Salé

سلا

Urban commune in the préfecture of Salé, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
945,101
Since 2014
+6.1%from 890,403 in 2014
Density
8,589people per km², 110 km²
Households
256,144
Foreign residents
6,626
Rank
55th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 4 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

Sidi BouknadelShoulAmeur

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Salé +6.1%

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
15.0%aged 10 and over20.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.9%25.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.7%aged 15 and over26.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.64children per woman1.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average3.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.5%of settled households82.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Salé: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over3.0%
2.8%70–742.6%
3.9%65–693.6%
5.2%60–645.3%
5.2%55–595.4%
6.0%50–546.2%
6.3%45–496.7%
7.2%40–447.3%
7.2%35–397.5%
7.6%30–347.8%
6.9%25–297.5%
7.4%20–247.7%
7.7%15–197.3%
8.6%10–148.0%
8.4%5–97.6%
7.1%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tachelhit7.5%
  • Tamazight3.2%
  • Tarifit0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French68.9%
  • English28.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot27.5%
  • Private car20.1%
  • Taxi16.6%
  • Employer’s transport11.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.9%
  • Bus6.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
304,908
Standing empty
18.1%9.6% vacant8.5% a second home
Precarious
1.5%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.1%97.7% on the water mains98.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house56.4%
  • Apartment38.3%
  • Traditional house2.3%
  • Villa1.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.6%
  • Rural-type0.4%
  • Other0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years43.2%
  • 20 to 49 years51.8%
  • 50 years or more5.0%

Business and jobs

The census counts Salé by arrondissement. These figures add its 5 arrondissements up. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
37,49239.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
35,90795.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
118,6533.3 per business
Public services
819
Associations
766in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.0%
  • Services30.4%
  • Industry19.2%
  • Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person40.8%
  • 2 to 346.8%
  • 4 to 910.5%
  • 10 to 491.5%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.2%
  • 2011–201933.9%
  • 2001–201017.7%
  • 1991–200010.5%
  • 1981–19904.7%
  • 1956–19802.8%
  • Before 19560.1%

Arrondissements

The city is divided into arrondissements, shaded from least to most dense.

TabriquetHssaineBettanaBab LamrissaLayayda
ArrondissementPopulation, 2024Per km²
Tabriquet تابريكت237,38530,289
Hssaine حصين234,3264,508
Layayda العيايدة229,8388,522
Bab Lamrissa باب لمريسة167,31916,341
Bettana بطانة76,2335,860

In the data

Code
04.441.01.0
As digits
004441010
Slug
sale
Record
/api/communes/04.441.01.0.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.441.01.0/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.441.01.0/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.441.01.0/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.441.01.0/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.441.01.0/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2801066
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sale");

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