Ain Orma

عين عرمة

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

Population, 2024
3,341
Since 2014
−4.4%from 3,495 in 2014
Density
40.3people per km², 82.9 km²
Households
889
Rank
1,3591,359th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 21 in its préfecture

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

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 61.0% to 45.8%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Orma.

Ain Orma −4.4%

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
36.2%aged 10 and over44.1% in 201447.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.6%18.8% in 201439.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.2%aged 15 and over45.2% in 201411.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.48children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.9%of people6.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
81.2%of settled households66.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Orma: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over4.5%
3.7%70–744.1%
4.2%65–695.0%
5.3%60–646.2%
4.9%55–595.9%
6.0%50–545.5%
6.7%45–496.7%
6.7%40–446.6%
7.7%35–396.3%
7.3%30–346.2%
5.8%25–295.9%
6.0%20–245.9%
6.8%15–196.6%
9.0%10–1410.4%
7.6%5–97.8%
8.8%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tamazight36.7%
  • Tarifit1.0%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Hassania0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French64.7%
  • English16.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work18.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.8%
  • Employer’s transport8.0%
  • Taxi7.0%
  • Private car6.7%
  • Bus4.0%
  • Another way1.9%
  • Train0.1%
  • Informal transport0.1%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
8224.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4656.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
992.2 per business
Public services
34
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce41.3%
  • Services30.4%
  • Industry28.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.7%
  • 2 to 317.4%
  • 4 to 96.5%
  • 10 to 494.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.4%
  • 2011–201963.0%
  • 2001–201013.0%
  • 1991–20004.3%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ain Orma’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 3,275 people. 66 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
عين عرمة المركزAin Orma Centre3 douars · 1,754 people
بني مكيلد الغربيةBni Mkiled GharbiaDispersed642760.14.64.6
بني مكيلد الشرقيةBni Mkiled CharqiaDispersed27112———
عين عرمة المركزAin Orma CentreGrouped3801,3660.00.81.5
ايت لحسنAit Lahcen5 douars · 1,521 people
ايت احماد أوعليAit Ahmed Ou AliDispersed29101———
ايت أومناصفAit OumnacefGrouped1475441.01.39.0
حاجةHajjaDispersed1485451.31.36.3
أشقيرAchkirDispersed501799.08.57.2
زروالةZroualaDispersed441526.04.99.2

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
03.061.03.05
As digits
030610305
Slug
ain-orma
OpenStreetMap
2561337
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-orma");

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