Ain Blal

عين بلال

Rural commune in the cercle of El Borouj, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
3,992
Since 2014
−15.1%from 4,699 in 2014
Density
36.7people per km², 108.7 km²
Households
886
Rank
1,3071,307th most populous of 1,503 communes45th of 46 in its province

Next door in Skoura Lhadra, 57.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 8.9%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.9% to 23.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Ain Blal −15.1%

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
49.4%aged 10 and over53.7% in 201460.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.4%7.9% in 20149.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.1%aged 15 and over41.1% in 201412.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.39children per woman1.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.3%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
8.9%of settled households4.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Blal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over4.7%
3.2%70–743.0%
4.6%65–693.5%
4.5%60–644.7%
3.6%55–594.4%
4.6%50–544.7%
6.1%45–496.8%
5.7%40–446.7%
6.2%35–396.3%
7.0%30–347.3%
5.9%25–295.6%
6.9%20–245.0%
7.4%15–198.3%
11.6%10–1410.1%
10.3%5–910.4%
8.6%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.8%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French61.9%
  • English22.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work23.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.2%
  • Taxi9.1%
  • Private car5.3%
  • Informal transport4.2%
  • Employer’s transport4.0%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9022.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3842.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2787.3 per business
Public services
52
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce78.9%
  • Industry21.1%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.7%
  • 2 to 313.2%
  • 4 to 95.3%
  • 10 to 495.3%
  • 50 and over2.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.4%
  • 2011–201950.0%
  • 2001–201021.1%
  • 1991–20007.9%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ain Blal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 3,992 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
عين ابلالAin Blal4 douars · 1,593 people
اولاد الواحيOulad El OuahiIn parts612511.01.33.8
اولاد سي عبدالعزيزOulad Si AbdelazizIn parts542930.30.95.4
اولاد سي بوقفةOulad Si Bou-WakfaIn parts1579634.61.212.9
ولاد بابا علي تمسداكOulad Baba Ali TamsdakGrouped1786———
عين بلال الجنوبيةAin Blal Janoubia7 douars · 2,399 people
المغاراتMegharatGrouped863240.10.30.5
ولاد سي احمدOulad Si AhmedIn parts652430.11.88.8
اولاد سي امحمدOulad Si M'HamedIn parts2551,0420.41.45.1
اولاد سي عبد الحميدOulad Si AbdelhamidIn parts1114614.81.28.6
اولاد بابا علي لقببOulad Baba Ali LakbbGrouped1467———
درقاوةDerkaouaGrouped27125———
سد المسيرةBarrage MassiraGrouped391370.00.08.0

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
06.461.07.01
As digits
064610701
Slug
ain-blal
OpenStreetMap
2879968
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-blal");

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