Zirara

زيرارة

Rural commune in the cercle of Chrarda, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
16,829
Since 2014
+1.3%from 16,606 in 2014
Density
246people per km², 68.3 km²
Households
3,928
Foreign residents
4
Rank
381381st most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

Mechraa Bel KsiriSefsafHad KourtLamrabihAin DfaliJorf El MelhaAl HaouafateDar GueddariSidi Ameur Al HadiSidi Ahmed BenaissaMoulay AbdelkaderBni OualDar LaasloujiRmilatSidi Al KamelSelfatZaggotaSidi KacemChbanateBir TalebBab TioukaTeknaTaoughiltKhnichetSidi M'hamed ChelhOulad NouelSidi AzzouzNouirate

How it changed

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

Zirara +1.3%

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
30.5%aged 10 and over37.7% in 201440.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.4%18.1% in 201427.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.6%aged 15 and over44.6% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.97children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.5%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
77.4%of settled households70.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zirara: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over4.1%
2.7%70–742.5%
4.0%65–693.6%
5.0%60–645.1%
5.0%55–595.3%
6.2%50–546.0%
7.4%45–497.0%
6.4%40–446.9%
6.1%35–396.7%
5.9%30–346.2%
5.2%25–296.0%
6.8%20–247.0%
8.7%15–198.1%
10.3%10–149.9%
9.5%5–99.0%
7.9%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit0.6%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French60.4%
  • English15.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle21.1%
  • Employer’s transport9.1%
  • Taxi6.3%
  • Private car3.7%
  • Bus2.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,130
Standing empty
11.1%4.9% vacant6.2% a second home
Precarious
3.6%1.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.7%94.8% on the water mains96.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
8.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house93.8%
  • Slum or basic house1.9%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Rural-type1.1%
  • Apartment0.8%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years40.8%
  • 20 to 49 years56.7%
  • 50 years or more2.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
29417.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
23278.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3511.5 per business
Public services
55
Associations
7in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.3%
  • Services21.6%
  • Industry17.7%
  • Construction0.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.9%
  • 2 to 314.7%
  • 4 to 96.0%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.9%
  • 2011–201943.5%
  • 2001–201015.9%
  • 1991–20009.9%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Zirara8,223

In the data

Code
04.481.09.13
As digits
044810913
Slug
zirara
Record
/api/communes/04.481.09.13.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.481.09.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2813780
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zirara");

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