Soualem Trifiya

السوالم الطريفية

Rural commune in the cercle of Sahel-Trifiya, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 45,285
Since 2014: +36.9%from 33,079 in 2014
Density: 652people per km², 69.5 km²
Households: 12,093
Foreign residents: 31
Rank: 114114th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 22 in its province

Next door in Had Soualem, 86.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 6.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 5.8% to 80.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sebt Gzoula. Aged 65 and over: 6.0% here, 6.3% there; in the labour force: 44.1% here, 43.1% there; can’t read or write: 26.6% here, 27.2% there.

Compare it with Sebt Gzoula

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Soualem Trifiya +36.9%

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: 26.6%aged 10 and over37.0% in 201434.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.6%13.0% in 201421.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.1%aged 15 and over49.4% in 201414.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.13children per woman2.64 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 80.8%of settled households5.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Soualem Trifiya: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.6%	75 and over	2.1%
1.7%	70–74	1.8%
2.3%	65–69	2.5%
3.5%	60–64	3.7%
3.7%	55–59	4.0%
5.1%	50–54	4.9%
6.3%	45–49	5.9%
7.6%	40–44	6.9%
7.6%	35–39	7.4%
7.4%	30–34	7.8%
6.6%	25–29	7.2%
7.2%	20–24	7.4%
8.4%	15–19	8.1%
10.8%	10–14	10.4%
11.0%	5–9	10.8%
9.3%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.3%
Tachelhit6.0%
Tamazight1.3%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French48.1%
English10.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Taxi28.5%
On foot24.8%
Bike or motorcycle23.0%
Private car10.8%
Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Bus1.8%
Animal1.1%
Another way0.6%
Informal transport0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 37.0%aged 10 and over26.6% in 202448.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.0%18.6% in 202423.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.4%aged 15 and over44.1% in 202414.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.64children per woman2.13 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people4.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 5.8%of settled households80.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Soualem Trifiya: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.2%	75 and over	1.7%
1.2%	70–74	1.2%
1.3%	65–69	1.6%
2.6%	60–64	2.6%
3.1%	55–59	3.1%
4.5%	50–54	4.3%
4.5%	45–49	4.9%
6.6%	40–44	5.9%
8.2%	35–39	7.2%
9.0%	30–34	8.4%
8.8%	25–29	9.5%
8.7%	20–24	9.6%
8.1%	15–19	7.8%
9.3%	10–14	9.1%
10.2%	5–9	10.2%
12.8%	0–4	12.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit4.5%
Tamazight0.4%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French48.4%
Arabic only39.6%
Arabic, French and English11.0%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Taxi36.7%
On foot32.6%
Bike or motorcycle13.5%
Private car6.4%
Another way3.9%
Not stated2.3%
Employer’s transport1.9%
Works at home1.7%
Bus1.0%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood28.3%
No fixed place26.6%
Another province21.7%
Another commune13.7%
Another in the commune5.1%
Not stated2.3%
At home1.7%
Somewhere else0.7%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades32.5%
Labouring and small trades25.6%
Clerical work9.9%
Machine operating7.4%
Farming and fishing7.0%
Farm and fishing labour6.9%
Trade and broking6.8%
Managers and senior professionals1.5%
Technicians1.3%
Not classified1.2%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma64.0%
Primary23.3%
Lower secondary8.6%
Upper secondary2.8%
DEUG or Licence1.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 45810.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 38984.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,2863.3 per business
Public services: 66
Associations: 3in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce60.4%
Services20.3%
Industry14.4%
Construction4.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person72.5%
2 to 317.7%
4 to 95.1%
10 to 493.6%
50 and over1.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.8%
2011–201943.4%
2001–201018.3%
1991–20004.1%
1981–19901.0%
1956–19802.1%
Before 19560.3%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households living in a basic house or a slum is 48.5%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 11.6%. Sahel Oulad H'riz is furthest from it, at 0.5%.

Among rural communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Soualem Trifiya’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 5 fractions, with 45,264 people. 21 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
البراهمة الكروشيينEl Brahma El Krouchiine13 douars · 14,024 people
البراهمةLbrahma	In parts	1,791	6,721	0.9	2.4	9.2
دوار لكروشيين 1Douar Lakrouchiine 1	In parts	870	3,792	1.2	1.5	4.9
بن عبيدBen Abid	Grouped	50	208	0.9	2.0	11.0
دوار الدعيديعة الشطDouar Eddaidia Eccht	Grouped	186	696	0.8	2.3	11.3
دوار لعروسيين1Douar Laroussiyn	Grouped	132	480	1.0	4.0	10.1
دوار لكروشيين أكنيفيدDouar Lakrouchiine Aknifid	In parts	239	999	0.6	3.1	4.2
تجزئة القصبةLotissement Kasba	In parts	5	11	—	—	—
تجزئة ريان بيشLotissement Riane Bich	In parts	6	11	—	—	—
تجزئة وزيس بيشLotissement Ouzis Bich	In parts	21	55	—	—	—
تجزئة جوهرة طماريسLotissement Jouhrat Tmaris	In parts	19	34	—	—	—
تجزئة نزهةLotissement Nzeha	In parts	66	237	1.1	4.0	10.1
احمادHmad	Grouped	148	554	0.0	4.0	8.0
شمس سيدي رحالChms Sidi Rahal	In parts	88	226	0.8	3.3	9.3
أولاد مسعود2Oulad Msaoud5 douars · 18,204 people
دوار الرواكلةDouar Errouakla	Grouped	813	2,830	1.0	4.1	4.6
دوار القوىDouar El Koua	Grouped	490	1,684	1.0	1.1	2.7
دوار الغابةDouar El Ghaba	Grouped	3,355	10,907	1.3	1.2	2.8
دوار الجديدDouar Jdid	Grouped	610	2,049	1.3	1.3	6.7
أولاد المسعود المسعوديOulad El Msaoud El Msaoudi	Grouped	168	734	1.0	2.3	4.1
لخلايفAl Khlayf3 douars · 6,736 people
دوار لخلايفDouar Al Khlayf	In parts	1,229	5,256	1.2	3.2	7.2
السويلماتEssouylmat	Dispersed	233	939	1.2	5.0	7.9
الباشرةEl Bachra	Dispersed	120	541	1.0	3.2	8.3
البوشتيينEl Bouchtiine5 douars · 2,280 people
البوشتيينEl Bouchtiine	In parts	435	1,848	1.0	1.6	7.7
اولاد مسعودOulad Messaoud	Grouped	2	10	—	—	—
القواسمةQouasma	Grouped	77	345	1.1	1.9	8.4
التشيميينEttachimiine	Grouped	1	1	—	—	—
الظهر الوسطانيDhar Louastani	Grouped	15	76	—	—	—
اولاد مسعود 1Oulad Massaoud 11 douar · 4,020 people
اولاد مسعود1Oulad Msaoud	In parts	924	4,020	1.3	3.3	10.0

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: 06.117.09.33
As digits: 061170933
Slug: soualem-trifiya
Record: /api/communes/06.117.09.33.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.117.09.33/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.117.09.33/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.117.09.33/economy.json
Figures that stand out: /api/communes/06.117.09.33/insights.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.117.09.33/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.117.09.33/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 5183525

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