Ben Mansour

بنمنصور

Rural commune in the cercle of Ben Mansour, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 53,545
Since 2014: +22.2%from 43,822 in 2014
Density: 176people per km², 304.8 km²
Households: 9,027
Rank: 9797th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 23 in its province

Next door in Sidi Allal Tazi, 81.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 12.7%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 59.1% to 44.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Mansour. Aged 0 to 14: 34.9% here, 33.9% there; aged 65 and over: 5.0% here, 5.3% there; read French: 21.0% here, 22.8% there.

Compare it with Bni Mansour

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

14022

How it changed

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

Ben Mansour +22.2%

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: 44.2%aged 10 and over59.1% in 201453.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.5%1.5% in 201416.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.0%aged 15 and over57.8% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 89.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.66children per woman2.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people2.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.9people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 12.7%of settled households2.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben Mansour: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.4%	75 and over	1.6%
1.6%	70–74	1.6%
1.9%	65–69	2.0%
2.7%	60–64	3.4%
2.8%	55–59	3.2%
4.0%	50–54	3.9%
4.9%	45–49	4.8%
6.9%	40–44	6.0%
7.6%	35–39	6.9%
7.7%	30–34	7.8%
6.7%	25–29	7.1%
7.8%	20–24	8.1%
9.0%	15–19	8.9%
11.5%	10–14	11.2%
12.5%	5–9	12.2%
11.0%	0–4	11.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.4%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French21.0%
English4.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.3%
Informal transport5.8%
Animal4.6%
Doesn’t travel to work4.4%
Private car3.3%
Taxi3.2%
Employer’s transport2.3%
Bike or motorcycle1.9%
Bus1.0%
Another way0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 59.1%aged 10 and over44.2% in 202470.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 1.5%12.5% in 20242.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 57.8%aged 15 and over43.0% in 202425.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 84.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.58children per woman2.66 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 2.6%of people3.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.5people on average5.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 2.6%of settled households12.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben Mansour: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
0.9%	75 and over	1.2%
1.0%	70–74	1.1%
1.2%	65–69	1.1%
2.5%	60–64	2.2%
2.5%	55–59	2.6%
3.5%	50–54	4.3%
3.7%	45–49	4.2%
4.9%	40–44	5.1%
6.3%	35–39	6.1%
8.3%	30–34	7.7%
10.1%	25–29	9.2%
11.1%	20–24	10.6%
9.5%	15–19	10.1%
10.6%	10–14	11.0%
10.9%	5–9	10.9%
12.9%	0–4	12.8%

