Safi

آسفي

Urban commune in the province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
323,888
Since 2014
+5.0%from 308,508 in 2014
Density
4,418people per km², 73.3 km²
Households
85,929
Foreign residents
324
Rank
1212th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

Ouled SalmaneAtouabetLamaachateEl GhiateNaggaSebt GzoulaKhatazakaneHraraEl BeddouzaAyirMoul El BerguiDar Si AissaSaadlaSidi AissaLahdarLabkhatiEl GouraaniJamaat ShaimBouguedraSidi EttijiLamraslaLaamamraLamsabihChahda

How it changed

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

Safi +5.0%

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
17.0%aged 10 and over21.8% in 201422.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.1%24.6% in 201431.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.2%aged 15 and over48.3% in 201420.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.59children per woman1.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.3%of settled households91.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Safi: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.9%
3.3%70–743.2%
4.2%65–694.0%
5.5%60–645.8%
5.3%55–595.4%
6.1%50–546.3%
6.3%45–496.6%
7.1%40–447.1%
6.8%35–396.8%
6.9%30–347.1%
6.5%25–296.9%
7.2%20–247.6%
8.0%15–197.5%
8.9%10–148.2%
8.3%5–97.7%
6.7%0–46.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit2.0%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French64.4%
  • English23.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.7%
  • Private car15.0%
  • Employer’s transport11.8%
  • Bus7.0%
  • Taxi6.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
103,416
Standing empty
20.1%12.5% vacant7.6% a second home
Precarious
1.0%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
90.2%92.1% on the water mains95.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house79.4%
  • Apartment14.6%
  • Villa3.4%
  • Traditional house1.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.4%
  • Other0.4%
  • Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years45.9%
  • 20 to 49 years42.7%
  • 50 years or more11.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14,92746.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14,20395.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
38,1292.7 per business
Public services
499
Associations
225in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.3%
  • Services29.2%
  • Industry13.5%
  • Construction5.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.0%
  • 2 to 329.3%
  • 4 to 95.9%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.4%
  • 2011–201935.0%
  • 2001–201015.3%
  • 1991–20008.5%
  • 1981–19904.3%
  • 1956–19803.0%
  • Before 19560.6%

In the data

Code
07.431.01.03
As digits
074310103
Slug
safi
Record
/api/communes/07.431.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.431.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.431.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.431.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.431.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.431.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2827820
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("safi");

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