Témara

تمارة

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

Population, 2024
297,098
Since 2014
−5.2%from 313,510 in 2014
Density
6,742people per km², 44.1 km²
Households
82,146
Foreign residents
1,892
Rank
1414th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 10 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

Sidi Yahya ZaerEl MenzehAin El AoudaMers El KheirSkhirateHarhouraSabbahAin AttigOumazza

How it changed

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

Témara −5.2%

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
10.8%aged 10 and over17.8% in 201415.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.1%16.0% in 201418.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
49.2%aged 15 and over53.5% in 201432.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.68children per woman1.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.3%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.7%of settled households81.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Témara: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over2.9%
3.2%70–742.7%
4.1%65–693.9%
4.9%60–645.3%
5.1%55–595.3%
6.0%50–546.1%
6.4%45–496.8%
7.3%40–447.5%
7.6%35–397.8%
7.7%30–348.4%
6.9%25–297.6%
6.9%20–247.1%
7.4%15–196.9%
8.4%10–147.8%
8.2%5–97.5%
7.0%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit9.1%
  • Tamazight3.9%
  • Tarifit0.7%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French78.4%
  • English40.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car38.1%
  • On foot17.2%
  • Taxi15.3%
  • Employer’s transport9.4%
  • Bus8.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
103,265
Standing empty
22.8%11.3% vacant11.5% a second home
Precarious
1.5%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.0%97.9% on the water mains98.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment50.4%
  • Modern house43.7%
  • Villa3.7%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Rural-type0.7%
  • Slum or basic house0.4%
  • Other0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.5%
  • 20 to 49 years41.8%
  • 50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13,39945.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12,97796.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
41,4573.2 per business
Public services
242
Associations
180in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce46.6%
  • Services36.2%
  • Industry11.9%
  • Construction5.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person52.3%
  • 2 to 336.1%
  • 4 to 99.0%
  • 10 to 492.2%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.0%
  • 2011–201936.4%
  • 2001–201013.5%
  • 1991–20006.5%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
04.501.01.07
As digits
045010107
Slug
temara
Record
/api/communes/04.501.01.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.501.01.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.501.01.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.501.01.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.501.01.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.501.01.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2498868
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("temara");

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