Selfat

سلفات

Rural commune in the cercle of Chrarda, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
10,366
Since 2014
+1.2%from 10,239 in 2014
Density
78.1people per km², 132.7 km²
Households
2,127
Rank
722722nd most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 29 in its province

Next door in N'zalat Bni Amar, 95.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 5.9%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 97.6% to 51.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Toualet. Running water: 5.9% here, 13.6% there; household size: 4.9 here, 5.1 there; aged 0 to 14: 32.1% here, 31.8% there.

Compare it with Toualet

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Selfat +1.2%

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
41.8%aged 10 and over50.2% in 201452.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
4.0%5.9% in 201412.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.6%aged 15 and over43.9% in 20141.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.34children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.1%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.9%of settled households3.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Selfat: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.3%
2.4%70–742.3%
2.9%65–692.8%
3.9%60–644.5%
3.8%55–593.6%
4.6%50–544.0%
6.8%45–495.9%
6.7%40–445.9%
6.8%35–397.6%
6.0%30–346.7%
5.2%25–295.2%
6.4%20–246.4%
9.7%15–199.2%
11.0%10–1412.1%
11.7%5–910.8%
9.0%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French44.4%
  • English10.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot80.9%
  • Bus3.8%
  • Informal transport3.2%
  • Taxi2.8%
  • Private car2.7%
  • Employer’s transport2.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.5%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.8%
  • Train0.2%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15214.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4227.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
601.4 per business
Public services
94
Associations
16in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.8%
  • Industry23.8%
  • Services21.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.4%
  • 2 to 323.8%
  • 4 to 94.8%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later14.3%
  • 2011–201938.1%
  • 2001–201033.3%
  • 1991–20009.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19804.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Selfat’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 33 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,366 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بوقشوشBoukchouch8 douars · 3,587 people
لحضرLahdarGrouped593170.71.34.0
أولاد حدادOulad HaddadIn parts864100.91.34.0
أولاد بوعليOulad Bou AliIn parts844371.02.05.0
أولاد جبارةOulad JbaraGrouped1205960.00.12.9
أولاد فضيلةOuled FedilaGrouped1416682.01.24.0
اولاد دراعOulad DraaGrouped1025570.73.04.0
اولاد شاكرOulad ChakerGrouped865021.11.24.1
لعلالمةLalalmaGrouped18100———
لعناترةLanatra17 douars · 4,044 people
لعكيبةLakibaGrouped28162———
اعزيب التازيAzib TaziGrouped734———
لعياسنةEl AyasnaGrouped512060.22.910.2
أولاد مريم عين بني كتيرOulad Mariam Ain Bni KtirGrouped441832.00.213.3
ارمامنةRmamnaGrouped1896———
كدية الريحKoudiet RihGrouped19111———
السوامرSouamarGrouped1196201.01.04.0
لمغاطيسEl MerhatisGrouped1162———
عين لحجرAin LahjarGrouped331492.02.024.7
اخنيفرات احميريKhnifrat HmiriGrouped22114———
قرية الحافظKariat El HafedIn parts653082.02.014.3
لحباشة لغلاضEl Habacha LeghladGrouped623382.60.011.5
السهيلةEsshilaGrouped23108———
لعطاطفة مشت الغندورLaatatfa Macht El GhandourIn parts703311.40.912.4
لحباشة الرقاقLahbabcha RkakGrouped1085320.10.119.9
لعويرماتLaouirmatGrouped1145———
سيدي امحمد الشلحSidi Mohamed ChelhGrouped1336450.99.310.8
مركز سلفاتCentre Selfat8 douars · 2,735 people
اعزيب النيهيLaazib En-NihiGrouped1406000.30.30.8
أولاد عمار مكسOuled Aamer MekkesGrouped572520.01.09.8
أولاد عمار السدرةOueled Amar SedraGrouped853891.01.14.1
أولاد فلاحOulad FlahGrouped1225081.01.05.8
أولاد بوبكرOulad BoubkerGrouped632431.01.04.0
اشناكلة مكسChnagla MekkesGrouped753980.70.99.5
احمينات سي علالHminat Si AllaleGrouped422040.00.64.0
عين عليلوAin AlilouGrouped23141———

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.481.09.07
As digits
044810907
Slug
selfat
OpenStreetMap
2813756
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("selfat");

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