Bab Berred

باب برد

Rural commune in the cercle of Bab Berred, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 24,743
Since 2014: −4.4%from 25,872 in 2014
Density: 143people per km², 173 km²
Households: 5,557
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 233233rd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 28 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 9.5% to 22.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Taibi. In the labour force: 43.5% here, 43.5% there; running water: 23.7% here, 31.4% there; can’t read or write: 26.8% here, 26.3% there.

Compare it with Sidi Taibi

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Bab Berred −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: 26.8%aged 10 and over34.0% in 201438.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.1%9.5% in 201419.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.5%aged 15 and over47.1% in 20146.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.10children per woman2.38 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 23.7%of settled households22.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bab Berred: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.7%
1.6%	70–74	1.7%
2.1%	65–69	2.3%
3.2%	60–64	3.7%
3.3%	55–59	3.6%
4.3%	50–54	4.0%
5.7%	45–49	4.8%
8.0%	40–44	6.6%
10.0%	35–39	8.6%
10.0%	30–34	9.3%
8.4%	25–29	8.9%
7.3%	20–24	7.8%
7.1%	15–19	7.9%
9.3%	10–14	9.8%
9.4%	5–9	9.3%
8.4%	0–4	9.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tarifit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French37.7%
English9.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot87.5%
Doesn’t travel to work4.6%
Informal transport2.6%
Private car1.9%
Taxi1.4%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Bus0.3%
Animal0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Another way0.0%

Can’t read or write: 34.0%aged 10 and over26.8% in 202449.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.5%22.1% in 202434.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.1%aged 15 and over43.5% in 20248.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.38children per woman2.10 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 22.2%of settled households23.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bab Berred: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	1.8%
1.0%	70–74	1.0%
1.2%	65–69	1.3%
2.0%	60–64	2.0%
2.6%	55–59	2.5%
3.8%	50–54	4.0%
3.9%	45–49	4.4%
4.8%	40–44	4.5%
6.8%	35–39	5.5%
9.2%	30–34	7.7%
11.9%	25–29	11.2%
11.7%	20–24	12.4%
10.1%	15–19	10.6%
9.6%	10–14	10.1%
8.4%	5–9	9.3%
11.1%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tarifit0.4%
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 only49.9%
Arabic and French41.4%
Arabic, French and English6.2%
Other combinations2.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot91.8%
Not stated2.2%
Taxi2.1%
Private car1.9%
Another way0.8%
Works at home0.6%
Bus0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.1%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood90.9%
Another in the commune2.9%
Not stated2.2%
No fixed place1.8%
Another province0.8%
Another commune0.7%
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.

Farming and fishing43.5%
Farm and fishing labour33.5%
Crafts and skilled trades6.2%
Clerical work4.7%
Labouring and small trades4.2%
Trade and broking3.9%
Machine operating1.9%
Managers and senior professionals1.0%
Not classified0.7%
Technicians0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma69.1%
Primary20.7%
Lower secondary7.2%
Upper secondary1.9%
DEUG or Licence1.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 2,408
Standing empty: 39.7%21.7% vacant18.1% a second home
Precarious: 5.0%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 87.2%82.8% on the water mains89.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 7.4%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house79.2%
Apartment12.8%
Rural-type2.9%
Traditional house2.8%
Other1.8%
Slum or basic house0.4%
Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years52.2%
20 to 49 years46.3%
50 years or more1.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 78431.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 54669.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 9181.7 per business
Public services: 215
Associations: 23in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce59.5%
Services30.0%
Industry7.9%
Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person51.8%
2 to 344.0%
4 to 93.8%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later19.8%
2011–201957.3%
2001–201011.4%
1991–20009.2%
1981–19901.1%
1956–19801.3%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Bab Berred

5,947

Douars

Bab Berred’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 30 douars in 8 fractions, with 18,795 people. Another 5,947 live in Bab Berred, its urban centre, which has no douars. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بني زراولاوBni Zraoulaou2 douars · 2,588 people
ازلجامIzeljame	In parts	319	1,551	2.9	2.4	18.6
تشكةTachka	In parts	218	1,037	11.1	2.2	19.2
بني عاصمBni Assem5 douars · 2,263 people
أيلاAïla	In parts	116	495	2.6	1.1	4.0
اكسمانAkousmane	Grouped	78	372	0.4	2.2	8.4
بني ريانBeni Riane	In parts	123	517	1.8	1.7	7.9
قنديةKondia	In parts	56	262	1.4	1.9	6.1
بني يبتةBni Ybta	Grouped	143	617	2.6	0.8	5.0
بورخةBourkha6 douars · 3,113 people
بورخةBourkha	In parts	78	381	0.2	0.6	1.7
تزلافنTazlafne	In parts	92	380	0.5	0.7	2.1
المدينةMédina	In parts	82	408	0.0	1.6	3.5
اجحونAjhoune	In parts	138	763	1.1	1.6	3.4
بوروحBourouh	In parts	118	549	0.4	0.7	5.5
أنيمطنAnimten	In parts	130	632	3.8	1.7	9.5
بني عاصم الشرقيةBni Assem Charqia4 douars · 2,639 people
إفرطانIfartane	Grouped	121	642	5.1	0.8	8.8
بني شياBni Chya	In parts	234	1,113	10.7	1.4	15.4
تورارتTaourart	In parts	76	395	14.7	1.0	14.9
اصالحنAssalahen	Grouped	104	489	17.1	1.2	17.9
العناصرLaanasser4 douars · 2,516 people
شابChab	Grouped	130	562	3.1	2.9	8.4
تلاملولتTalamlolet	In parts	126	546	1.7	1.3	4.9
العناصر العلياLaanasser El Oulia	In parts	307	1,193	1.3	1.5	2.9
العناصر السفلىLaanasser Essoufla	In parts	53	215	2.7	1.8	4.3
بني زراولاو الجنوبيةBni Zraoulaou Janoubia4 douars · 2,430 people
مزدادMazdad	In parts	246	1,029	1.8	1.1	11.2
بوغيثBoughiat	Grouped	54	280	2.9	2.4	8.5
ماشاتMachète	Grouped	119	479	0.9	1.3	9.2
تملزيتTamelzit	Grouped	145	642	0.8	0.9	5.8
زازوZazou2 douars · 1,719 people
زازو العلياZazou El Oulia	In parts	212	981	6.1	1.0	17.4
زازو السفلىZazou Essoufla	In parts	153	738	8.4	2.0	19.5
تلاموسىTalamoussa3 douars · 1,527 people
تفركةTaferka	Grouped	66	338	2.6	0.6	2.6
تلاموسىTalamoussa	In parts	191	1,003	6.1	1.2	6.2
تليوانTaliouane	Grouped	41	186	5.3	2.0	8.8

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

In the data

Files and code

Code: 01.151.03.03
As digits: 011510303
Slug: bab-berred
Record: /api/communes/01.151.03.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.151.03.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.151.03.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.151.03.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/01.151.03.03/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.151.03.03/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.151.03.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2563409

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