Aghbala

اغبالة

Rural commune in the cercle of Aghbala, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 13,373
Since 2014: +4.6%from 12,781 in 2014
Density: 30people per km², 445.3 km²
Households: 3,622
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 532532nd most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 22 in its province

Next door in Boutferda, 0.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 59.4%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.2% to 59.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tamri. In the labour force: 39.1% here, 40.6% there; running water: 77.4% here, 74.3% there; aged 65 and over: 10.2% here, 9.4% there.

Compare it with Tamri

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Aghbala.

Aghbala +4.6%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 43.2%aged 10 and over51.4% in 201450.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.8%10.5% in 201423.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.1%aged 15 and over45.6% in 20148.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.75children per woman2.32 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.5%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 77.4%of settled households64.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aghbala: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.2%	75 and over	4.4%
2.6%	70–74	3.0%
3.1%	65–69	3.2%
3.9%	60–64	4.3%
3.9%	55–59	4.6%
5.2%	50–54	5.5%
6.1%	45–49	6.0%
7.5%	40–44	7.1%
7.3%	35–39	7.2%
6.7%	30–34	7.9%
5.7%	25–29	6.5%
5.5%	20–24	6.9%
7.3%	15–19	7.9%
10.6%	10–14	8.8%
11.3%	5–9	9.7%
9.2%	0–4	7.1%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight93.2%
Darija34.9%
Tachelhit5.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.4%
French63.2%
English15.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh7.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot69.0%
Informal transport14.5%
Employer’s transport4.4%
Private car4.2%
Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
Bike or motorcycle2.1%
Taxi0.7%
Animal0.7%
Another way0.4%
Bus0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 51.4%aged 10 and over43.2% in 202461.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.5%10.8% in 202426.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.6%aged 15 and over39.1% in 202414.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 87.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.32children per woman1.75 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.9%of people6.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 64.8%of settled households77.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Aghbala: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	2.6%
2.3%	70–74	2.2%
2.4%	65–69	1.9%
3.6%	60–64	3.6%
3.2%	55–59	3.2%
4.1%	50–54	5.1%
4.1%	45–49	5.4%
6.1%	40–44	6.1%
7.5%	35–39	7.3%
8.1%	30–34	8.0%
9.0%	25–29	9.1%
9.1%	20–24	9.5%
9.2%	15–19	8.8%
9.5%	10–14	9.1%
8.8%	5–9	9.0%
9.8%	0–4	8.9%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight97.1%
Darija31.1%
Tachelhit1.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French34.1%
Arabic only29.5%
Other combinations28.0%
Arabic, French and English8.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot80.6%
Taxi4.7%
Private car3.0%
Another way2.8%
Bus2.5%
Works at home2.1%
Not stated2.1%
Bike or motorcycle1.5%
Employer’s transport0.7%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood64.7%
Another in the commune16.8%
No fixed place8.6%
Another province3.0%
Another commune2.1%
At home2.1%
Not stated1.9%
Somewhere else0.8%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour28.2%
Crafts and skilled trades17.1%
Labouring and small trades16.5%
Farming and fishing16.2%
Clerical work6.5%
Trade and broking5.7%
Machine operating4.2%
Managers and senior professionals3.9%
Technicians1.0%
Not classified0.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma71.0%
Primary16.4%
Lower secondary7.4%
Upper secondary3.3%
DEUG or Licence1.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 3,143
Standing empty: 30.5%19.8% vacant10.7% a second home
Precarious: 5.2%2.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 89.7%93.3% on the water mains90.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 6.3%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house86.9%
Traditional house7.4%
Rural-type3.0%
Slum or basic house2.1%
Apartment0.4%
Villa0.2%
Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years61.8%
20 to 49 years34.7%
50 years or more3.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 63047.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 51782.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7321.4 per business
Public services: 87
Associations: 26in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce47.2%
Services30.9%
Industry21.3%
Construction0.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person74.9%
2 to 322.6%
4 to 92.3%
10 to 490.2%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.4%
2011–201934.2%
2001–201016.6%
1991–20008.3%
1981–19904.4%
1956–19801.0%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Aghbala

7,761

Douars

Aghbala’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 30 douars in 9 fractions, with 5,612 people. Another 7,761 live in Aghbala, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت حميAit Himmi6 douars · 1,001 people
أيت اعدوشAit Aadouch	Dispersed	33	118	0.3	0.7	16.1
أيت داودAit Daoud	Dispersed	30	132	0.5	0.9	16.2
أيت حمادAit Hmad	Dispersed	68	263	0.5	0.7	15.1
أيت رحمةAit Rahma	Dispersed	54	228	2.2	1.5	15.8
أيت خويا علي وإحلاليتنAit Khouya Ali Ouihlaliten	Dispersed	65	231	0.9	1.8	16.6
المسيدAlemsid	Grouped	8	29	—	—	—
أيت إيشوAit Ichou3 douars · 383 people
أيت زعكريAit Zaokri	Dispersed	38	157	1.2	1.3	10.4
أيت علي أويشوAit Ali Aouychou	Dispersed	32	147	1.8	1.8	11.6
أيت لحسنAit Lahcen	Dispersed	20	79	—	—	—
أيت جابرAit Jaber6 douars · 340 people
أيت وسعدنAit Ousaden	Dispersed	12	47	—	—	—
أيت ابراهيمAit Brahim	Dispersed	18	89	—	—	—
أيت أوكريانAit Ou Gariane	Dispersed	6	23	—	—	—
أيت خينشAit Khinnach	Dispersed	15	58	—	—	—
أيت أودرغالAit Ou Darghal	Dispersed	27	117	—	—	—
أيت عتوAit Aatou	Dispersed	2	6	—	—	—
إحريرIhrir3 douars · 413 people
أيت سعيدAit Said	Dispersed	61	229	0.9	1.0	11.2
ارزيكنArzikn	Dispersed	16	71	—	—	—
أيت خواجةAit Khouaja	Dispersed	24	113	—	—	—
أيت علي أوعيسىAit Ali Ouissa4 douars · 756 people
أيت ابراهيم أخوياAit Brahim Ou Khouya	Dispersed	95	392	2.0	2.6	16.7
أيت تايكوتAit Taykoute	Dispersed	25	111	—	—	—
ايت عطا اوعيسىAit Atta Ou Aissa	Dispersed	30	123	1.4	1.9	9.7
ايت اوعرضةAit Aourda	Dispersed	33	130	2.8	1.3	18.7
ايت سيدي عمر اوحليAit Sidi Omar Aouhli3 douars · 901 people
إيكاسنIkassane	Grouped	134	532	0.1	1.8	43.3
سيدي عمر أوحليSidi Amer Ou Helli	Grouped	66	287	1.6	2.3	15.4
تازرةTazra	Grouped	15	82	—	—	—
أوميشةAoumicha2 douars · 722 people
أوميشةAoumicha	Grouped	111	505	0.8	1.3	8.6
تيسودالTissoudal	Grouped	56	217	0.3	1.4	4.0
تيط نبلالTiton Belal2 douars · 395 people
تيط نبلالTiton Belal	Grouped	80	313	0.0	0.2	7.9
تيستيTistiy	Grouped	19	82	—	—	—
تاعدلونتTadlount1 douar · 701 people
تاعدلونتTadlount	Grouped	162	701	0.2	0.5	20.7

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 05.091.05.01
As digits: 050910501
Slug: aghbala
Record: /api/communes/05.091.05.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.091.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.091.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.091.05.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/05.091.05.01/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.091.05.01/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.091.05.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882832

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