Bir Mezoui

بئر مزوي

Rural commune in the cercle of Khouribga, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
5,617
Since 2014
−8.4%from 6,131 in 2014
Density
49people per km², 114.6 km²
Households
1,404
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,1431,143rd most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 31 in its province

Next door in Hattane, 98.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 35.2%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 63.1% to 88.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Guenfouda. Unemployment: 48.0% here, 45.0% there; read French: 61.5% here, 56.9% there; running water: 35.2% here, 47.2% there.

Compare it with Guenfouda

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 Bir Mezoui.

Bir Mezoui −8.4%

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
28.6%aged 10 and over35.5% in 201441.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
48.0%33.7% in 201462.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.8%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20145.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.50children per woman3.01 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.6%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
35.2%of settled households29.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bir Mezoui: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over6.1%
3.0%70–743.3%
5.8%65–694.2%
5.0%60–645.0%
5.0%55–595.4%
6.0%50–545.7%
6.0%45–497.2%
5.5%40–446.5%
5.1%35–395.6%
5.2%30–345.4%
5.6%25–295.9%
6.0%20–246.6%
9.2%15–197.9%
11.4%10–149.2%
10.0%5–98.9%
7.8%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.8%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French61.5%
  • English8.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle33.5%
  • On foot23.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work14.8%
  • Private car9.2%
  • Employer’s transport7.2%
  • Taxi5.0%
  • Another way3.1%
  • Bus1.9%
  • Informal transport1.2%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
16228.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7646.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2232.9 per business
Public services
86
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.9%
  • Industry21.1%
  • Services19.7%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.2%
  • 2 to 330.3%
  • 4 to 93.9%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over1.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.9%
  • 2011–201934.2%
  • 2001–201017.1%
  • 1991–20009.2%
  • 1981–19903.9%
  • 1956–19806.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bir Mezoui’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 4 fractions, with 5,617 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد ابراهيم الشرقيينOulad Brahim Echarqiyine3 douars · 1,520 people
أولاد الصغيرOulad SghirIn parts1435270.51.73.2
البعاعزةEl BaazaIn parts1204760.71.34.9
المساعدة الشرقيينM'saada EcharqiyineIn parts1285172.03.74.2
أولاد ابراهيم الغربيينOulad Brahim Lgharbiyine2 douars · 1,587 people
أولاد العاتي الغربيينOulad El Aati LgharbiyineIn parts1798000.52.54.5
المساعدة الغربيينM'saada LgharbiyineIn parts1857870.72.23.9
أولاد ابراهيم الوسطىOulad Brahim El Ousseta2 douars · 484 people
أولاد يعليOulad YaalaIn parts1037———
أولاد العاتي لمريسOulad El Aati LamrisIn parts1034471.12.34.2
مركز بئر مزويCentre Bir Mezoui1 douar · 2,026 people
مركز بئر مزويCentre Bir MezouiGrouped5362,0260.30.50.5

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
05.311.05.01
As digits
053110501
Slug
bir-mezoui
OpenStreetMap
2879644
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bir-mezoui");

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