Benslimane

بنسليمان

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

Population, 2024
67,317
Since 2014
+17.9%from 57,101 in 2014
Density
1,136people per km², 59.2 km²
Households
17,028
Foreign residents
91
Rank
8282nd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 15 in its province

Next door in Oulad Yahya Louta, 2.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 95.2%.

Since 2014, households in an apartment went from 13.3% to 24.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Dcheira El Jihadia. Apartments: 24.4% here, 26.0% there; higher education: 14.2% here, 14.3% there; can’t read or write: 15.4% here, 14.4% there.

Compare it with Dcheira El Jihadia

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

13000

Villages and hamlets

Moualine el Ghaba

How it changed

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

Benslimane +17.9%

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
15.4%aged 10 and over19.8% in 201421.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.0%22.1% in 201428.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.1%aged 15 and over48.6% in 201422.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.78children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.2%of settled households91.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Benslimane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.4%
2.7%70–742.3%
3.9%65–693.5%
5.1%60–645.1%
5.1%55–595.1%
5.8%50–545.8%
6.1%45–496.5%
7.3%40–446.9%
7.3%35–397.1%
6.9%30–348.0%
6.6%25–297.6%
6.9%20–247.5%
7.7%15–197.2%
9.1%10–148.7%
9.2%5–98.3%
8.0%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit3.9%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French68.5%
  • English24.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.6%
  • Private car21.5%
  • Taxi13.1%
  • Employer’s transport12.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.6%
  • Bus3.1%
  • Informal transport0.9%
  • Train0.8%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Tram0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
22,464
Standing empty
28.1%14.1% vacant14.0% a second home
Precarious
5.3%3.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
92.1%94.0% on the water mains97.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
7.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house53.3%
  • Apartment29.7%
  • Villa8.2%
  • Slum or basic house3.8%
  • Traditional house3.4%
  • Rural-type1.1%
  • Other0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.4%
  • 20 to 49 years38.1%
  • 50 years or more5.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,28734.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,12092.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4,5562.1 per business
Public services
126
Associations
41in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce45.8%
  • Services37.9%
  • Industry12.7%
  • Construction3.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.7%
  • 2 to 334.9%
  • 4 to 97.2%
  • 10 to 492.1%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.8%
  • 2011–201934.0%
  • 2001–201018.9%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19904.1%
  • 1956–19803.7%
  • Before 19560.8%

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.111.01.01
As digits
061110101
Slug
benslimane
OpenStreetMap
2522581
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("benslimane");

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