Meknès

مكناس

Préfecture in the région of Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 942,945
Since 2014: +12.8%
Households: 248,296
Communes: 21
Area: 1,791 km²

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

Most populous: Meknès 551,503
Grew the most: Ait Ouallal +258.0%
Shrank the most: Charqaoua −14.5%
Densest: Ouislane 10,623 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: 19.4%aged 10 and over25.3% in 201426.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.5%18.7% in 201429.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.9%aged 15 and over46.6% in 201418.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.77children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 93.2%of settled households87.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Meknès: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	3.5%
2.9%	70–74	2.7%
4.1%	65–69	3.7%
5.7%	60–64	5.5%
5.4%	55–59	5.6%
6.0%	50–54	6.3%
6.1%	45–49	6.7%
6.6%	40–44	7.1%
6.4%	35–39	7.0%
6.4%	30–34	7.0%
6.1%	25–29	6.5%
7.2%	20–24	7.3%
8.2%	15–19	7.6%
9.8%	10–14	8.8%
8.9%	5–9	8.1%
7.3%	0–4	6.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.7%
Tamazight6.8%
Tachelhit4.8%
Tarifit1.7%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French63.4%
English22.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot39.8%
Private car16.0%
Taxi12.3%
Employer’s transport11.4%
Bike or motorcycle6.3%
Bus6.1%
Doesn’t travel to work4.8%
Informal transport1.5%
Animal0.6%
Another way0.6%
Train0.5%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 25.3%aged 10 and over19.4% in 202434.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.7%24.5% in 202433.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.6%aged 15 and over40.9% in 202421.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.97children per woman1.77 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.5%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 87.8%of settled households93.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Meknès: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.7%
1.8%	70–74	2.0%
2.0%	65–69	2.0%
3.9%	60–64	3.6%
4.9%	55–59	4.4%
6.4%	50–54	6.3%
6.1%	45–49	6.5%
6.8%	40–44	7.2%
6.8%	35–39	7.6%
7.3%	30–34	7.8%
7.7%	25–29	8.1%
8.7%	20–24	8.8%
8.4%	15–19	8.2%
8.7%	10–14	8.1%
8.5%	5–9	7.8%
9.6%	0–4	8.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.4%
Tamazight9.5%
Tachelhit3.6%
Tarifit2.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French49.3%
Arabic only25.6%
Arabic, French and English21.7%
Other combinations3.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.2%
Taxi15.3%
Private car12.0%
Bus7.5%
Bike or motorcycle5.3%
Employer’s transport4.2%
Not stated3.4%
Works at home3.1%
Another way2.3%
Train0.8%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood35.4%
Another in the commune28.3%
No fixed place14.8%
Another commune10.0%
Another province4.4%
Not stated3.3%
At home3.1%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades23.8%
Clerical work16.4%
Labouring and small trades15.6%
Farm and fishing labour10.7%
Managers and senior professionals9.2%
Trade and broking8.7%
Farming and fishing5.4%
Machine operating4.4%
Technicians4.1%
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 diploma47.6%
Primary23.3%
Lower secondary15.3%
Upper secondary8.5%
DEUG or Licence4.1%
Master’s or doctorate1.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 278,771
Standing empty: 26.7%12.1% vacant14.7% a second home
Precarious: 1.5%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 97.3%96.5% on the water mains96.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.3%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house57.8%
Apartment31.5%
Traditional house5.9%
Villa3.3%
Slum or basic house0.8%
Other0.5%
Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years61.7%
20 to 49 years31.6%
50 years or more6.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 35,77037.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 32,80891.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 85,2142.6 per business
Public services: 2,162
Associations: 800in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 6counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce50.0%
Services31.3%
Industry14.5%
Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person62.6%
2 to 329.0%
4 to 96.5%
10 to 491.6%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.7%
2011–201942.2%
2001–201014.5%
1991–20006.3%
1981–19902.2%
1956–19803.6%
Before 19560.6%

Douars

Meknès’s rural communes hold 322 douars, with 156,936 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 12.5 km53.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 6.6 km19.5% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 6.2 km19.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 0.8 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.4 km0.1% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Meknès	urban	551,503	+6.0%	7,601
Ouislane	urban	112,180	+27.6%	10,623
M'haya	rural	30,060	+13.9%	257
Dkhissa	rural	28,296	+42.1%	332
Toulal	urban	26,970	+41.4%	2,122
Majjate	rural	20,698	+128.1%	209
Sidi Slimane Moul Al Kifane	rural	20,427	+6.7%	316
Ait Ouallal	rural	19,079	+258.0%	180
Boufakrane	urban	16,892	+30.5%	3,400
Oued Jdida	rural	16,379	+9.7%	219
Ain Jemaa	rural	14,557	−4.6%	65.1
Ain Karma-Oued Rommane	rural	13,986	+1.1%	57.4
Sidi Abdellah Al Khayat	rural	12,158	+8.3%	119
Dar Oum Soltane	rural	11,609	+31.3%	177
My Idriss Zerhoun	urban	10,038	−13.6%	3,969
Oualili	rural	9,009	−7.5%	69.7
Mrhassiyine	rural	8,355	+4.4%	102
N'zalat Bni Amar	rural	7,672	−8.1%	96.5
Al Machouar-Stinia	urban	5,009	+7.4%	5,766
Charqaoua	rural	4,727	−14.5%	35.8
Ain Orma	rural	3,341	−4.4%	40.3

In the data

Code: 03.061
As digits: 03061
Record: /api/provinces/03.061.json
Communes: /api/provinces/03.061/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/03.061/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/03.061/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/03.061/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/03.061/housing.json

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