Settat

سطات

Urban commune in the province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
171,556
Since 2014
+20.6%from 142,250 in 2014
Density
3,129people per km², 54.8 km²
Households
45,185
Foreign residents
812
Rank
2222nd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 46 in its province

Next door in Lahouaza, 0.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 98.8%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Toulal. Apartments: 20.8% here, 18.9% there; can’t read or write: 16.7% here, 18.6% there; read French: 68.6% here, 64.8% there.

Compare it with Toulal

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcodes

26000, 26010, 26450

How it changed

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

Settat +20.6%

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
16.7%aged 10 and over22.4% in 201422.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.9%21.3% in 201423.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.4%aged 15 and over48.6% in 201422.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.73children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.9%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.3%of settled households95.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Settat: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over3.0%
2.7%70–742.5%
3.6%65–693.4%
4.9%60–645.1%
5.0%55–595.1%
5.9%50–545.9%
6.2%45–496.5%
6.7%40–447.0%
6.4%35–396.9%
6.8%30–347.2%
7.1%25–297.7%
8.1%20–248.6%
8.3%15–198.0%
9.8%10–148.6%
8.9%5–97.9%
7.3%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit3.9%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French68.6%
  • English27.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.6%
  • Private car19.6%
  • Taxi11.8%
  • Employer’s transport10.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.3%
  • Train2.4%
  • Bus2.2%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Tram0.1%
  • Animal0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
63,808
Standing empty
31.5%18.1% vacant13.4% a second home
Precarious
0.8%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.2%98.0% on the water mains98.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house65.4%
  • Apartment26.4%
  • Villa6.3%
  • Traditional house1.0%
  • Rural-type0.4%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.3%
  • 20 to 49 years35.0%
  • 50 years or more7.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
7,85445.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7,47295.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
19,0022.5 per business
Public services
280
Associations
102in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.1%
  • Services33.6%
  • Industry12.4%
  • Construction4.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person54.6%
  • 2 to 336.1%
  • 4 to 97.4%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.4%
  • 2011–201939.1%
  • 2001–201015.7%
  • 1991–20007.8%
  • 1981–19903.2%
  • 1956–19802.9%
  • Before 19561.9%

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.461.01.15
As digits
064610115
Slug
settat
OpenStreetMap
2879955
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("settat");

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