Fès

فاس

Préfecture in the région of Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 1,256,172
Since 2014: +9.2%
Households: 329,286
Communes: 5
Area: 313 km²

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

Most populous: Fès 1,167,842
Grew the most: Oulad Tayeb +129.1%
Shrank the most: Méchouar-Fès-El Jadid −26.5%
Densest: Fès 11,923 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: 20.8%aged 10 and over26.4% in 201427.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.6%19.6% in 201426.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.5%aged 15 and over49.2% in 201419.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.88children per woman2.04 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 99.2%of settled households96.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Fès: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.6%	75 and over	2.8%
2.8%	70–74	2.5%
3.6%	65–69	3.4%
4.9%	60–64	5.1%
4.6%	55–59	4.9%
5.5%	50–54	5.8%
6.0%	45–49	6.4%
7.0%	40–44	7.3%
6.9%	35–39	7.3%
6.9%	30–34	7.3%
6.3%	25–29	6.7%
7.5%	20–24	7.8%
8.6%	15–19	8.2%
9.8%	10–14	9.0%
9.3%	5–9	8.5%
7.7%	0–4	6.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.7%
Tachelhit1.9%
Tamazight1.3%
Tarifit0.8%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French58.4%
English20.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.1%
Private car17.8%
Taxi13.8%
Bike or motorcycle6.8%
Employer’s transport6.2%
Bus5.7%

Can’t read or write: 26.4%aged 10 and over20.8% in 202434.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.6%22.6% in 202431.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.2%aged 15 and over41.5% in 202425.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman1.88 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 96.7%of settled households99.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Fès: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.0%	75 and over	2.1%
1.5%	70–74	1.7%
1.7%	65–69	1.6%
3.8%	60–64	3.3%
4.4%	55–59	4.1%
5.6%	50–54	5.8%
5.3%	45–49	5.7%
6.3%	40–44	6.8%
6.7%	35–39	7.4%
7.8%	30–34	8.2%
8.5%	25–29	8.8%
9.6%	20–24	9.7%
8.9%	15–19	8.7%
9.1%	10–14	8.6%
9.0%	5–9	8.5%
9.7%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tachelhit1.7%
Tamazight1.6%
Tarifit1.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.3%
Arabic only26.9%
Arabic, French and English22.0%
Other combinations3.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot45.2%
Private car14.0%
Bus12.1%
Taxi9.4%
Bike or motorcycle5.9%
Employer’s transport4.4%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood26.4%
Another commune25.4%
Another in the commune19.4%
No fixed place17.6%
Another province4.1%
At home2.7%
Somewhere else0.8%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades35.9%
Labouring and small trades18.7%
Clerical work15.2%
Managers and senior professionals9.4%
Trade and broking8.7%
Machine operating4.0%
Technicians3.7%
Not classified2.4%
Farm and fishing labour1.1%
Farming and fishing1.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma48.2%
Primary22.7%
Lower secondary13.5%
Upper secondary9.3%
DEUG or Licence4.8%
Master’s or doctorate1.5%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 439,093
Standing empty: 27.9%15.9% vacant12.0% a second home
Precarious: 3.9%2.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 97.8%96.6% on the water mains96.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 5.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house56.9%
Apartment33.3%
Traditional house3.4%
Slum or basic house2.8%
Villa2.5%
Other1.0%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years50.5%
20 to 49 years42.3%
50 years or more7.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 58,00846.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 55,93896.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 142,6822.6 per business
Public services: 1,417
Associations: 653in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 3counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce46.2%
Services31.2%
Industry19.3%
Construction3.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person55.2%
2 to 332.9%
4 to 99.7%
10 to 491.9%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.0%
2011–201935.1%
2001–201017.9%
1991–20006.6%
1981–19901.9%
1956–19802.3%
Before 19561.1%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Fès	urban	1,167,842	+7.0%	11,923
Oulad Tayeb	urban	56,352	+129.1%	749
Méchouar-Fès-El Jadid	urban	15,121	−26.5%	9,191
Ain Bida	rural	11,109	+41.6%	122
Sidi Harazem	rural	5,748	+2.2%	121

In the data

Code: 03.231
As digits: 03231
Record: /api/provinces/03.231.json
Communes: /api/provinces/03.231/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/03.231/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/03.231/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/03.231/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/03.231/housing.json

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