Ribate El Kheir

رباط الخير

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

Population, 2024
18,469
Since 2014
+10.3%from 16,739 in 2014
Density
1,851people per km², 10 km²
Households
4,958
Foreign residents
14
Rank
343343rd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 23 in its province

Next door in Irhzrane, 0.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 81.2%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 54.7% to 81.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Timoulilt. Unemployment: 40.5% here, 39.6% there; in the labour force: 30.1% here, 31.3% there; running water: 98.8% here, 94.6% there.

Compare it with Timoulilt

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

31350

How it changed

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

Ribate El Kheir +10.3%

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
31.2%aged 10 and over34.3% in 201441.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
40.5%32.0% in 201449.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.1%aged 15 and over33.2% in 201411.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.35children per woman1.63 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.8%of settled households93.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ribate El Kheir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over4.6%
3.0%70–742.5%
4.6%65–694.0%
7.0%60–645.9%
5.8%55–595.7%
7.1%50–547.0%
5.5%45–497.0%
4.8%40–446.9%
5.0%35–397.3%
4.7%30–346.2%
5.2%25–295.4%
6.6%20–247.1%
10.1%15–198.6%
10.1%10–148.6%
9.8%5–97.8%
6.7%0–45.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tamazight50.5%
  • Tachelhit2.9%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French57.8%
  • English23.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.8%
  • Employer’s transport11.4%
  • Private car9.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.6%
  • Taxi3.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.1%
  • Informal transport2.1%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,962
Standing empty
18.7%9.0% vacant9.7% a second home
Precarious
2.1%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
78.9%96.7% on the water mains96.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house95.8%
  • Villa1.4%
  • Rural-type0.9%
  • Slum or basic house0.6%
  • Other0.6%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Apartment0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years65.8%
  • 20 to 49 years29.6%
  • 50 years or more4.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
69637.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
64692.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9331.4 per business
Public services
35
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.3%
  • Services28.6%
  • Industry11.3%
  • Construction6.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person79.3%
  • 2 to 317.3%
  • 4 to 92.8%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later51.1%
  • 2011–201930.0%
  • 2001–20109.8%
  • 1991–20006.2%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.451.01.07
As digits
034510107
Slug
ribate-el-kheir
OpenStreetMap
2816242
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ribate-el-kheir");

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