Arbaoua

عرباوة

Rural commune in the cercle of Souk Arbaa El Gharb, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 35,077
Since 2014: +7.3%from 32,690 in 2014
Density: 206people per km², 170.2 km²
Households: 7,545
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 154154th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 23 in its province

Next door in Ksar Bjir, 80.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 38.1%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 81.2% to 97.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Aissa. Aged 0 to 14: 32.2% here, 31.8% there; aged 65 and over: 7.1% here, 7.9% there; household size: 4.6 here, 4.8 there.

Compare it with Oulad Aissa

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

14102

How it changed

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

Arbaoua +7.3%

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: 36.7%aged 10 and over44.8% in 201446.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.2%9.5% in 201429.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.3%aged 15 and over46.1% in 201412.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.77children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 38.1%of settled households25.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Arbaoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.6%
1.9%	70–74	2.0%
2.8%	65–69	2.5%
4.0%	60–64	4.0%
3.7%	55–59	3.7%
4.7%	50–54	4.7%
4.8%	45–49	5.5%
6.7%	40–44	6.8%
7.0%	35–39	7.2%
6.4%	30–34	6.8%
5.8%	25–29	6.3%
7.4%	20–24	7.2%
9.7%	15–19	9.0%
11.4%	10–14	11.0%
11.1%	5–9	11.1%
10.3%	0–4	9.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French38.6%
English7.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot31.6%
Employer’s transport17.6%
Informal transport13.8%
Private car8.5%
Bike or motorcycle8.3%
Doesn’t travel to work6.4%
Taxi6.1%
Bus5.9%
Animal0.9%
Another way0.8%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 44.8%aged 10 and over36.7% in 202456.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.5%20.2% in 202421.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.1%aged 15 and over40.3% in 202416.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.48children per woman2.77 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people4.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.4people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 25.6%of settled households38.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Arbaoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.9%	75 and over	1.9%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
1.6%	65–69	1.4%
2.7%	60–64	2.5%
3.5%	55–59	2.8%
4.4%	50–54	4.7%
4.2%	45–49	4.3%
4.9%	40–44	5.3%
5.4%	35–39	6.1%
7.4%	30–34	7.4%
8.3%	25–29	8.4%
9.6%	20–24	10.1%
10.5%	15–19	10.2%
11.7%	10–14	11.5%
10.4%	5–9	10.2%
11.9%	0–4	11.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tarifit0.4%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.2%
Arabic only39.1%
Arabic, French and English9.9%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.4%
Bus11.7%
Taxi9.9%
Works at home6.8%
Private car6.7%
Bike or motorcycle6.5%
Another way6.5%
Employer’s transport3.4%
Not stated3.3%
Train0.7%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood39.1%
Another province21.3%
No fixed place14.5%
Another commune7.4%
Another in the commune7.1%
At home6.8%
Not stated3.1%
Somewhere else0.7%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades22.2%
Crafts and skilled trades21.2%
Farm and fishing labour18.9%
Farming and fishing18.4%
Trade and broking7.4%
Clerical work5.7%
Machine operating2.7%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Not classified1.0%
Technicians0.9%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma70.2%
Primary20.3%
Lower secondary6.5%
Upper secondary2.1%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 1,548
Standing empty: 25.6%18.4% vacant7.2% a second home
Precarious: 1.1%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 85.8%94.4% on the water mains94.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house98.2%
Other0.6%
Slum or basic house0.5%
Villa0.4%
Traditional house0.3%
Apartment0.1%
Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years64.7%
20 to 49 years30.2%
50 years or more5.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 68119.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 54379.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 9421.7 per business
Public services: 130
Associations: 8in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce53.4%
Services29.7%
Industry14.0%
Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person63.5%
2 to 330.6%
4 to 94.4%
10 to 491.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.8%
2011–201946.4%
2001–201015.1%
1991–20003.3%
1981–19901.7%
1956–19802.8%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Arbaoua

4,478

Douars

Arbaoua’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 29 douars in 6 fractions, with 30,594 people. Another 4,478 live in Arbaoua, 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
اولاد بن اسعيدOulad Ben Said3 douars · 3,079 people
اولاد بن اسعيدOulad Ben Said	Grouped	112	580	0.1	0.0	8.0
لكرونةLagrouna	In parts	164	796	0.1	1.5	8.5
الحريضيينLahridiyine	Grouped	388	1,703	0.1	0.8	8.8
عرباوةArbaoua6 douars · 5,327 people
الكرازةKrazza	Grouped	327	1,406	0.8	2.3	6.1
الشقادفةEchqadfa	Grouped	275	1,131	1.9	3.0	9.2
الشيابنةEchyabna	Grouped	170	626	0.7	0.8	6.4
الشتاونةChtaouna	Grouped	66	307	1.1	2.0	8.9
الدوميينEddoumiyine	Dispersed	320	1,566	0.1	0.9	8.2
اولاد يحيىOulad Yahya	Grouped	61	291	0.0	0.0	8.0
سيدي احمد الزرادSidi Ahmed Ezzrad3 douars · 3,243 people
عرباوةArbaoua	Grouped	277	1,125	0.8	1.2	2.0
بقباقةBaqbaqa	Grouped	295	1,220	0.4	1.7	1.4
اولاد اجميل بقباقةOulad Jmil Bakbaka	Grouped	185	898	1.5	2.2	5.4
سيدي هلالSidi Hilal8 douars · 7,858 people
الخرارقة سيدي هلالKhrarka Sidi Hallal	Dispersed	136	746	1.2	1.6	14.2
الخرارقةLakhrarqa	Grouped	208	1,082	2.1	2.1	6.8
الهريرداتHrirdat	Dispersed	85	399	5.7	3.6	7.0
الشويطناتEchouitnat	Dispersed	170	750	5.2	2.3	7.2
الخضاضرةLakhdadra	In parts	252	1,152	2.0	1.9	5.0
لمكارزة الرزيكاتMkarza Rzigat	Dispersed	85	422	3.9	1.9	15.5
الرزيكاتRzigat	Dispersed	375	2,059	3.0	2.6	15.1
الشكورChgoar	Dispersed	239	1,248	3.6	2.0	15.4
اولاد اجميلOulad Jmil6 douars · 5,570 people
اولاد اجميل فركانOulad Jmil Fergane	Grouped	141	767	0.6	3.5	5.2
اولاد عفانOulad Affane	Dispersed	177	776	0.1	3.4	3.1
العيايدةLaayayda	In parts	222	1,076	1.8	3.1	6.1
المعادةMaadda	Grouped	271	1,333	1.5	1.4	5.1
الفراكنةFrakna	Grouped	203	999	2.3	3.0	5.9
الحرابيلLahrabil	Dispersed	136	619	1.8	2.1	5.1
الضريسةDressa3 douars · 5,517 people
الضريسةDressa	Grouped	877	4,723	1.4	1.6	2.3
الحشالفةHchalfa	Grouped	32	151	1.2	2.0	8.1
الحراريشLahrarich	Grouped	132	643	0.5	0.5	7.4

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 04.281.07.01
As digits: 042810701
Slug: arbaoua
Record: /api/communes/04.281.07.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.281.07.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.281.07.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.281.07.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/04.281.07.01/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.281.07.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/04.281.07.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/04.281.07.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2753073

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