Khémisset

الخميسات

Province in the région of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 563,036
Since 2014: +3.8%
Households: 146,516
Communes: 35
Area: 7,823 km²

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

Most populous: Khémisset 125,834
Grew the most: Sidi Allal El Bahraoui +83.7%
Shrank the most: Ait Malek −21.6%
Densest: Tiflet 10,634 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: 32.7%aged 10 and over40.4% in 201442.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 26.0%18.9% in 201437.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.2%aged 15 and over44.7% in 201412.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.81children per woman2.01 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 65.8%of settled households58.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Khémisset: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.5%	75 and over	4.4%
3.0%	70–74	3.0%
4.2%	65–69	3.7%
5.5%	60–64	5.5%
5.1%	55–59	5.3%
6.2%	50–54	6.2%
6.2%	45–49	6.6%
6.5%	40–44	7.0%
6.3%	35–39	6.9%
6.1%	30–34	6.7%
5.6%	25–29	6.1%
6.6%	20–24	6.9%
8.6%	15–19	7.9%
10.2%	10–14	9.3%
9.2%	5–9	8.2%
7.2%	0–4	6.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.4%
Tamazight31.9%
Tachelhit5.7%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French58.8%
English17.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.5%
Private car10.7%
Taxi8.0%
Bike or motorcycle7.2%
Employer’s transport4.8%
Bus1.4%

Can’t read or write: 40.4%aged 10 and over32.7% in 202451.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.9%26.0% in 202439.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.7%aged 15 and over35.2% in 202418.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.01children per woman1.81 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people5.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 58.2%of settled households65.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Khémisset: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.0%	75 and over	3.3%
2.0%	70–74	2.3%
2.2%	65–69	2.2%
3.8%	60–64	3.7%
4.7%	55–59	4.0%
5.8%	50–54	5.8%
5.3%	45–49	5.8%
6.2%	40–44	6.8%
6.4%	35–39	7.2%
6.8%	30–34	7.5%
7.3%	25–29	7.7%
8.3%	20–24	8.5%
9.6%	15–19	8.8%
9.9%	10–14	9.0%
8.9%	5–9	8.4%
9.9%	0–4	9.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.6%
Tamazight41.2%
Tachelhit2.6%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.1%
Arabic only28.4%
Arabic, French and English16.0%
Other combinations5.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot65.5%
Taxi8.7%
Private car6.8%
Bike or motorcycle5.3%
Bus2.3%
Employer’s transport1.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood49.8%
Another in the commune18.0%
No fixed place12.9%
Another commune5.9%
Another province5.1%
At home5.0%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour19.9%
Farming and fishing18.7%
Crafts and skilled trades17.5%
Labouring and small trades13.5%
Clerical work11.2%
Trade and broking7.9%
Managers and senior professionals4.5%
Machine operating3.0%
Technicians2.0%
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 diploma61.2%
Primary21.1%
Lower secondary10.7%
Upper secondary5.1%
DEUG or Licence1.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 101,138
Standing empty: 21.2%11.2% vacant9.9% a second home
Precarious: 3.4%2.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 94.4%95.0% on the water mains94.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house86.9%
Apartment6.4%
Slum or basic house2.1%
Villa1.8%
Traditional house1.5%
Other1.0%
Rural-type0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years64.2%
20 to 49 years33.1%
50 years or more2.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 16,48329.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 14,15685.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 26,8861.9 per business
Public services: 2,044
Associations: 283in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 33counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce51.7%
Services30.7%
Industry14.0%
Construction3.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person62.0%
2 to 331.7%
4 to 95.3%
10 to 491.0%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later37.9%
2011–201933.0%
2001–201014.7%
1991–20008.5%
1981–19903.5%
1956–19802.2%
Before 19560.1%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Khémisset	urban	125,834	−4.3%	4,064
Tiflet	urban	103,850	+19.8%	10,634
Sidi Allal El Bahraoui	urban	29,147	+83.7%	4,067
Ait Yadine	rural	21,007	+2.5%	154
Oulmes	rural	19,579	+4.2%	36.6
Ain Johra-Sidi Boukhalkhal	rural	16,644	−3.8%	44.7
Majmaa Tolba	rural	15,447	+22.5%	78
M'qam Tolba	rural	15,070	+11.6%	66.2
Ezzhiliga	rural	14,788	−4.2%	28.1
Sidi Abderrazak	rural	14,021	+4.1%	49.1
El Ganzra	rural	13,792	+4.4%	52.8
Marchouch	rural	13,017	+11.0%	48.8
Laghoualem	rural	12,051	−1.4%	20.7
Brachoua	rural	11,851	−1.5%	29.3
Rommani	urban	11,117	−9.6%	2,617
Maaziz	rural	10,812	−6.0%	120
Ain Sbit	rural	10,425	−5.7%	29.4
Ait Ouribel	rural	9,375	−2.8%	97.4
Tiddas	rural	9,013	−10.3%	16.4
Ait Ikkou	rural	8,179	−7.7%	26.4
Sidi El Rhandour	rural	7,644	+3.6%	72.8
Sfassif	rural	7,071	−8.0%	36.4
Ait Mimoune	rural	7,065	−16.8%	18.6
Sidi Allal Lamsadder	rural	6,875	−6.7%	58.9
Khemis Sidi Yahya	rural	6,837	+2.5%	64.5
Houderrane	rural	6,049	−5.7%	48
Ait Ali Ou Lahcen	rural	5,139	+0.2%	26
Jemaat Moul Blad	rural	5,051	−10.1%	23.8
Ait Siberne	rural	4,676	−4.6%	29.5
My Driss Aghbal	rural	4,583	−9.1%	26.1
Ait Bouyahia El Hajjama	rural	4,491	+0.5%	74.2
Ait Belkacem	rural	4,396	−1.6%	31.8
Ait Malek	rural	3,809	−21.6%	28.1
Bouqachmir	rural	2,877	−20.8%	8.6
Ait Ichou	rural	1,454	−19.6%	10.8

In the data

Code: 04.291
As digits: 04291
Record: /api/provinces/04.291.json
Communes: /api/provinces/04.291/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/04.291/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/04.291/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/04.291/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/04.291/housing.json

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