Ain Bida

عين البيضاء

Rural commune in the cercle of Fès Banlieue, préfecture of Fès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 11,109
Since 2014: +41.6%from 7,843 in 2014
Density: 122people per km², 90.8 km²
Households: 2,457
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 661661st most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 5 in its préfecture

Next door in Aghbalou Aqorar, 17.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 74.9%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 1.5% to 74.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Aissa. Unemployment: 8.4% here, 9.1% there; can’t read or write: 25.4% here, 26.5% there; running water: 94.6% here, 99.1% there.

Compare it with Oulad Aissa

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

30045

How it changed

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

Ain Bida +41.6%

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: 25.4%aged 10 and over36.0% in 201433.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.4%15.3% in 201413.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.4%aged 15 and over45.2% in 20147.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.53children per woman2.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.6%of settled households90.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Bida: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.9%
2.1%	70–74	1.9%
3.4%	65–69	2.5%
4.8%	60–64	4.5%
4.4%	55–59	4.8%
5.4%	50–54	6.4%
6.5%	45–49	5.9%
7.1%	40–44	6.5%
6.2%	35–39	7.2%
6.5%	30–34	7.0%
6.1%	25–29	6.7%
6.4%	20–24	7.6%
9.2%	15–19	8.4%
10.4%	10–14	10.3%
10.1%	5–9	9.5%
9.1%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tachelhit1.7%
Tamazight0.7%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French38.0%
English9.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot37.8%
Bike or motorcycle15.7%
Private car15.5%
Taxi13.7%
Doesn’t travel to work5.0%
Informal transport4.6%
Employer’s transport4.4%
Bus1.6%
Another way1.2%
Animal0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 36.0%aged 10 and over25.4% in 202449.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.3%8.4% in 202440.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.2%aged 15 and over36.4% in 20248.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.58children per woman1.53 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.4people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 90.0%of settled households94.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Bida: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.6%
1.4%	70–74	2.2%
1.6%	65–69	1.7%
2.9%	60–64	2.5%
3.6%	55–59	3.3%
5.2%	50–54	4.7%
5.1%	45–49	5.7%
6.9%	40–44	6.8%
7.8%	35–39	7.9%
7.7%	30–34	7.6%
8.0%	25–29	8.4%
7.8%	20–24	9.3%
8.4%	15–19	8.3%
8.7%	10–14	8.1%
10.5%	5–9	9.7%
11.8%	0–4	11.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit1.3%
Tamazight0.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.8%
Arabic only38.4%
Arabic, French and English9.7%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.8%
Taxi25.7%
Bike or motorcycle10.6%
Private car8.2%
Works at home4.4%
Another way3.0%
Bus2.3%
Not stated2.2%
Employer’s transport1.6%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood39.6%
Another commune32.5%
No fixed place14.3%
Another in the commune4.5%
At home4.4%
Not stated2.4%
Another province2.1%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades32.7%
Farming and fishing19.1%
Labouring and small trades15.3%
Farm and fishing labour14.4%
Clerical work7.2%
Machine operating5.3%
Trade and broking3.0%
Managers and senior professionals1.4%
Technicians1.0%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma62.9%
Primary25.9%
Lower secondary7.8%
Upper secondary2.4%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 22420.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 16071.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 4162.6 per business
Public services: 45
Associations: 19in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce55.6%
Industry21.3%
Services21.3%
Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person79.4%
2 to 311.3%
4 to 95.0%
10 to 493.8%
50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.5%
2011–201936.9%
2001–201022.5%
1991–20006.3%
1981–19901.3%
1956–19800.6%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ain Bida’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,018 people. 91 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الكعدةLgaada5 douars · 3,741 people
الكعدةLgaada	Grouped	558	2,296	0.6	1.2	13.6
آيت سكاتوAit Skatou	Grouped	113	570	1.2	1.0	22.9
عين لحجرAin Lahjar	Grouped	39	195	1.1	2.0	7.0
تعاونية البوزيديةCoopérative El Bouzidia	In parts	107	501	1.2	2.8	7.1
وسلانOuislane	Dispersed	40	179	0.9	4.7	16.4
بوغزوانBoughzouane6 douars · 3,562 people
أولاد عبد اللهOulad Abdellah	Grouped	142	648	0.4	2.0	2.1
أولاد بوزيدOulad Bouzid	Grouped	92	421	3.1	2.1	3.0
أولاد امحمدOulad M'hamed	In parts	73	364	0.5	3.0	4.6
أولاد ميمونOulad Mimoun	Grouped	70	332	0.0	1.4	3.4
تعاونية الإدريسية /تعاونية العملCoopérative El Idrissiat Coopérative El Amel	In parts	346	1,546	0.2	3.5	4.6
تجزئة الشروقLotissement Ecchrouk	Grouped	60	251	0.0	6.0	8.0
دوبلانDoublane8 douars · 3,715 people
عين البيضاء المركزAin Bida Centre	Dispersed	50	206	0.0	0.1	0.1
تعاونية الملكيةCoopérative El Melkia	Grouped	50	254	0.0	0.0	0.0
ايت صالحAit Salah	Grouped	74	346	0.0	0.2	5.0
مكرازAmakraze	In parts	213	1,020	1.1	1.1	4.3
ازناگةZnaga	Grouped	74	340	3.6	2.0	3.6
تعاونية مبروكةCoopérative Mabrouka	Grouped	90	374	0.2	2.0	2.5
فراكيطFrakit	Grouped	196	859	0.9	3.5	9.4
ايت يعقوبAit Yaqoub	Grouped	70	316	1.3	3.2	4.2

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

In the data

Files and code

Code: 03.231.81.03
As digits: 032318103
Slug: ain-bida
Record: /api/communes/03.231.81.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.231.81.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.231.81.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.231.81.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.231.81.03/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.231.81.03/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.231.81.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2805269

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-bida");

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