Souk El Arbaa

سوق الأربعاء

Urban commune in the province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
70,894
Since 2014
+2.4%from 69,265 in 2014
Density
3,124people per km², 22.7 km²
Households
16,401
Foreign residents
32
Rank
8080th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 23 in its province

Where it is

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

ChouafaaSouk Tlet El GharbSidi Allal TaziLalla MimounaSidi Boubker El HajOued El MakhazineArbaouaMoulay BousselhamKariat Ben AoudaBeni MalekSidi Mohamed LahmarBahhara Ouled AyadBen MansourMograneMnasraOuled SlamaHaddadaSidi TaibiMehdyaKénitraAmeur SefliaNo commune boundary here in OpenStreetMap

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Souk El Arbaa +2.4%

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
26.8%aged 10 and over33.0% in 201435.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.9%18.3% in 201425.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.2%aged 15 and over47.4% in 201414.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.74children per woman2.04 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.9%of settled households96.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Souk El Arbaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.9%
2.6%70–742.4%
3.5%65–692.9%
5.0%60–645.1%
4.1%55–594.6%
5.8%50–545.8%
5.5%45–496.0%
7.0%40–447.5%
6.8%35–396.9%
7.0%30–347.1%
6.6%25–296.7%
7.8%20–248.0%
8.8%15–198.1%
10.1%10–149.7%
9.7%5–98.9%
7.6%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit2.3%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French42.5%
  • English13.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.7%
  • Private car11.2%
  • Employer’s transport7.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.0%
  • Taxi3.6%
  • Bus2.6%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
18,373
Standing empty
14.5%9.0% vacant5.5% a second home
Precarious
1.6%1.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
90.2%97.1% on the water mains97.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house93.8%
  • Apartment3.0%
  • Slum or basic house1.1%
  • Villa0.8%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Other0.5%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years45.0%
  • 20 to 49 years50.9%
  • 50 years or more4.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,97642.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,81394.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4,6951.7 per business
Public services
128
Associations
35in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.0%
  • Services26.5%
  • Industry13.6%
  • Construction3.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person65.0%
  • 2 to 330.5%
  • 4 to 94.1%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.3%
  • 2011–201937.8%
  • 2001–201021.0%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19903.1%
  • 1956–19803.9%
  • Before 19560.2%

In the data

Code
04.281.01.11
As digits
042810111
Slug
souk-el-arbaa
Record
/api/communes/04.281.01.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.281.01.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.281.01.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.281.01.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.281.01.11/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.281.01.11/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2753078
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("souk-el-arbaa");

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