Ain Harrouda

عين حرودة

Urban commune in the préfecture of Mohammadia, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
60,804
Since 2014
−2.6%from 62,420 in 2014
Density
1,991people per km², 30.5 km²
Households
15,533
Foreign residents
320
Rank
8585th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 6 in its préfecture

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 22.3% to 94.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Martil. Apartments: 40.1% here, 39.7% there; can’t read or write: 15.7% here, 15.5% there; aged 65 and over: 6.9% here, 6.8% there.

Compare it with Martil

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

28630

How it changed

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

Ain Harrouda −2.6%

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
15.7%aged 10 and over24.7% in 201420.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.6%17.9% in 201418.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.8%aged 15 and over50.4% in 201420.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.88children per woman2.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.7%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.4%of settled households95.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Harrouda: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.8%75 and over2.2%
2.0%70–741.9%
2.9%65–692.8%
3.9%60–644.1%
4.3%55–594.3%
5.6%50–545.3%
6.8%45–496.7%
7.7%40–447.4%
7.3%35–398.0%
7.4%30–348.4%
6.8%25–297.6%
7.0%20–247.3%
8.0%15–197.3%
10.6%10–149.7%
10.0%5–99.3%
7.9%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tachelhit5.3%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French54.0%
  • English18.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Taxi27.0%
  • On foot21.7%
  • Private car17.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.4%
  • Employer’s transport10.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.5%
  • Bus3.3%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Tram0.5%
  • Train0.2%
  • Animal0.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
22,491
Standing empty
34.4%23.2% vacant11.2% a second home
Precarious
4.6%3.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.0%90.1% on the water mains88.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment49.0%
  • Modern house44.6%
  • Slum or basic house3.4%
  • Villa1.5%
  • Other0.9%
  • Traditional house0.3%
  • Rural-type0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years89.3%
  • 20 to 49 years8.4%
  • 50 years or more2.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,85330.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,77595.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
15,8628.9 per business
Public services
60
Associations
18in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.3%
  • Services28.3%
  • Industry17.3%
  • Construction5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person38.1%
  • 2 to 338.5%
  • 4 to 914.5%
  • 10 to 496.6%
  • 50 and over2.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later48.7%
  • 2011–201927.4%
  • 2001–201010.6%
  • 1991–20006.8%
  • 1981–19903.9%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19560.3%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households living in a basic house or a slum went from 73.8% in 2014 to 5.3% in 2024, a far bigger fall than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Of the communes it borders, only Mohammadia can be compared: −5.6 points since 2014.

Across Morocco, the fall was one point.

The share of households living in an apartment went from 8.5% in 2014 to 40.1% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Of the communes it borders, only Mohammadia can be compared: +9.7 points since 2014.

Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 10%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.371.01.03
As digits
063710103
Slug
ain-harrouda
OpenStreetMap
2523556
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-harrouda");

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