Youssoufia

اليوسفية

Province in the région of Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 246,148
Since 2014: −2.3%
Households: 55,055
Communes: 11
Area: 2,949 km²

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

Most populous: Youssoufia 65,669
Grew the most: Echemmaia +9.2%
Shrank the most: Lakhoualqa −10.7%
Densest: Youssoufia 2,495 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: 33.6%aged 10 and over42.8% in 201442.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.3%16.3% in 201436.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.1%aged 15 and over46.0% in 20148.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.39children per woman3.00 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 52.4%of settled households44.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Youssoufia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.5%	75 and over	3.4%
2.8%	70–74	2.6%
3.5%	65–69	3.4%
3.9%	60–64	4.7%
3.8%	55–59	4.2%
4.6%	50–54	4.9%
5.5%	45–49	5.4%
6.4%	40–44	6.3%
6.3%	35–39	6.4%
6.8%	30–34	6.6%
6.7%	25–29	6.5%
7.2%	20–24	6.8%
9.0%	15–19	8.8%
11.3%	10–14	11.1%
10.8%	5–9	10.5%
8.8%	0–4	8.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.7%
Tachelhit1.4%
Tamazight0.3%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French46.2%
English11.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot34.1%
Bike or motorcycle13.1%
Bus12.0%
Private car8.0%
Taxi4.7%
Employer’s transport4.7%

Can’t read or write: 42.8%aged 10 and over33.6% in 202453.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.3%24.3% in 202444.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.0%aged 15 and over39.1% in 202412.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.00children per woman2.39 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 44.2%of settled households52.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Youssoufia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.6%
1.4%	70–74	1.7%
1.8%	65–69	1.7%
3.5%	60–64	3.1%
4.1%	55–59	3.8%
4.5%	50–54	5.0%
4.2%	45–49	4.7%
5.1%	40–44	5.4%
6.2%	35–39	6.2%
7.5%	30–34	7.3%
8.3%	25–29	7.9%
9.6%	20–24	9.1%
9.8%	15–19	9.7%
9.9%	10–14	9.8%
10.1%	5–9	10.1%
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%
Tachelhit1.1%
Tamazight0.2%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.8%
Arabic only37.2%
Arabic, French and English13.9%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot48.0%
Bus21.6%
Bike or motorcycle7.9%
Private car5.1%
Taxi5.1%
Employer’s transport1.6%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood33.7%
Another province26.8%
Another in the commune14.0%
No fixed place11.4%
Another commune5.8%
At home4.6%
Somewhere else0.9%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades23.7%
Labouring and small trades21.3%
Farming and fishing16.6%
Farm and fishing labour11.3%
Trade and broking10.0%
Clerical work7.7%
Managers and senior professionals3.6%
Machine operating2.8%
Technicians1.6%
Not classified1.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma67.6%
Primary18.7%
Lower secondary8.2%
Upper secondary3.8%
DEUG or Licence1.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 29,298
Standing empty: 19.7%13.0% vacant6.8% a second home
Precarious: 2.0%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 93.5%91.5% on the water mains94.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house84.7%
Traditional house7.6%
Villa2.9%
Apartment2.9%
Rural-type1.5%
Other0.4%
Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years38.7%
20 to 49 years49.9%
50 years or more11.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 7,33929.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 4,90866.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7,9381.6 per business
Public services: 1,998
Associations: 433in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 9counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.1%
Services23.2%
Industry11.9%
Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person73.9%
2 to 322.2%
4 to 93.3%
10 to 490.6%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later20.1%
2011–201946.8%
2001–201024.0%
1991–20006.7%
1981–19901.5%
1956–19801.0%
Before 19560.1%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Youssoufia	urban	65,669	−2.9%	2,495
Echemmaia	urban	26,547	+9.2%	764
Ighoud	rural	22,080	−3.5%	61.8
Sidi Chiker	rural	20,291	−1.8%	35.5
Jnane Bouih	rural	19,755	+0.3%	58.4
Jdour	rural	19,390	−4.2%	72
Ras El Ain	rural	19,089	−2.7%	57.9
El Gantour	rural	17,270	−6.9%	70.2
Esbiaat	rural	14,662	−2.2%	53.3
Lakhoualqa	rural	14,621	−10.7%	41.5
Atiamim	rural	6,774	−3.5%	46

In the data

Code: 07.585
As digits: 07585
Record: /api/provinces/07.585.json
Communes: /api/provinces/07.585/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/07.585/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/07.585/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/07.585/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/07.585/housing.json

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