201430.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.8%15.1% in 201421.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.8%aged 15 and over45.5% in 201411.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.48children per woman2.14 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.4%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.6%of settled households86.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Rhafsai: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.7%
2.1%70–741.9%
3.4%65–692.8%
4.3%60–644.0%
4.3%55–594.3%
6.3%50–545.1%
7.0%45–495.4%
7.1%40–446.8%
6.9%35–397.7%
6.5%30–347.3%
5.3%25–297.2%
6.3%20–247.4%
8.8%15–199.3%
10.4%10–1410.2%
10.3%5–99.6%
9.0%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French57.2%
  • English22.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot61.8%
  • Private car15.3%
  • Employer’s transport5.9%
  • Taxi4.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.2%
  • Bus0.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,349
Standing empty
21.5%12.3% vacant9.1% a second home
Precarious
17.8%8.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
84.6%90.1% on the water mains96.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
25.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house77.1%
  • Rural-type8.9%
  • Slum or basic house8.6%
  • Apartment3.4%
  • Villa0.9%
  • Traditional house0.9%
  • Other0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years64.4%
  • 20 to 49 years32.5%
  • 50 years or more3.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
44362.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
40791.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
8522.1 per business
Public services
28
Associations
8in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.8%
  • Services30.5%
  • Industry6.4%
  • Construction6.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person48.2%
  • 2 to 341.0%
  • 4 to 99.1%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.6%
  • 2011–201957.7%
  • 2001–201011.8%
  • 1991–20005.4%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
03.531.01.01
As digits
035310101
Slug
rhafsai
Record
/api/communes/03.531.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.531.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.531.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.531.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.531.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.531.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2753146
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("rhafsai");

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