Ain Kansara

عين قنصرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Jemâa Lemta, province of Moulay Yacoub, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
14,910
Since 2014
+21.3%from 12,291 in 2014
Density
67.1people per km², 222.4 km²
Households
3,277
Foreign residents
2
Rank
449449th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 11 in its province

Next door in Fès, 99.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 22.6%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 91.1% to 61.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Isly. Aged 65 and over: 7.5% here, 6.6% there; Darija: 98.8% here, 99.3% there; higher education: 3.8% here, 4.0% there.

Compare it with Isly

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 Kansara.

Ain Kansara +21.3%

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
39.1%aged 10 and over50.1% in 201449.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.0%11.6% in 201424.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.5%aged 15 and over46.2% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.22children per woman2.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
42.1%of settled households21.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Kansara: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.9%
2.4%70–742.0%
2.8%65–692.7%
3.7%60–643.7%
3.7%55–594.2%
4.8%50–544.8%
5.9%45–496.2%
6.9%40–446.9%
7.1%35–397.3%
6.8%30–346.8%
7.0%25–296.5%
7.8%20–247.1%
8.7%15–198.7%
10.6%10–1410.3%
10.3%5–910.8%
9.6%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French44.3%
  • English8.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.3%
  • Informal transport16.5%
  • Taxi9.7%
  • Bus6.8%
  • Private car6.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.7%
  • Train0.2%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
32822.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14644.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2651.8 per business
Public services
182
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.9%
  • Services29.5%
  • Industry11.0%
  • Construction0.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.2%
  • 2 to 311.6%
  • 4 to 92.1%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later47.3%
  • 2011–201941.8%
  • 2001–20106.2%
  • 1991–20002.7%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ain Kansara’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 6 fractions, with 14,910 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الوادي 1El Ouadi 11 douar · 407 people
مشتى بلهواريMechta BelhouariDispersed864071.22.58.2
عين قنصرةAin Kansara4 douars · 4,205 people
بن حديدةBen HdidaIn parts693200.11.55.7
عين قنصرةAin KansaraGrouped6793,2571.91.511.7
عين بن خليفةAin Bni KhlifaGrouped602850.21.11.4
عين قنصرة المركزAin Kansara CentreGrouped773430.00.10.2
عين بومرشدAin Bau Marched10 douars · 3,574 people
عين بومرشدAin Bau MarchedIn parts4031,7740.01.34.3
أولاد احميدOulad AmidGrouped29144———
السانيةSanyaGrouped512541.11.56.8
المرجة بورفعMerja BourfaGrouped23111———
دار خشابDar KhachabGrouped462610.02.014.0
أولاد عايدOulad AayidGrouped1456960.00.017.0
وشانOuchaneGrouped527———
مشتى عبد الرحمانMachta AbderrahmanIn parts442230.84.913.5
السفيرةEssfiraGrouped1773———
عين منقوشAin ManqoucheGrouped211———
بني حمليلBni Hamlil3 douars · 1,535 people
زناتةZenataGrouped1315740.01.17.0
المرابطينMrabtineGrouped632900.91.17.0
بني حمليلBni HamlilGrouped1576710.02.02.3
التجزئات السكنيةEttajzyat Essknia4 douars · 2,613 people
تجزئة قرطبةLotissement KortbaIn parts763250.00.12.1
تجزئة فضاء فاسLotissement Fda FèsIn parts2018450.00.02.0
تجزئة الفتحLotissement Al FathIn parts954340.00.01.9
تجزئة ورد فاسLotissement Ouard FèsIn parts2201,0090.00.02.0
الوادي 2El Ouadi 29 douars · 2,576 people
المخاليفLemkhalefGrouped893840.00.03.0
مشتى الحجرMechta LahjarGrouped562512.02.05.0
خولانKhoulaneDispersed301090.75.25.2
بلمونBelmouneGrouped894630.00.47.0
مسدورةLmasdouraGrouped1977800.00.00.0
ليدارغة الشعبةLydarghat ChaabaGrouped321162.02.02.1
الخربةLkharbaGrouped1576———
أروراتArouratGrouped301300.02.04.0
بلمون أولاد جرارBallammoun Oulad JrarIn parts602671.59.49.7

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
03.591.05.02
As digits
035910502
Slug
ain-kansara
OpenStreetMap
2813700
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-kansara");

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