Toulal

تولال

Urban commune in the préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
26,970
Since 2014
+41.4%from 19,077 in 2014
Density
2,122people per km², 12.7 km²
Households
7,215
Foreign residents
32
Rank
209209th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Dar Oum Soltane, 43.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 98.6%.

Since 2014, households in an apartment went from 4.1% to 18.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Béni Mellal. Higher education: 15.0% here, 15.1% there; can’t read or write: 18.6% here, 17.4% there; read French: 64.8% here, 66.3% there.

Compare it with Béni Mellal

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

50110

How it changed

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

Toulal +41.4%

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
18.6%aged 10 and over24.9% in 201424.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.3%19.3% in 201430.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.6%aged 15 and over46.2% in 201419.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.38children per woman1.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.8%of settled households93.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Toulal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.3%
3.2%70–742.7%
4.1%65–693.8%
6.2%60–645.5%
6.0%55–595.6%
6.1%50–546.8%
6.0%45–497.2%
6.6%40–447.2%
6.0%35–396.8%
6.7%30–346.8%
5.9%25–296.4%
7.3%20–247.6%
8.3%15–197.8%
9.7%10–148.5%
8.3%5–97.9%
6.6%0–46.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.0%
  • Tamazight10.3%
  • Tachelhit9.9%
  • Tarifit2.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French64.8%
  • English26.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot32.8%
  • Private car22.3%
  • Taxi17.3%
  • Employer’s transport8.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.6%
  • Bus5.3%
  • Informal transport1.1%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.4%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
11,660
Standing empty
40.4%22.9% vacant17.5% a second home
Precarious
0.6%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.0%90.4% on the water mains90.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house50.2%
  • Apartment33.5%
  • Villa14.8%
  • Traditional house0.9%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years86.1%
  • 20 to 49 years13.3%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
77228.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
72093.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,3931.9 per business
Public services
30
Associations
22in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce44.4%
  • Services32.9%
  • Industry19.6%
  • Construction3.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.5%
  • 2 to 331.1%
  • 4 to 94.0%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.4%
  • 2011–201937.6%
  • 2001–20108.9%
  • 1991–20004.9%
  • 1981–19901.4%
  • 1956–19804.4%
  • Before 19560.4%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.061.01.07
As digits
030610107
Slug
toulal
OpenStreetMap
2561217
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("toulal");

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