Bhalil

البهاليل

Urban commune in the province of Sefrou, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
13,727
Since 2014
+5.6%from 12,997 in 2014
Density
4,297people per km², 3.2 km²
Households
3,982
Foreign residents
2
Rank
510510th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 23 in its province

Next door in Aghbalou Aqorar, 17.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 93.0%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 45.9% to 35.4%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Aklim. Aged 65 and over: 12.2% here, 12.6% there; running water: 98.9% here, 99.6% there; Darija: 97.9% here, 98.4% there.

Compare it with Aklim

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

31100

How it changed

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

Bhalil +5.6%

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
21.6%aged 10 and over28.3% in 201429.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.8%21.0% in 201431.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over45.9% in 201414.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.78children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.2%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.4people on average3.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.9%of settled households91.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bhalil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over4.4%
3.3%70–743.3%
4.9%65–694.3%
6.1%60–645.5%
6.4%55–596.4%
5.8%50–545.9%
5.8%45–497.0%
6.1%40–446.9%
5.8%35–396.9%
5.6%30–346.1%
4.7%25–295.6%
6.0%20–247.0%
8.7%15–198.1%
10.3%10–148.4%
9.5%5–97.8%
7.0%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.9%
  • Tamazight8.5%
  • Tachelhit2.4%
  • Tarifit1.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French49.1%
  • English16.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.0%
  • Employer’s transport12.6%
  • Taxi12.1%
  • Private car10.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.1%
  • Bus3.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.1%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,071
Standing empty
23.9%16.0% vacant7.9% a second home
Precarious
7.7%2.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
91.9%97.0% on the water mains97.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house68.6%
  • Traditional house8.6%
  • Apartment8.0%
  • Villa7.0%
  • Rural-type3.9%
  • Slum or basic house2.6%
  • Other1.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years44.3%
  • 20 to 49 years50.1%
  • 50 years or more5.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
50536.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
46592.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7741.7 per business
Public services
31
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.3%
  • Services32.3%
  • Industry18.3%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.4%
  • 2 to 324.7%
  • 4 to 92.4%
  • 10 to 491.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.7%
  • 2011–201933.8%
  • 2001–201015.3%
  • 1991–20008.8%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.451.01.01
As digits
034510101
Slug
bhalil
OpenStreetMap
2808833
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bhalil");

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