Ain Jemaa

عين الجمعة

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

Population, 2024: 14,557
Since 2014: −4.6%from 15,265 in 2014
Density: 65.1people per km², 223.5 km²
Households: 2,918
Foreign residents: 4
Rank: 471471st most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Ain Orma, 81.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 36.1%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 70.8% to 88.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Johra-Sidi Boukhalkhal. Can’t read or write: 46.8% here, 45.5% there; higher education: 2.7% here, 1.3% there; Darija: 99.2% here, 99.2% there.

Compare it with Ain Johra-Sidi Boukhalkhal

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

50052

How it changed

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

Ain Jemaa −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: 46.8%aged 10 and over53.6% in 201457.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.1%4.6% in 201429.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.1%aged 15 and over48.2% in 201413.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.42children per woman1.57 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.1%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 36.1%of settled households29.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Jemaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.1%	75 and over	4.8%
2.8%	70–74	3.0%
3.0%	65–69	3.4%
5.2%	60–64	4.7%
5.9%	55–59	5.8%
6.0%	50–54	6.1%
6.5%	45–49	6.8%
6.3%	40–44	6.6%
6.5%	35–39	6.3%
6.0%	30–34	6.3%
5.1%	25–29	5.4%
7.1%	20–24	6.0%
8.9%	15–19	8.0%
9.7%	10–14	10.2%
9.4%	5–9	8.8%
7.7%	0–4	7.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.2%
Tamazight30.8%
Tachelhit7.7%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French47.5%
English5.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.7%
Doesn’t travel to work5.7%
Informal transport3.9%
Private car3.8%
Taxi3.5%
Employer’s transport3.2%
Animal3.2%
Bus1.3%
Another way1.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.7%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 53.6%aged 10 and over46.8% in 202466.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 4.6%19.1% in 202410.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.2%aged 15 and over46.1% in 20248.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 86.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.57children per woman2.42 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people6.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.3people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 29.4%of settled households36.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Jemaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	3.3%
2.4%	70–74	2.5%
2.1%	65–69	2.0%
3.2%	60–64	3.7%
3.7%	55–59	3.6%
5.3%	50–54	5.2%
6.4%	45–49	6.2%
6.7%	40–44	6.1%
6.6%	35–39	7.4%
7.2%	30–34	7.6%
7.7%	25–29	7.4%
8.3%	20–24	8.7%
8.5%	15–19	8.5%
9.5%	10–14	8.7%
9.3%	5–9	9.2%
9.6%	0–4	9.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tamazight60.8%
Tachelhit0.8%
Tarifit0.4%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French58.7%
Arabic only31.9%
Arabic, French and English8.5%
Other combinations0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot88.1%
Taxi4.9%
Private car2.1%
Another way1.6%
Not stated1.4%
Bus0.8%
Works at home0.6%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Train0.1%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood86.9%
Another in the commune4.3%
Another commune3.1%
Another province1.8%
No fixed place1.7%
Not stated1.3%
At home0.6%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour48.8%
Farming and fishing33.3%
Crafts and skilled trades7.1%
Clerical work3.0%
Labouring and small trades3.0%
Machine operating2.0%
Trade and broking1.5%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%
Technicians0.4%
Not classified0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma75.1%
Primary16.8%
Lower secondary5.8%
Upper secondary1.8%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 788
Standing empty: 18.3%7.0% vacant11.3% a second home
Precarious: 12.9%10.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 84.9%85.0% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 20.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house63.7%
Traditional house22.1%
Slum or basic house10.7%
Rural-type1.6%
Villa1.0%
Other0.6%
Apartment0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years84.1%
20 to 49 years12.4%
50 years or more3.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 22915.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8537.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1802.1 per business
Public services: 142
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce43.5%
Services35.3%
Industry21.2%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person56.5%
2 to 335.3%
4 to 97.1%
10 to 491.2%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later31.8%
2011–201942.4%
2001–201012.9%
1991–20007.1%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19563.5%

Urban centres

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

Ain Jemaa

4,311

Douars

Ain Jemaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 29 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,241 people. Another 4,311 live in Ain Jemaa, its urban centre, which has no douars. 5 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
أيت عيسى أوداودAit Aissa Aoudaoud5 douars · 2,281 people
عين حمامAin Hammam	Grouped	90	387	0.1	0.6	1.1
أيت لمسيرAit Lemsir	Dispersed	80	414	1.8	2.0	13.9
أيت مرزوكAit Merzoug	Dispersed	211	937	1.6	2.2	7.1
أيت عبديAit Abdi	Dispersed	102	441	0.7	1.0	12.7
أيت عيسى أوداودAit Aissa Aoudaoud	Dispersed	23	102	—	—	—
أيت إيكو موسىAit Ikkou Moussa10 douars · 2,180 people
أيت فطوAit Fetto	Dispersed	77	352	2.9	1.7	12.2
أيت التهاميAit Thami	Dispersed	29	117	—	—	—
أيت مسعودAit Messaoud	Dispersed	38	162	2.0	4.1	9.2
أيت مولودAit Mouloud	Dispersed	77	306	0.8	1.9	9.0
أيت علي بوكرينAit Ali Bougrine	Grouped	37	161	0.1	2.8	12.2
أيت بابا مغارةAit Baba Mghara	Dispersed	141	688	2.3	3.1	11.1
أيت ميسورAit Missour	Grouped	8	34	—	—	—
أيت الحاج حماديAit El Haj Hammadi	Grouped	3	10	—	—	—
أيت عوروAit Aourou	Grouped	24	105	—	—	—
أيت بابا الحوض الشرقيةAit Baba Lhoud Charqia	Dispersed	67	245	3.7	1.6	13.9
أيت بابا الحوضAit Baba Lhoud8 douars · 2,834 people
أيت عبد المالكAit Abdel Malek	Dispersed	59	295	0.8	1.9	14.9
أيت موسى أحميAit Moussa Ou Hammi	Dispersed	109	541	1.2	3.3	13.9
أيت بابا الحوض الغربية (سيدي الشباني)Ait Baba Lhoud Gharbia (Sidi Ecchbani)	Grouped	263	1,179	1.7	1.8	5.2
اجعاونةJaaouna	Dispersed	74	261	2.2	3.6	16.0
أيت عبد الكريمAit Abdelkrim	Dispersed	50	199	2.9	2.4	14.3
أيت عقاAit Aqqa	Dispersed	44	204	0.7	2.8	14.3
أيت كراتAit Gratte	Dispersed	34	131	3.2	3.6	16.4
عين مشقوقAin Mechekouk	Grouped	6	24	—	—	—
أيت علي بالكومAit Ali Balkoum5 douars · 2,583 people
أيت بن موسىAit Ben Moussa	Dispersed	206	1,041	4.0	2.8	10.5
أيت الطالب عليAit Taleb Ali	Dispersed	82	449	4.7	2.3	6.8
أيت علي بالكومAit Ali Balkoum	Dispersed	170	787	6.9	2.8	15.6
تعاونية باب تيسرةCoopérative Bab Tisra	Grouped	61	268	1.0	0.7	7.9
أيت ايديرAit Ider	Grouped	8	38	—	—	—
سيدي جعفر (2)Sidi Jafar (2)1 douar · 363 people
أيت عيسى أعليAit Aissa Ali	Grouped	83	363	0.0	1.1	16.6

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: 03.061.03.01
As digits: 030610301
Slug: ain-jemaa
Record: /api/communes/03.061.03.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.061.03.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.061.03.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.061.03.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/03.061.03.01/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.061.03.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.061.03.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.061.03.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2561336

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