Ben Ahmed

بن احمد

Urban commune in the province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
33,469
Since 2014
+1.1%from 33,105 in 2014
Density
2,241people per km², 14.9 km²
Households
8,161
Foreign residents
33
Rank
160160th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 46 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi El AidiBouguargouhSidi AbdelkrimM'gartoOuled M'hamedSidi DahbiLakhzazraGdanaOulad SaidMzouraAin Dorbane-LahlafOued NaanaaRas El Ain ChaouiaSettatOulad ChbanaLahouazaOulad FreihaKhemisset ChaouiaMachraa Ben AbbouSidi Mohammed Ben RahalAin BlalDar ChaffaiSidi Ahmed El KhadirOulad AmerLaqraqraMeskouraOulad Fares El HallaEl BoroujBni YagrineBni KhlougToualetOulad SghirGuisserRimaSidi BoumehdiSgamnaOulad FaresMrizigueSidi HajjajMniaaOulad M'rahLouladN'khilaOulad Bouali NouajaMzamza Janoubia

How it changed

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

Ben Ahmed +1.1%

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
22.0%aged 10 and over27.1% in 201429.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.0%20.2% in 201431.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.9%aged 15 and over45.9% in 201414.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.99children per woman2.16 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
85.1%of settled households74.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben Ahmed: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.8%
2.5%70–742.5%
3.8%65–693.5%
5.1%60–645.1%
4.6%55–595.0%
5.9%50–545.9%
6.4%45–496.1%
6.2%40–446.6%
6.0%35–396.6%
6.7%30–346.6%
6.5%25–296.8%
7.5%20–248.0%
8.6%15–198.3%
9.8%10–149.3%
10.0%5–98.7%
7.9%0–47.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit2.6%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French64.8%
  • English23.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.7%
  • Private car15.2%
  • Taxi9.2%
  • Employer’s transport3.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.1%
  • Bus0.4%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
10,607
Standing empty
25.4%15.3% vacant10.1% a second home
Precarious
13.9%4.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
77.0%83.1% on the water mains93.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
19.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house76.5%
  • Rural-type9.4%
  • Apartment5.7%
  • Slum or basic house4.1%
  • Villa2.7%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Other0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years38.8%
  • 20 to 49 years30.0%
  • 50 years or more31.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,48144.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,38393.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,4881.8 per business
Public services
82
Associations
16in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.8%
  • Services31.9%
  • Industry12.4%
  • Construction3.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.5%
  • 2 to 335.9%
  • 4 to 95.4%
  • 10 to 491.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later19.8%
  • 2011–201922.3%
  • 2001–201027.3%
  • 1991–20008.1%
  • 1981–19902.4%
  • 1956–19805.7%
  • Before 195614.5%

In the data

Code
06.461.01.01
As digits
064610101
Slug
ben-ahmed
Record
/api/communes/06.461.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.461.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.461.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.461.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/06.461.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.461.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
17134210
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ben-ahmed");

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