Sefrou

صفرو

Province in the région of Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 304,748
Since 2014: +6.4%
Households: 81,262
Communes: 23
Area: 3,485 km²

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

Most populous: Sefrou 86,903
Grew the most: Ain Cheggag +39.7%
Shrank the most: Adrej −28.9%
Densest: Sefrou 7,281 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: 30.5%aged 10 and over37.1% in 201440.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.2%17.0% in 201429.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.0%aged 15 and over44.4% in 201413.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.07children per woman2.08 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.2%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 88.0%of settled households75.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sefrou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	4.0%
3.0%	70–74	2.9%
4.1%	65–69	3.7%
5.5%	60–64	5.5%
5.6%	55–59	5.4%
6.3%	50–54	6.1%
6.1%	45–49	6.7%
6.3%	40–44	7.2%
6.0%	35–39	7.0%
5.7%	30–34	6.4%
5.3%	25–29	5.9%
6.2%	20–24	6.6%
8.9%	15–19	7.9%
10.2%	10–14	9.1%
9.4%	5–9	8.5%
7.8%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija94.7%
Tamazight41.3%
Tachelhit3.7%
Tarifit0.6%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French57.6%
English17.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.5%
Doesn’t travel to work11.1%
Private car9.9%
Employer’s transport7.3%
Taxi5.4%
Informal transport3.6%
Bike or motorcycle3.4%
Bus2.8%
Animal0.5%
Another way0.5%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 37.1%aged 10 and over30.5% in 202448.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.0%24.2% in 202427.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.4%aged 15 and over36.0% in 202420.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.08children per woman2.07 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.0%of people6.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 75.2%of settled households88.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sefrou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	3.2%
2.0%	70–74	2.2%
2.1%	65–69	2.1%
3.7%	60–64	3.6%
4.8%	55–59	4.1%
5.9%	50–54	5.8%
5.6%	45–49	6.1%
6.4%	40–44	6.9%
6.4%	35–39	7.4%
6.6%	30–34	7.7%
6.8%	25–29	7.9%
8.1%	20–24	8.4%
9.3%	15–19	8.5%
9.5%	10–14	8.7%
9.2%	5–9	8.4%
9.9%	0–4	8.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija95.5%
Tamazight45.8%
Tachelhit2.5%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French51.4%
Arabic only25.7%
Arabic, French and English17.8%
Other combinations5.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.4%
Works at home8.2%
Private car6.5%
Taxi5.9%
Bus4.9%
Not stated3.8%
Employer’s transport2.1%
Another way2.1%
Bike or motorcycle2.0%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood45.7%
Another in the commune19.7%
No fixed place10.3%
At home8.2%
Another commune7.3%
Another province4.9%
Not stated3.7%
Somewhere else0.4%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour21.9%
Crafts and skilled trades21.4%
Farming and fishing15.8%
Labouring and small trades12.9%
Clerical work9.7%
Trade and broking6.0%
Managers and senior professionals5.4%
Machine operating3.3%
Technicians1.9%
Not classified1.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma57.9%
Primary21.1%
Lower secondary11.9%
Upper secondary6.1%
DEUG or Licence2.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.4%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 61,238
Standing empty: 24.7%11.8% vacant12.9% a second home
Precarious: 4.3%2.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 88.4%95.2% on the water mains96.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 6.2%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house79.7%
Apartment8.0%
Traditional house4.7%
Villa3.3%
Slum or basic house2.1%
Other1.2%
Rural-type0.9%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years55.2%
20 to 49 years40.0%
50 years or more4.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 9,71531.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8,11783.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 15,6241.9 per business
Public services: 1,292
Associations: 306in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 13counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce51.8%
Services31.3%
Industry13.6%
Construction3.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person69.4%
2 to 324.5%
4 to 94.9%
10 to 491.1%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later40.9%
2011–201933.0%
2001–201014.0%
1991–20007.4%
1981–19903.0%
1956–19801.6%
Before 19560.2%

Douars

Sefrou’s rural communes hold 313 douars, with 131,685 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 13.9 km53.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 7.1 km22.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 7.2 km22.9% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 0.9 km0.5% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 2.1 km1.9% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Sefrou	urban	86,903	+8.8%	7,281
Ain Cheggag	rural	28,584	+39.7%	261
Immouzzer-Kandar	urban	21,943	+14.7%	4,643
Ait Sebaa Lajrouf	rural	18,701	+7.1%	75.4
Ribate El Kheir	urban	18,469	+10.3%	1,851
Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed	rural	13,748	+11.2%	94.9
Bhalil	urban	13,727	+5.6%	4,297
El Menzel	urban	11,400	−9.8%	3,413
Kandar Sidi Khiar	rural	10,417	+11.7%	58.5
Aghbalou Aqorar	rural	9,920	+2.1%	36.1
Laanoussar	rural	9,285	+9.2%	19.1
Bir Tam-Tam	rural	8,954	−2.1%	60
Irhzrane	rural	8,498	−11.7%	13.3
Ain Timguenai	rural	6,598	+1.2%	86.1
Azzaba	rural	6,128	−4.9%	159
Ras Tabouda	rural	6,022	−5.7%	62
Oulad Mkoudou	rural	5,872	−11.9%	43.3
Tazouta	rural	5,804	−6.8%	29.9
Mtarnagha	rural	4,056	−10.9%	30.6
Ahl Sidi Lahcen	rural	3,566	−16.8%	31.7
Dar El Hamra	rural	3,540	−11.9%	30.5
Tafajight	rural	1,397	−17.7%	11.5
Adrej	rural	1,216	−28.9%	6.2

In the data

Code: 03.451
As digits: 03451
Record: /api/provinces/03.451.json
Communes: /api/provinces/03.451/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/03.451/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/03.451/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/03.451/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/03.451/housing.json

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