Sefrou

صفرو

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

Population, 2024
86,903
Since 2014
+8.8%from 79,887 in 2014
Density
7,281people per km², 11.9 km²
Households
24,625
Foreign residents
90
Rank
6363rd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 23 in its province

Next door in Aghbalou Aqorar, 17.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 98.8%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Khouribga. Read French: 70.4% here, 70.6% there; higher education: 12.2% here, 12.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 24.1% here, 25.2% there.

Compare it with Khouribga

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcodes

31000, 31010

How it changed

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

Sefrou +8.8%

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
19.5%aged 10 and over24.1% in 201427.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.4%23.8% in 201432.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.7%aged 15 and over44.8% in 201420.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.73children per woman1.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average3.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.1%of settled households91.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sefrou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over3.7%
3.2%70–742.9%
4.9%65–693.8%
6.4%60–646.0%
6.1%55–595.7%
6.6%50–546.6%
5.8%45–497.1%
5.9%40–447.4%
5.6%35–397.2%
5.8%30–346.8%
5.2%25–296.2%
6.5%20–246.9%
8.7%15–197.5%
9.8%10–148.6%
9.1%5–97.7%
7.1%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tamazight22.3%
  • Tachelhit3.3%
  • Tarifit0.9%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French70.4%
  • English25.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.1%
  • Private car16.0%
  • Employer’s transport7.7%
  • Taxi6.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.2%
  • Bus3.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.4%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
30,170
Standing empty
21.8%11.3% vacant10.5% a second home
Precarious
2.7%1.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.7%95.8% on the water mains97.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
4.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house80.6%
  • Apartment8.6%
  • Traditional house5.4%
  • Villa2.7%
  • Slum or basic house1.5%
  • Other1.1%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years55.1%
  • 20 to 49 years39.4%
  • 50 years or more5.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
3,69042.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3,48994.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7,5902.2 per business
Public services
125
Associations
76in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.3%
  • Services34.1%
  • Industry12.5%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person64.3%
  • 2 to 329.1%
  • 4 to 95.4%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.4%
  • 2011–201930.2%
  • 2001–201014.8%
  • 1991–20007.9%
  • 1981–19903.8%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.451.01.09
As digits
034510109
Slug
sefrou
OpenStreetMap
2808834
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sefrou");

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