Skhirate-Témara

الصخيرات-تمارة

Préfecture in the région of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 783,475
Since 2014: +36.4%
Households: 208,316
Communes: 10
Area: 1,081 km²

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

Most populous: Témara 297,098
Grew the most: Ain Attig +195.0%
Shrank the most: El Menzeh −37.0%
Densest: Témara 6,742 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: 15.0%aged 10 and over22.2% in 201420.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.0%15.4% in 201419.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.6%aged 15 and over53.2% in 201428.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.87children per woman2.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.2%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.0%of settled households75.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Skhirate-Témara: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.4%
2.4%	70–74	2.1%
3.3%	65–69	3.0%
4.4%	60–64	4.5%
4.7%	55–59	4.7%
5.8%	50–54	5.7%
6.5%	45–49	6.6%
7.5%	40–44	7.6%
7.6%	35–39	8.0%
7.6%	30–34	8.5%
6.6%	25–29	7.8%
6.9%	20–24	7.5%
7.8%	15–19	7.3%
9.4%	10–14	8.5%
9.3%	5–9	8.5%
8.0%	0–4	7.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tachelhit7.5%
Tamazight3.0%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French69.2%
English31.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Private car28.4%
On foot18.3%
Bus14.8%
Taxi14.0%
Employer’s transport10.4%
Bike or motorcycle6.4%

Can’t read or write: 22.2%aged 10 and over15.0% in 202429.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.4%17.0% in 202423.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.2%aged 15 and over48.6% in 202430.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.02children per woman1.87 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.9%of people3.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 75.7%of settled households96.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Skhirate-Témara: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.4%	75 and over	1.7%
1.2%	70–74	1.3%
1.8%	65–69	1.6%
3.5%	60–64	2.9%
4.4%	55–59	4.0%
5.4%	50–54	5.4%
5.9%	45–49	5.8%
7.0%	40–44	6.9%
7.7%	35–39	8.0%
8.5%	30–34	8.9%
8.7%	25–29	9.3%
8.7%	20–24	9.5%
8.2%	15–19	8.2%
8.5%	10–14	8.3%
8.9%	5–9	8.5%
10.3%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.4%
Tachelhit8.1%
Tamazight2.3%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French46.2%
Arabic, French and English26.4%
Arabic only24.4%
Other combinations3.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot26.9%
Private car20.4%
Bus15.5%
Taxi14.2%
Employer’s transport6.3%
Bike or motorcycle5.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province26.4%
Their own neighbourhood21.0%
Another in the commune16.6%
No fixed place14.2%
Another commune13.7%
At home4.0%
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 trades22.5%
Clerical work21.8%
Labouring and small trades19.0%
Managers and senior professionals11.9%
Trade and broking6.7%
Technicians5.1%
Machine operating5.0%
Farm and fishing labour3.8%
Not classified2.4%
Farming and fishing1.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma41.6%
Primary23.8%
Lower secondary15.7%
Upper secondary10.5%
DEUG or Licence5.1%
Master’s or doctorate3.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 276,824
Standing empty: 30.6%16.2% vacant14.4% a second home
Precarious: 2.0%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 91.8%96.7% on the water mains97.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Apartment60.8%
Modern house31.5%
Villa5.2%
Slum or basic house0.8%
Rural-type0.6%
Traditional house0.5%
Other0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years78.9%
20 to 49 years20.4%
50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 23,65130.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 22,53195.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 90,1124.0 per business
Public services: 787
Associations: 333in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 5counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce48.2%
Services33.9%
Industry12.3%
Construction5.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person52.3%
2 to 335.7%
4 to 98.7%
10 to 492.6%
50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later47.7%
2011–201934.1%
2001–201011.6%
1991–20004.9%
1981–19900.8%
1956–19800.8%
Before 19560.1%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Témara	urban	297,098	−5.2%	6,742
Skhirate	urban	122,705	+105.3%	2,249
Sidi Yahya Zaer	rural	116,649	+101.9%	194
Ain El Aouda	urban	98,502	+97.7%	4,185
Ain Attig	urban	73,985	+195.0%	2,259
Mers El Kheir	rural	26,544	+28.8%	1,564
Harhoura	urban	20,950	+36.4%	2,070
Sabbah	rural	15,552	+3.5%	213
El Menzeh	rural	7,168	−37.0%	135
Oumazza	rural	4,322	−30.3%	25.3

In the data

Code: 04.501
As digits: 04501
Record: /api/provinces/04.501.json
Communes: /api/provinces/04.501/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/04.501/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/04.501/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/04.501/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/04.501/housing.json

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