Fquih Ben Salah

الفقيه بن صالح

Province in the région of Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 475,977
Since 2014: −5.3%
Households: 111,668
Communes: 16
Area: 2,501 km²

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

Most populous: Fquih Ben Salah 97,380
Grew the most: Ouled Ayad +3.1%
Shrank the most: Hel Merbaa −19.4%
Densest: Souk Sebt Ouled Nemma 5,090 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: 32.6%aged 10 and over39.4% in 201441.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 30.0%11.8% in 201434.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.1%aged 15 and over43.5% in 20148.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.79children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 87.9%of settled households74.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Fquih Ben Salah: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	3.8%
2.9%	70–74	2.8%
4.1%	65–69	3.8%
5.2%	60–64	5.2%
4.7%	55–59	4.9%
5.7%	50–54	6.1%
6.0%	45–49	6.7%
6.1%	40–44	6.7%
5.9%	35–39	6.2%
5.8%	30–34	6.5%
5.5%	25–29	6.6%
6.3%	20–24	6.7%
8.7%	15–19	8.0%
11.6%	10–14	10.2%
10.8%	5–9	9.2%
7.8%	0–4	6.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit3.4%
Tamazight2.3%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French52.2%
English14.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot35.8%
Bike or motorcycle29.9%
Private car10.2%
Doesn’t travel to work9.2%
Employer’s transport6.4%
Taxi3.0%
Bus2.2%
Informal transport1.7%
Another way1.0%
Animal0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.4%aged 10 and over32.6% in 202450.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.8%30.0% in 202429.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.5%aged 15 and over36.1% in 202411.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.36children per woman1.79 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 74.9%of settled households87.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Fquih Ben Salah: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.7%
1.7%	70–74	1.9%
1.7%	65–69	1.8%
3.4%	60–64	3.3%
4.3%	55–59	4.0%
5.4%	50–54	5.5%
5.0%	45–49	5.4%
6.0%	40–44	6.6%
6.6%	35–39	7.4%
7.0%	30–34	7.7%
7.4%	25–29	7.7%
8.8%	20–24	8.9%
9.3%	15–19	8.9%
9.3%	10–14	8.4%
9.6%	5–9	8.8%
12.1%	0–4	11.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit2.9%
Tamazight2.4%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.2%
Arabic only37.7%
Arabic, French and English13.5%
Other combinations1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot48.4%
Bike or motorcycle21.5%
Private car7.8%
Works at home5.5%
Taxi4.9%
Another way4.9%
Not stated2.8%
Bus2.5%
Employer’s transport1.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood46.8%
No fixed place19.7%
Another in the commune14.9%
Another commune6.0%
At home5.5%
Another province3.0%
Not stated2.8%
Somewhere else1.5%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour28.6%
Crafts and skilled trades17.2%
Farming and fishing15.7%
Labouring and small trades12.9%
Trade and broking9.5%
Clerical work7.1%
Managers and senior professionals3.6%
Machine operating2.6%
Technicians1.5%
Not classified1.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma64.3%
Primary21.4%
Lower secondary9.0%
Upper secondary3.5%
DEUG or Licence1.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 71,243
Standing empty: 31.8%18.8% vacant13.0% a second home
Precarious: 1.3%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 91.0%92.3% on the water mains92.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.6%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house91.1%
Apartment5.6%
Villa1.2%
Traditional house0.8%
Slum or basic house0.8%
Other0.3%
Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years57.5%
20 to 49 years36.7%
50 years or more5.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 15,56932.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 13,23785.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 25,0821.9 per business
Public services: 1,835
Associations: 497in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 16counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.5%
Services26.9%
Industry14.3%
Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person62.6%
2 to 331.2%
4 to 95.2%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later34.9%
2011–201933.7%
2001–201015.7%
1991–20009.5%
1981–19904.0%
1956–19802.0%
Before 19560.2%

Douars

Fquih Ben Salah’s rural communes hold 224 douars, with 273,083 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 7.2 km23.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 4.4 km7.4% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 3.6 km2.9% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 0.4 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.4 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Fquih Ben Salah	urban	97,380	−4.6%	3,125
Souk Sebt Ouled Nemma	urban	60,293	+0.4%	5,090
Had Boumoussa	rural	41,154	−7.9%	107
Bradia	rural	37,064	−8.9%	286
Dar Ould Zidouh	rural	30,114	−3.4%	115
Ouled Zmam	rural	30,039	−10.7%	151
Krifate	rural	28,601	−2.1%	114
Ouled Nacer	rural	26,733	−6.0%	220
Ouled Ayad	urban	24,564	+3.1%	3,826
Sidi Aissa Ben Ali	rural	24,503	−4.2%	321
Ouled Bourahmoune	rural	14,583	−3.5%	221
Bni Oukil	rural	14,097	−7.6%	33.5
Khalfia	rural	13,766	−10.9%	68.3
Sidi Hammadi	rural	12,981	−8.8%	209
Bni Chegdale	rural	10,413	−9.0%	53
Hel Merbaa	rural	9,692	−19.4%	118

In the data

Code: 05.255
As digits: 05255
Record: /api/provinces/05.255.json
Communes: /api/provinces/05.255/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/05.255/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/05.255/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/05.255/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/05.255/housing.json

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