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

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 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	Women
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%

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%
Employer’s transport4.4%
Bus1.6%

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	Women
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%

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%
Bus2.3%
Employer’s transport1.6%

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%
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

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%

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap: 2805269

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-bida");

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