Local languages used

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

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

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only62.0%
Arabic and French34.3%
Arabic, French and English3.3%
Other combinations0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot85.0%
Another way6.5%
Not stated2.6%
Taxi1.9%
Private car1.7%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Bus0.7%
Works at home0.5%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood90.1%
Not stated2.5%
Another in the commune2.2%
No fixed place2.1%
Another commune1.8%
Another province0.7%
At home0.5%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour65.4%
Farming and fishing24.0%
Crafts and skilled trades2.8%
Labouring and small trades2.4%
Trade and broking1.6%
Clerical work1.4%
Machine operating0.9%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Not classified0.6%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma84.9%
Primary11.5%
Lower secondary2.8%
Upper secondary0.6%
DEUG or Licence0.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 68912.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 59586.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,1792.0 per business
Public services: 90
Associations: 4in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.3%
Services29.2%
Industry9.4%
Construction7.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person39.0%
2 to 356.0%
4 to 94.7%
10 to 490.3%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later41.2%
2011–201941.0%
2001–201014.1%
1991–20002.4%
1981–19901.0%
1956–19800.3%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ben Mansour’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 42 douars in 8 fractions, with 53,524 people. 21 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
أولاد عمرOulad Amar4 douars · 4,292 people
أولاد عمرOulad Amar	Grouped	386	2,254	1.1	1.5	5.4
البراهمةBrahma	Dispersed	134	798	0.1	1.0	12.5
بروݣاLabrouga	Dispersed	80	490	0.9	3.3	14.9
أولاد المالكيةOuled El Malkia	Grouped	110	750	0.2	0.7	13.1
أولاد التازيOulad Tazi5 douars · 6,327 people
أولاد التازيOulad Tazi	Grouped	265	1,758	0.5	0.8	5.5
سحيسحاتShayshate	Grouped	63	358	1.9	4.5	4.9
الملاقيط الرميقيينLemlaguit Rmiqiyyine	Grouped	199	1,126	0.5	0.8	4.4
الزاويةZaouya	Grouped	206	1,160	1.0	1.4	7.7
أولاد مروانOulad Marouane	Grouped	324	1,925	1.0	2.6	8.1
أولاد امحمدOulad Mhamed4 douars · 6,033 people
أولاد امحمدOulad Mhamed	In parts	417	2,460	0.4	2.1	3.1
سفيراتSfirate	Grouped	157	869	1.0	1.6	2.7
كرادحةLakradha	Grouped	271	1,657	0.2	1.0	4.1
أولاد باخشوOulad Bekhachou	Grouped	140	1,047	0.3	1.7	5.5
سݣمطSgmt16 douars · 9,644 people
تعاونية واد المخازن سݣمطCoopérative Oued El Makhazine Sgmt	Grouped	18	118	—	—	—
تعاونية الكردوحية سݣمطCoopérative El Krdouhiat Sgmt	Grouped	39	272	0.3	0.8	6.0
تعاونية المعروفية سݣمطCoopérative El Maroufiat Sgmt	Grouped	69	439	0.8	0.7	4.8
تعاونية أمجاد سݣمطCoopérative Amjad Sgmt	Grouped	68	379	1.0	2.7	5.8
تعاونية ابتهاج سݣمطCoopérative Abthaj Sgmt	Grouped	66	366	1.0	1.0	4.3
تعاونية الإرشاد سݣمطCoopérative El Irchad Sgmt	Grouped	30	181	1.0	1.7	4.7
التبانداتTebandate	Grouped	379	2,464	0.4	0.8	4.8
تعاونية واد المخازن ازهيرCoopérative Oued El Makhazine Zhir	Grouped	6	23	—	—	—
تعاونية الرضا ازهيرCoopérative Errda Zhir	Grouped	22	148	—	—	—
_تعاونية الفتح ازهيرCoopérative Al Fath Zhir	Grouped	14	69	—	—	—
تعاونية أمجاد ازهيرCoopérative Amjad Zhir	Grouped	6	27	—	—	—
تعاونية الكردوحية ازهيرCoopérative El Krdouhiat Zhir	Grouped	4	22	—	—	—
تعاونية معاشاتCoopérative Maachat	Grouped	101	530	1.0	1.0	4.0
تعاونية صفصافةCoopérative Sefsafa	Grouped	135	776	0.2	0.9	5.0
أولاد الغماريOulad Lghoumari	Grouped	270	1,446	1.3	1.4	7.1
ازهيرZhir	Grouped	387	2,384	0.5	1.0	4.5
الشراردةChrarda6 douars · 10,692 people
الشراردةChrarda	Grouped	480	2,540	1.2	1.3	20.0
النفخاتNafkhat	Grouped	112	689	1.0	1.0	23.0
معيزاتMaayzat	Grouped	184	1,391	0.5	0.5	10.4
هناكHannak	Grouped	270	1,972	0.2	1.1	2.0
هباطةHbata	Grouped	314	2,251	0.3	2.0	3.1
المحاميدEl Mhamid	Grouped	325	1,849	1.1	1.6	9.1
أولاد بن زيانOuled Benziane2 douars · 6,207 people
أولاد عطيةOuled Aatia	Grouped	407	2,123	1.1	1.4	4.8
أولاد بن زيانOuled Benziane	In parts	684	4,084	1.6	1.7	5.3
حد أولاد جلولHad Oulad Jaloul3 douars · 8,177 people
أولاد زيانOulad Ziyane	Grouped	837	4,583	0.7	1.3	1.3
كحيلاتKhilat	Grouped	144	932	2.8	12.9	3.6
أولاد بنطاعلةOulad Ben Talaa	Grouped	484	2,662	1.0	1.9	5.4
اولاد ميلود ( قبات سابقا )Oulad Miloud (ex Kbat)2 douars · 2,152 people
أولاد ميلودOuled Miloud	Grouped	239	1,212	0.1	1.0	1.4
أولاد المهديOulad El Mehdi	Grouped	181	940	1.0	2.1	6.1

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

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 04.281.05.03
As digits: 042810503
Slug: ben-mansour
Record: /api/communes/04.281.05.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.281.05.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.281.05.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.281.05.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.281.05.03/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/04.281.05.03/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/04.281.05.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2804269

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