Souk Tolba

سوق الطلبة

Rural commune in the cercle of Oued El Makhazine, province of Larache, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 12,855
Since 2014: −1.5%from 13,049 in 2014
Density: 138people per km², 93.2 km²
Households: 2,894
Rank: 553553rd most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 19 in its province

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 Souk Tolba.

Souk Tolba −1.5%

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: 44.2%aged 10 and over53.3% in 201452.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.9%6.4% in 20148.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.9%aged 15 and over60.2% in 201410.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 83.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.81children per woman1.94 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 80.8%of settled households56.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Souk Tolba: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.1%
2.3%	70–74	2.3%
2.8%	65–69	2.9%
3.6%	60–64	4.3%
3.9%	55–59	4.0%
4.4%	50–54	4.7%
5.4%	45–49	5.1%
7.0%	40–44	6.5%
7.5%	35–39	7.6%
7.3%	30–34	6.9%
6.4%	25–29	6.1%
6.8%	20–24	7.1%
8.9%	15–19	8.6%
10.5%	10–14	9.7%
10.7%	5–9	11.8%
9.9%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.2%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%
Tamazight0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French19.6%
English5.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot63.6%
Taxi6.4%
Employer’s transport6.0%
Private car3.3%
Bike or motorcycle3.3%
Bus2.6%

Can’t read or write: 53.3%aged 10 and over44.2% in 202465.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.4%10.9% in 202410.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 60.2%aged 15 and over39.9% in 202435.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.94children per woman2.81 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.3people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 56.8%of settled households80.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Souk Tolba: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.9%	75 and over	1.9%
1.6%	70–74	2.2%
1.7%	65–69	1.5%
2.5%	60–64	3.1%
2.8%	55–59	2.8%
3.9%	50–54	4.4%
4.3%	45–49	4.6%
4.6%	40–44	4.9%
6.0%	35–39	5.5%
7.9%	30–34	6.8%
10.1%	25–29	9.9%
10.7%	20–24	10.6%
9.8%	15–19	10.2%
10.5%	10–14	11.1%
9.8%	5–9	9.9%
10.9%	0–4	10.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only51.3%
Arabic and French44.4%
Arabic, French and English3.6%
Other combinations0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.2%
Bus7.0%
Taxi5.3%
Private car2.0%
Bike or motorcycle1.5%
Employer’s transport0.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood72.1%
Another commune9.6%
At home7.7%
Another province5.5%
No fixed place3.0%
Another in the commune0.6%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour48.6%
Farming and fishing31.3%
Crafts and skilled trades6.9%
Labouring and small trades6.9%
Trade and broking2.4%
Clerical work2.1%
Machine operating1.3%
Technicians0.2%
Not classified0.2%
Managers and senior professionals0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma80.1%
Primary16.6%
Lower secondary2.4%
Upper secondary0.7%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 16813.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8651.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,01211.8 per business
Public services: 79
Associations: 3in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce66.3%
Services22.1%
Industry11.6%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person87.2%
2 to 32.3%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over10.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later20.9%
2011–201950.0%
2001–201023.3%
1991–20002.3%
1981–19902.3%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 01.331.11.13
As digits: 013311113
Slug: souk-tolba
Record: /api/communes/01.331.11.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.331.11.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.331.11.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.331.11.13/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.331.11.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563447

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("souk-tolba");

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