Ben Maachou

بن معاشو

Rural commune in the cercle of Berrechid, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
8,338
Since 2014
−1.4%from 8,458 in 2014
Density
52.3people per km², 159.4 km²
Households
2,014
Foreign residents
3
Rank
874874th most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 22 in its province

Next door in Oulad Abbou, 71.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.6% to 60.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tazouta. Higher education: 3.2% here, 1.7% there; read French: 55.2% here, 54.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.8% here, 27.1% there.

Compare it with Tazouta

Where it is

Its province, 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 Ben Maachou.

Ben Maachou −1.4%

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
41.0%aged 10 and over50.0% in 201453.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.5%11.9% in 201436.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.1%aged 15 and over44.7% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.38children per woman2.29 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
60.1%of settled households0.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben Maachou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.3%75 and over6.0%
3.3%70–743.3%
4.0%65–693.9%
5.0%60–645.4%
5.4%55–595.4%
5.2%50–545.3%
6.2%45–496.6%
6.3%40–446.3%
6.6%35–396.3%
6.5%30–345.5%
4.7%25–295.2%
6.5%20–246.1%
8.8%15–198.2%
10.7%10–149.3%
9.0%5–99.2%
7.4%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit1.3%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French55.2%
  • English13.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work14.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.4%
  • Taxi8.7%
  • Private car5.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.9%
  • Animal1.4%
  • Informal transport1.1%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Bus0.5%
  • Tram0.1%
  • Train0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12815.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6046.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,06634.4 per business
Public services
68
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.7%
  • Services23.3%
  • Industry18.3%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.7%
  • 2 to 311.7%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over1.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.0%
  • 2011–201921.7%
  • 2001–20105.0%
  • 1991–200010.0%
  • 1981–19903.3%
  • 1956–198025.0%
  • Before 195610.0%

Douars

Ben Maachou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,338 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد الصامدOulad Essamed8 douars · 3,335 people
القواسمةLeqouassmaGrouped1133400.21.98.6
الرحاحلةR'HahlaIn parts1524740.50.73.4
البراهمةEl BrahmaIn parts722832.11.67.1
لساسفةLissasfaIn parts1245871.72.810.0
البجاجرةLabjajraIn parts1014481.82.28.1
الكعابرة النسانسLakaabra N'SanesDispersed1004050.91.96.0
الكعابرة الحروشةEl Kaabra El HarouchaDispersed763300.53.45.4
الرويساتRouissatIn parts1184680.41.82.5
لعلاليشLalalich6 douars · 5,003 people
الموشمةLamouchmaIn parts2079142.01.711.7
البقاقلةBaqaqlaIn parts2399561.83.610.3
الدحاحDahahIn parts3321,4581.12.37.7
الكرادةKraddaIn parts1346295.22.114.9
الهبايEl HbayDispersed1084505.71.416.0
بوقوبعBoukoubaIn parts1385962.11.213.6

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.117.05.01
As digits
061170501
Slug
ben-maachou
OpenStreetMap
2866424
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ben-maachou");

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