Tafersit

تفرسيت

Rural commune in the cercle of Rif Sud, province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
8,202
Since 2014
−10.2%from 9,133 in 2014
Density
111people per km², 74.2 km²
Households
2,271
Rank
884884th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 23 in its province

Where it is

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

MtalssaTsaftAzlafMidarTemsamaneBen TaiebTrougoutOulad AmgharBoudinarTazaghineDar El KebdaniIjermaouasOuardanaAit MaitM'hajerTalilitBni MarghnineAmejjaouIferniAin ZohraOulad BoubkerDriouch

How it changed

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

Tafersit −10.2%

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
35.2%aged 10 and over40.5% in 201447.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
46.1%20.5% in 201446.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.1%aged 15 and over37.0% in 20145.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.01children per woman1.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.0%of people7.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
40.6%of settled households38.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tafersit: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over5.2%
3.8%70–743.9%
5.8%65–695.6%
6.2%60–647.1%
5.1%55–596.5%
5.7%50–546.9%
5.6%45–497.0%
6.6%40–447.2%
6.1%35–395.8%
5.4%30–345.2%
6.4%25–295.9%
7.6%20–246.1%
8.1%15–196.8%
9.3%10–147.8%
8.7%5–96.9%
6.0%0–46.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit96.4%
  • Darija65.9%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Hassania0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French51.7%
  • English13.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot53.4%
  • Private car15.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.6%
  • Taxi5.4%
  • Employer’s transport2.6%
  • Bus0.8%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,186
Standing empty
35.4%5.1% vacant30.3% a second home
Precarious
9.1%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
42.2%84.6% on the water mains97.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
22.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house88.5%
  • Rural-type6.7%
  • Other2.2%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Villa0.8%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%
  • Apartment0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years23.3%
  • 20 to 49 years57.0%
  • 50 years or more19.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
24730.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
18374.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2681.5 per business
Public services
60
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.5%
  • Services33.3%
  • Industry13.7%
  • Construction5.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.4%
  • 2 to 334.4%
  • 4 to 92.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.7%
  • 2011–201936.6%
  • 2001–201010.4%
  • 1991–200014.2%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19806.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Tafersit2,964

In the data

Code
02.167.13.21
As digits
021671321
Slug
tafersit
Record
/api/communes/02.167.13.21.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.167.13.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.167.13.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.167.13.21/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.167.13.21/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.167.13.21/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2425003
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tafersit");

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