Al-Fida-Mers-Sultan

الفداء-مرس السلطان

Préfecture d’arrondissements in the région of Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 224,072
Households: 66,502
Arrondissements: 2

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 13.2%aged 10 and over18.4% in 201419.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.3%22.3% in 201425.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.6%aged 15 and over52.8% in 201426.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.23children per woman1.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.4people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 99.7%of settled households97.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Al-Fida-Mers-Sultan: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.1%	75 and over	6.7%
3.9%	70–74	4.7%
5.4%	65–69	6.2%
6.5%	60–64	7.7%
6.4%	55–59	7.4%
6.9%	50–54	7.3%
6.4%	45–49	6.8%
6.6%	40–44	6.5%
6.5%	35–39	5.9%
7.2%	30–34	6.0%
7.7%	25–29	6.2%
7.9%	20–24	6.5%
7.3%	15–19	6.4%
6.8%	10–14	6.1%
5.8%	5–9	5.4%
4.6%	0–4	4.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.2%
Tachelhit11.9%
Tamazight2.3%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.1%
French67.6%
English23.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot38.7%
Taxi15.7%
Private car14.6%
Bike or motorcycle8.2%
Bus7.1%
Employer’s transport5.1%

Can’t read or write: 18.4%aged 10 and over13.2% in 202426.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.3%23.3% in 202429.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 52.8%aged 15 and over44.6% in 202432.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 98.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.52children per woman1.23 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.8%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average3.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 97.1%of settled households99.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Al-Fida-Mers-Sultan: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.9%	75 and over	4.4%
1.9%	70–74	2.9%
2.6%	65–69	3.3%
4.8%	60–64	5.2%
5.8%	55–59	6.4%
6.7%	50–54	7.6%
6.7%	45–49	7.3%
7.3%	40–44	7.5%
7.3%	35–39	7.3%
8.3%	30–34	7.4%
9.0%	25–29	7.3%
9.3%	20–24	7.8%
7.5%	15–19	6.7%
6.5%	10–14	6.2%
6.5%	5–9	6.2%
6.9%	0–4	6.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.3%
Tachelhit13.2%
Tamazight0.9%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French50.5%
Arabic only23.7%
Arabic, French and English22.2%
Other combinations3.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.9%
Taxi13.6%
Private car13.3%
Bus13.0%
Bike or motorcycle5.9%
Employer’s transport4.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood27.2%
Another commune25.5%
Another province16.4%
No fixed place13.2%
Another in the commune10.6%
At home3.1%
Somewhere else0.7%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Clerical work23.9%
Crafts and skilled trades23.4%
Labouring and small trades21.0%
Managers and senior professionals9.2%
Trade and broking9.1%
Technicians5.3%
Machine operating5.0%
Not classified2.8%
Farming and fishing0.1%
Farm and fishing labour0.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma38.9%
Primary22.3%
Lower secondary21.5%
Upper secondary10.4%
DEUG or Licence4.8%
Master’s or doctorate2.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 75,102
Standing empty: 19.2%9.4% vacant9.8% a second home
Precarious: 2.4%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 98.6%98.5% on the water mains98.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house62.0%
Apartment27.8%
Traditional house6.5%
Other1.6%
Villa1.3%
Slum or basic house0.8%
Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years17.4%
20 to 49 years24.6%
50 years or more57.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 21,00093.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20,65598.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 47,6342.3 per business
Public services: 262
Associations: 83in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce64.6%
Services21.6%
Industry11.9%
Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person53.3%
2 to 338.4%
4 to 96.9%
10 to 491.2%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later14.4%
2011–201923.6%
2001–201024.2%
1991–200014.0%
1981–199011.3%
1956–19807.7%
Before 19564.9%

Arrondissements

Arrondissement	Population, 2024
Al-Fida	125,933
Mers-Sultan	98,139

In the data

Code: 06.141.01.10
As digits: 061410110
Record: /api/provinces/06.141.01.10.json
Census figures: /api/provinces/06.141.01.10/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/06.141.01.10/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/06.141.01.10/housing.json

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