Errachidia

الرشيدية

Province in the région of Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 427,572
Since 2014: +2.2%
Households: 90,107
Communes: 29
Area: 26,917 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Errachidia 97,687
Grew the most: Et-Taous +37.8%
Shrank the most: Es-Sfalat −25.2%
Densest: Arfoud 4,512 people per km²

People and homes

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

Can’t read or write: 20.3%aged 10 and over26.3% in 201427.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 21.1%15.8% in 201436.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.5%aged 15 and over38.7% in 20148.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.25children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.0%of settled households84.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Errachidia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	3.3%
2.4%	70–74	2.5%
3.1%	65–69	2.9%
4.2%	60–64	4.2%
4.2%	55–59	4.3%
5.1%	50–54	5.3%
5.9%	45–49	6.2%
6.1%	40–44	7.0%
5.9%	35–39	6.6%
6.3%	30–34	6.9%
6.2%	25–29	6.6%
7.0%	20–24	7.2%
9.2%	15–19	8.6%
11.6%	10–14	10.6%
10.7%	5–9	9.7%
9.0%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija86.4%
Tamazight32.4%
Tachelhit7.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French51.1%
English16.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot38.0%
Bike or motorcycle30.5%
Private car10.0%
Employer’s transport5.6%
Doesn’t travel to work4.8%
Taxi4.6%
Bus2.7%
Informal transport1.9%
Another way1.1%
Animal0.7%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 26.3%aged 10 and over20.3% in 202436.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.8%21.1% in 202441.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.7%aged 15 and over34.5% in 202411.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.50children per woman2.25 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 84.7%of settled households94.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Errachidia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.2%
1.8%	70–74	1.8%
1.8%	65–69	2.0%
3.1%	60–64	3.2%
3.7%	55–59	3.4%
4.6%	50–54	4.8%
4.8%	45–49	5.1%
5.6%	40–44	6.2%
6.4%	35–39	7.2%
6.9%	30–34	8.0%
7.4%	25–29	8.0%
9.5%	20–24	9.1%
10.1%	15–19	9.4%
10.1%	10–14	9.2%
10.0%	5–9	9.3%
11.8%	0–4	11.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija85.7%
Tamazight39.8%
Tachelhit2.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French43.0%
Arabic only33.4%
Arabic, French and English17.3%
Other combinations6.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot42.6%
Bike or motorcycle26.1%
Bus10.5%
Private car7.0%
Taxi3.9%
Not stated3.4%
Another way2.6%
Employer’s transport1.9%
Works at home1.9%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood32.9%
Another in the commune20.7%
Another province14.1%
No fixed place13.5%
Another commune13.0%
Not stated3.3%
At home1.9%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades25.4%
Crafts and skilled trades21.6%
Clerical work15.2%
Managers and senior professionals8.2%
Farming and fishing7.9%
Trade and broking7.0%
Farm and fishing labour6.2%
Machine operating3.6%
Technicians3.1%
Not classified1.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma51.0%
Primary25.3%
Lower secondary12.8%
Upper secondary6.8%
DEUG or Licence3.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.5%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 57,026
Standing empty: 23.7%14.2% vacant9.6% a second home
Precarious: 4.2%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 91.8%97.3% on the water mains97.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 5.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house85.0%
Traditional house5.1%
Villa3.7%
Rural-type3.7%
Apartment2.1%
Other0.4%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years59.2%
20 to 49 years37.8%
50 years or more3.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 14,35033.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 11,82182.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 18,8081.6 per business
Public services: 2,072
Associations: 457in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 17counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.0%
Services26.0%
Industry10.6%
Construction5.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person81.6%
2 to 313.9%
4 to 93.4%
10 to 491.1%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later33.7%
2011–201937.1%
2001–201015.0%
1991–20009.1%
1981–19902.8%
1956–19802.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Errachidia’s rural communes hold 438 douars, with 224,615 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 7.3 km19.9% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 4.4 km9.5% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 4.0 km8.1% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 0.9 km0.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.1 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Errachidia	urban	97,687	+5.8%	3,525
Arfoud	urban	28,912	−1.3%	4,512
Ferkla El Oulia	rural	23,449	+3.2%	30.6
Moulay Ali Cherif	urban	22,082	−0.6%	3,945
Aarab Sebbah Ziz	rural	20,538	+7.0%	18.8
Lkheng	rural	18,381	+29.7%	10.8
Chorfa M'daghra	rural	18,171	+27.0%	26.3
Melaab	rural	17,230	−0.8%	14.6
Goulmima	urban	14,624	−10.9%	1,962
Boudnib	urban	13,411	+17.9%	2,750
Er-Rteb	rural	12,852	−4.5%	47.6
Gheris El Ouloui	rural	12,193	+1.3%	50.7
Bni M'hamed-Sijelmassa	rural	11,925	−17.4%	82.9
Ferkla Es-Soufla	rural	11,886	−3.6%	49
Jorf	urban	11,865	−3.6%	3,591
Aghbalou-N'kerdous	rural	10,675	+3.5%	12.6
Tinejdad	urban	9,528	+6.6%	2,318
Et-Taous	rural	9,360	+37.8%	2
Aoufous	rural	8,888	−14.7%	8.7
Es-Sfalat	rural	8,586	−25.2%	39.3
Gheris Es-Soufli	rural	6,877	+0.2%	20.3
Es-Sifa	rural	6,531	−7.2%	158
Tadighoust	rural	6,018	−3.6%	5.9
Oued Naam	rural	5,708	+6.9%	1.4
Aarab Sebbah Gheris	rural	4,758	+8.2%	17.6
Amellagou	rural	4,711	−5.3%	7.9
Fezna	rural	4,400	−1.7%	5.9
Er-Rissani	rural	4,353	−13.1%	2.2
Sidi Ali	rural	1,973	−8.7%	0.4

In the data

Code: 08.201
As digits: 08201
Record: /api/provinces/08.201.json
Communes: /api/provinces/08.201/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/08.201/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/08.201/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/08.201/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/08.201/housing.json

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