Thar Es-Souk

طهر السوق

Urban commune in the province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
5,218
Since 2014
+0.7%from 5,182 in 2014
Density
154people per km², 33.9 km²
Households
1,406
Rank
1,1771,177th most populous of 1,503 communes48th of 49 in its province

Next door in Tamedit, 0.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 68.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 50.5% to 68.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Hanchane. Higher education: 10.3% here, 9.5% there; household size: 3.7 here, 3.9 there; can’t read or write: 27.2% here, 29.3% there.

Compare it with El Hanchane

Where it is

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

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Thar Es-Souk.

Thar Es-Souk +0.7%

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
27.2%aged 10 and over32.0% in 201440.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.6%24.8% in 201421.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.8%aged 15 and over43.1% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.50children per woman2.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.6%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
68.4%of settled households50.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Thar Es-Souk: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.9%
2.2%70–742.5%
3.4%65–694.0%
5.6%60–646.0%
5.4%55–595.2%
7.1%50–546.2%
5.7%45–496.4%
6.1%40–447.3%
5.1%35–396.5%
6.2%30–345.5%
6.8%25–296.8%
6.4%20–247.4%
8.8%15–196.9%
9.4%10–149.6%
10.3%5–98.5%
8.5%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French41.4%
  • English13.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.2%
  • Private car9.5%
  • Informal transport8.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.8%
  • Taxi1.5%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,986
Standing empty
30.2%14.5% vacant15.7% a second home
Precarious
23.7%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
38.9%68.4% on the water mains92.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
40.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house74.4%
  • Rural-type22.3%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.9%
  • Other0.6%
  • Apartment0.4%
  • Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years44.5%
  • 20 to 49 years39.9%
  • 50 years or more15.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
30358.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
26286.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3791.4 per business
Public services
40
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.4%
  • Services36.3%
  • Industry8.0%
  • Construction5.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.1%
  • 2 to 324.4%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.2%
  • 2011–201964.5%
  • 2001–201016.8%
  • 1991–20006.1%
  • 1981–19900.4%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.01.07
As digits
035310107
Slug
thar-es-souk
OpenStreetMap
2754003
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("thar-es-souk");

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