Skhirate

الصخيرات

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

Population, 2024
122,705
Since 2014
+105.3%from 59,775 in 2014
Density
2,249people per km², 54.6 km²
Households
32,031
Foreign residents
324
Rank
3333rd most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 10 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

TémaraSidi Yahya ZaerEl MenzehAin El AoudaMers El KheirHarhouraSabbahAin AttigOumazza

How it changed

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

Skhirate +105.3%

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
21.5%aged 10 and over27.8% in 201427.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.8%16.0% in 201421.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
47.0%aged 15 and over50.8% in 201423.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.92children per woman2.03 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.6%of settled households59.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Skhirate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.7%75 and over2.1%
2.2%70–741.9%
3.2%65–692.8%
4.3%60–644.6%
4.3%55–594.7%
5.5%50–545.6%
6.1%45–496.5%
7.1%40–447.0%
7.5%35–397.6%
7.8%30–348.2%
7.1%25–298.1%
7.5%20–248.2%
7.9%15–197.5%
9.6%10–148.7%
9.7%5–98.7%
8.3%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit5.5%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French55.1%
  • English18.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot22.6%
  • Bus20.1%
  • Taxi17.0%
  • Private car14.4%
  • Employer’s transport9.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
48,510
Standing empty
35.6%17.2% vacant18.4% a second home
Precarious
1.6%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.3%95.3% on the water mains95.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment69.2%
  • Modern house24.3%
  • Villa4.5%
  • Rural-type0.7%
  • Other0.5%
  • Traditional house0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years93.7%
  • 20 to 49 years5.7%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,36519.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,22294.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
18,5338.3 per business
Public services
104
Associations
39in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.6%
  • Services31.5%
  • Industry13.1%
  • Construction4.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.9%
  • 2 to 330.9%
  • 4 to 97.0%
  • 10 to 492.5%
  • 50 and over1.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later55.2%
  • 2011–201927.0%
  • 2001–201010.1%
  • 1991–20004.7%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19801.5%
  • Before 19560.3%

In the data

Code
04.501.01.05
As digits
045010105
Slug
skhirate
Record
/api/communes/04.501.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.501.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.501.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.501.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.501.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.501.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2498873
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("skhirate");

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