Sabbah

صباح

Rural commune in the cercle of Témara, préfecture of Skhirate-Témara, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 15,552
Since 2014: +3.5%from 15,029 in 2014
Density: 213people per km², 72.9 km²
Households: 3,456
Foreign residents: 12
Rank: 426426th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 10 in its préfecture

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 Sabbah.

Sabbah +3.5%

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: 23.4%aged 10 and over37.3% in 201432.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.5%18.1% in 201422.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.1%aged 15 and over49.3% in 201413.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.02children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.3%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 70.6%of settled households37.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sabbah: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.5%
1.8%	70–74	2.0%
3.0%	65–69	2.6%
4.0%	60–64	4.0%
4.6%	55–59	4.5%
5.7%	50–54	5.2%
6.0%	45–49	6.4%
7.7%	40–44	6.6%
7.4%	35–39	7.3%
6.8%	30–34	7.1%
6.5%	25–29	7.5%
6.6%	20–24	8.2%
8.3%	15–19	8.5%
10.5%	10–14	9.5%
10.5%	5–9	10.0%
8.4%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit4.9%
Tamazight1.6%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French53.2%
English11.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot23.1%
Employer’s transport21.3%
Taxi15.3%
Bike or motorcycle11.9%
Private car9.4%
Bus6.1%

Can’t read or write: 37.3%aged 10 and over23.4% in 202447.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.1%15.5% in 202435.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.3%aged 15 and over41.1% in 202417.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.36children per woman2.02 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people3.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 37.3%of settled households70.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sabbah: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.6%	75 and over	1.8%
1.2%	70–74	1.6%
1.3%	65–69	1.5%
2.6%	60–64	2.6%
3.7%	55–59	3.5%
4.7%	50–54	4.4%
5.2%	45–49	5.1%
6.7%	40–44	6.4%
7.7%	35–39	7.8%
8.9%	30–34	8.4%
8.8%	25–29	9.3%
8.8%	20–24	9.3%
8.8%	15–19	8.6%
8.7%	10–14	9.4%
9.6%	5–9	9.5%
11.8%	0–4	10.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit3.7%
Tamazight0.8%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French49.3%
Arabic only37.5%
Arabic, French and English12.1%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.5%
Taxi21.3%
Bike or motorcycle9.5%
Private car6.6%
Bus4.3%
Employer’s transport3.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood36.6%
Another commune30.1%
No fixed place16.6%
Another in the commune5.1%
Another province5.0%
At home3.6%
Somewhere else0.4%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades23.7%
Farm and fishing labour21.7%
Crafts and skilled trades21.0%
Clerical work10.0%
Farming and fishing7.8%
Machine operating7.0%
Trade and broking5.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.3%
Not classified1.2%
Technicians1.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma62.1%
Primary25.1%
Lower secondary8.8%
Upper secondary3.1%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 37524.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 34892.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,0423.0 per business
Public services: 25
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce67.2%
Services15.8%
Industry11.2%
Construction5.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person61.5%
2 to 329.6%
4 to 93.7%
10 to 494.3%
50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later55.5%
2011–201929.3%
2001–201011.5%
1991–20003.2%
1981–19900.3%
1956–19800.3%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 04.501.05.05
As digits: 045010505
Slug: sabbah
Record: /api/communes/04.501.05.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.501.05.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.501.05.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.501.05.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.501.05.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2498876

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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