Safi

آسفي

Province in the région of Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 719,671
Since 2014: +4.0%
Households: 175,259
Communes: 25
Area: 4,137 km²

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

Most populous: Safi 323,888
Grew the most: Sebt Gzoula +32.7%
Shrank the most: El Ghiate −8.2%
Densest: Safi 4,418 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: 28.6%aged 10 and over36.5% in 201436.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.8%15.6% in 201432.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.2%aged 15 and over48.1% in 201413.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.09children per woman2.30 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 55.1%of settled households50.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Safi: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.2%	75 and over	3.9%
2.9%	70–74	3.0%
3.6%	65–69	3.6%
4.7%	60–64	5.0%
4.5%	55–59	4.6%
5.4%	50–54	5.6%
5.9%	45–49	6.0%
6.5%	40–44	6.5%
6.6%	35–39	6.4%
6.8%	30–34	6.6%
6.7%	25–29	6.5%
7.7%	20–24	7.4%
8.7%	15–19	8.5%
10.0%	10–14	9.8%
9.4%	5–9	9.1%
7.6%	0–4	7.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit1.2%
Tamazight0.3%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French51.7%
English15.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot36.3%
Bike or motorcycle14.2%
Taxi9.7%
Private car9.4%
Bus7.2%
Employer’s transport7.0%

Can’t read or write: 36.5%aged 10 and over28.6% in 202446.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.6%22.8% in 202434.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.1%aged 15 and over40.2% in 202418.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.30children per woman2.09 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people5.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 50.6%of settled households55.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Safi: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.1%
1.8%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.0%
3.8%	60–64	3.7%
4.3%	55–59	4.0%
5.2%	50–54	5.4%
5.0%	45–49	5.2%
6.0%	40–44	6.2%
6.5%	35–39	6.6%
7.5%	30–34	7.2%
7.8%	25–29	7.6%
8.9%	20–24	8.8%
9.0%	15–19	9.0%
9.7%	10–14	9.4%
9.4%	5–9	9.3%
10.3%	0–4	10.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit1.1%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French48.2%
Arabic only32.9%
Arabic, French and English17.8%
Other combinations1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot50.3%
Bus14.8%
Bike or motorcycle9.4%
Taxi8.4%
Private car6.3%
Employer’s transport3.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood35.5%
Another in the commune25.6%
No fixed place12.4%
Another province11.9%
Another commune9.1%
At home2.4%
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 trades25.4%
Labouring and small trades15.1%
Farm and fishing labour15.0%
Farming and fishing14.5%
Clerical work9.2%
Trade and broking8.1%
Managers and senior professionals5.4%
Machine operating3.5%
Technicians2.5%
Not classified1.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma60.6%
Primary20.2%
Lower secondary10.7%
Upper secondary5.9%
DEUG or Licence2.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.5%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 116,724
Standing empty: 20.3%12.7% vacant7.6% a second home
Precarious: 1.1%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 87.2%90.8% on the water mains94.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house81.1%
Apartment13.0%
Villa3.1%
Traditional house1.7%
Slum or basic house0.4%
Other0.4%
Rural-type0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years46.7%
20 to 49 years42.7%
50 years or more10.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 26,18736.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20,45278.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 51,8842.5 per business
Public services: 5,416
Associations: 319in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 21counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.6%
Services26.8%
Industry14.0%
Construction4.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person65.7%
2 to 327.2%
4 to 95.4%
10 to 491.3%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later31.9%
2011–201935.5%
2001–201016.4%
1991–20008.5%
1981–19903.9%
1956–19803.4%
Before 19560.5%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Safi	urban	323,888	+5.0%	4,418
Ayir	rural	30,870	+11.8%	113
Hrara	rural	30,025	+15.0%	118
Sebt Gzoula	urban	24,600	+32.7%	943
El Ghiate	rural	23,109	−8.2%	82.9
Nagga	rural	21,996	−2.4%	126
Moul El Bergui	rural	18,856	+22.9%	122
Saadla	rural	18,134	+9.0%	110
Lamrasla	rural	17,997	−1.8%	126
Sidi Ettiji	rural	17,197	+3.3%	78.9
Khatazakane	rural	16,691	+4.2%	84.1
Ouled Salmane	rural	16,457	−3.1%	74.2
Lamaachate	rural	15,830	+2.9%	90
Bouguedra	rural	15,707	−1.9%	65.4
El Beddouza	rural	14,278	+1.4%	130
Labkhati	rural	13,731	−4.1%	52
Lahdar	rural	12,809	−7.7%	96.3
Laamamra	rural	12,025	−5.4%	60.3
Dar Si Aissa	rural	11,949	+0.0%	81.8
Jamaat Shaim	urban	11,865	+5.5%	252
El Gouraani	rural	10,859	−3.8%	81.8
Chahda	rural	10,449	+0.8%	162
Lamsabih	rural	10,443	−7.9%	69
Atouabet	rural	10,378	−3.1%	65.4
Sidi Aissa	rural	9,528	−7.2%	71.4

In the data

Code: 07.431
As digits: 07431
Record: /api/provinces/07.431.json
Communes: /api/provinces/07.431/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/07.431/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/07.431/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/07.431/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/07.431/housing.json

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