Moulay Yacoub

مولاي يعقوب

Province in the région of Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 216,954
Since 2014: +24.6%
Households: 46,348
Communes: 11
Area: 1,484 km²

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

Most populous: Ain Chkef 91,541
Grew the most: Ain Chkef +68.0%
Shrank the most: Sebt Loudaya −3.5%
Densest: Moulay Yacoub 14,088 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: 34.5%aged 10 and over46.8% in 201444.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 21.0%7.3% in 201425.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.8%aged 15 and over47.3% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.68children per woman2.64 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 60.9%of settled households33.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Yacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.4%
2.0%	70–74	1.8%
2.5%	65–69	2.4%
3.6%	60–64	3.6%
3.6%	55–59	3.8%
4.7%	50–54	4.6%
5.7%	45–49	5.7%
6.7%	40–44	6.8%
7.0%	35–39	7.4%
6.8%	30–34	6.9%
6.5%	25–29	6.3%
7.5%	20–24	7.2%
9.5%	15–19	9.2%
11.0%	10–14	11.1%
11.0%	5–9	11.1%
9.7%	0–4	9.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tachelhit0.6%
Tamazight0.5%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French39.7%
English9.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot48.4%
Taxi9.6%
Bike or motorcycle8.8%
Private car8.6%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Bus4.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.8%aged 10 and over34.5% in 202459.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.3%21.0% in 202425.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.3%aged 15 and over39.8% in 20248.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.64children per woman2.68 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 33.5%of settled households60.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Yacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.2%	75 and over	2.0%
1.3%	70–74	1.5%
1.4%	65–69	1.4%
2.6%	60–64	2.5%
3.1%	55–59	2.9%
4.2%	50–54	4.2%
4.4%	45–49	4.4%
5.4%	40–44	5.6%
6.5%	35–39	6.5%
8.0%	30–34	8.1%
8.8%	25–29	9.1%
9.6%	20–24	9.6%
9.3%	15–19	9.3%
10.4%	10–14	10.3%
10.8%	5–9	10.8%
12.0%	0–4	11.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tarifit0.7%
Tamazight0.6%
Tachelhit0.5%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French51.8%
Arabic only39.5%
Arabic, French and English7.5%
Other combinations1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot69.4%
Taxi8.2%
Bike or motorcycle5.8%
Bus5.6%
Private car3.5%
Employer’s transport1.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood65.2%
Another province11.5%
No fixed place10.8%
Another in the commune4.5%
Another commune3.2%
At home1.1%
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 labour33.6%
Farming and fishing24.1%
Crafts and skilled trades15.4%
Labouring and small trades13.2%
Clerical work5.0%
Trade and broking3.3%
Machine operating3.2%
Managers and senior professionals0.8%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma74.2%
Primary18.6%
Lower secondary4.6%
Upper secondary1.9%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 17,681
Standing empty: 39.8%29.7% vacant10.1% a second home
Precarious: 4.9%2.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 90.9%81.3% on the water mains81.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 6.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house64.0%
Apartment18.4%
Villa12.3%
Slum or basic house2.4%
Rural-type1.9%
Other0.7%
Traditional house0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years88.9%
20 to 49 years9.4%
50 years or more1.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 5,13023.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 3,32964.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 8,4962.6 per business
Public services: 1,764
Associations: 37in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 9counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce48.3%
Services31.4%
Industry17.4%
Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person66.9%
2 to 324.6%
4 to 95.5%
10 to 492.5%
50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later52.5%
2011–201930.2%
2001–201010.3%
1991–20004.5%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19560.2%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Ain Chkef	urban	91,541	+68.0%	618
Sebaa Rouadi	rural	26,750	+13.7%	125
Ain Kansara	rural	14,910	+21.3%	67.1
Laajajra	rural	14,715	+1.7%	82.6
Sidi Daoud	rural	13,088	+2.5%	112
Ain Bou Ali	rural	12,354	+0.6%	79.7
Sebt Loudaya	rural	11,984	−3.5%	111
Louadaine	rural	11,523	−2.1%	98.1
Oulad Mimoun	rural	9,399	+0.3%	87.7
Mikkes	rural	6,145	+0.9%	52.5
Moulay Yacoub	urban	4,545	−1.5%	14,088

In the data

Code: 03.591
As digits: 03591
Record: /api/provinces/03.591.json
Communes: /api/provinces/03.591/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/03.591/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/03.591/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/03.591/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/03.591/housing.json

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