Bni Bchir

بني ابشير

Rural commune in the cercle of Targuist, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 5,401
Since 2014: −17.3%from 6,527 in 2014
Density: 45.9people per km², 117.6 km²
Households: 1,078
Rank: 1,1621,162nd most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 36 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Bni Bchir −17.3%

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: 39.1%aged 10 and over50.5% in 201450.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 4.7%3.3% in 20141.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.9%aged 15 and over61.7% in 201420.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.47children per woman2.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 0.3%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Bchir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.6%	75 and over	2.2%
1.6%	70–74	2.0%
2.5%	65–69	2.7%
3.5%	60–64	3.5%
3.9%	55–59	3.9%
4.4%	50–54	4.8%
4.3%	45–49	4.9%
6.0%	40–44	5.4%
7.0%	35–39	5.7%
8.2%	30–34	7.0%
6.8%	25–29	7.0%
8.5%	20–24	7.0%
9.5%	15–19	9.8%
11.3%	10–14	12.4%
11.6%	5–9	11.3%
9.3%	0–4	10.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija95.4%
Tarifit13.6%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French30.3%
English7.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot90.4%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Private car0.6%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Taxi0.0%
Bus0.0%

Can’t read or write: 50.5%aged 10 and over39.1% in 202461.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 3.3%4.7% in 20243.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 61.7%aged 15 and over49.9% in 202442.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.77children per woman2.47 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.2%of people4.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.4people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.0%of settled households0.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Bchir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	1.6%
1.0%	70–74	1.3%
1.1%	65–69	1.0%
2.3%	60–64	2.0%
3.1%	55–59	3.2%
3.4%	50–54	3.6%
3.8%	45–49	4.3%
4.3%	40–44	4.2%
4.7%	35–39	4.8%
7.4%	30–34	6.4%
8.5%	25–29	8.8%
10.7%	20–24	10.6%
10.7%	15–19	11.6%
12.4%	10–14	12.3%
11.5%	5–9	11.5%
13.0%	0–4	12.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tarifit42.4%
Tachelhit0.6%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French51.6%
Arabic only44.4%
Arabic, French and English3.4%
Other combinations0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot97.5%
Private car0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Bus0.2%
Taxi0.0%
Employer’s transport0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood97.2%
Another in the commune0.6%
Another commune0.4%
Another province0.3%
No fixed place0.2%
Somewhere else0.1%
At home0.0%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour62.1%
Farming and fishing33.0%
Labouring and small trades2.4%
Clerical work1.2%
Crafts and skilled trades0.4%
Not classified0.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%
Machine operating0.2%
Trade and broking0.1%
Technicians0.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma78.5%
Primary18.5%
Lower secondary2.2%
Upper secondary0.4%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
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: 7113.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 2940.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 311.1 per business
Public services: 42
Associations: 0in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.6%
Services31.0%
Industry10.3%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person93.1%
2 to 36.9%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later0.0%
2011–201958.6%
2001–201034.5%
1991–20006.9%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 01.051.07.07
As digits: 010510707
Slug: bni-bchir
Record: /api/communes/01.051.07.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.051.07.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.051.07.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.051.07.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.051.07.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2507406

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-bchir");

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