Ben Guerir

ابن جرير

Urban commune in the province of Rehamna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
114,872
Since 2014
+29.6%from 88,626 in 2014
Density
4,808people per km², 23.9 km²
Households
27,167
Foreign residents
309
Rank
3636th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

Ait TalebSidi MansourOulad Hassoune HamriSkhour RhamnaSidi AbdellahSidi GhanemLabrikiyneBouchaneOulad Aamer TizmarineAit HammouSidi Ali LabrahlaNzalat LaadamSidi Bou OthmaneBourrousSidi BoubkerJaidateRas Ain RhamnaTlauhAkarmaOulad ImloulLamharraJaafraSkoura LhadraJbilate

How it changed

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

Ben Guerir +29.6%

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
20.1%aged 10 and over27.6% in 201426.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.3%18.0% in 201433.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.5%aged 15 and over47.4% in 201417.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.15children per woman2.49 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.7%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.8%of settled households92.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben Guerir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.6%75 and over2.1%
2.2%70–741.7%
3.0%65–692.4%
4.0%60–644.0%
3.5%55–593.8%
5.2%50–545.1%
6.3%45–495.9%
7.2%40–446.7%
7.1%35–397.7%
7.6%30–348.2%
7.2%25–298.2%
7.2%20–248.2%
8.4%15–198.2%
10.4%10–1410.1%
10.3%5–99.6%
8.9%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit4.5%
  • Tamazight2.3%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tarifit0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French65.5%
  • English26.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle21.4%
  • Private car14.0%
  • Employer’s transport11.5%
  • Taxi4.7%
  • Bus2.6%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
33,027
Standing empty
19.7%14.0% vacant5.8% a second home
Precarious
0.6%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
96.3%95.0% on the water mains95.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.0%
  • Apartment5.0%
  • Villa1.7%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Rural-type0.3%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years79.1%
  • 20 to 49 years20.0%
  • 50 years or more0.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
4,69540.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4,45794.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6,7401.5 per business
Public services
180
Associations
58in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.4%
  • Services28.3%
  • Industry15.8%
  • Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person81.4%
  • 2 to 315.1%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.3%
  • 2011–201964.0%
  • 2001–201012.0%
  • 1991–20004.8%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19800.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.427.01.01
As digits
074270101
Slug
ben-guerir
Record
/api/communes/07.427.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.427.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.427.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.427.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.427.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.427.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2881872
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ben-guerir");

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