Bni Hilal

بني هلال

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Hilal-Laaounate, province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 16,767
Since 2014: −6.0%from 17,843 in 2014
Density: 106people per km², 157.6 km²
Households: 4,000
Rank: 383383rd most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 25 in its province

Next door in Sidi Smail, 50.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 11.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 4.9% to 17.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Chougrane. Running water: 11.2% here, 9.5% there; can’t read or write: 47.9% here, 45.3% there; higher education: 3.3% here, 2.7% there.

Compare it with Chougrane

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 Hilal.

Bni Hilal −6.0%

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: 47.9%aged 10 and over55.1% in 201458.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.6%4.9% in 201423.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.8%aged 15 and over44.2% in 20143.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.40children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 11.2%of settled households11.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Hilal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	4.6%
3.3%	70–74	3.0%
4.6%	65–69	3.9%
5.8%	60–64	5.6%
4.4%	55–59	5.5%
6.1%	50–54	5.9%
6.9%	45–49	6.1%
6.9%	40–44	7.0%
5.8%	35–39	6.2%
5.1%	30–34	5.2%
5.0%	25–29	5.0%
5.3%	20–24	5.8%
7.6%	15–19	8.5%
11.6%	10–14	11.0%
10.5%	5–9	9.0%
7.6%	0–4	7.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.6%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French45.2%
English9.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot45.7%
Animal13.5%
Taxi8.6%
Private car8.0%
Bike or motorcycle6.7%
Doesn’t travel to work6.1%
Employer’s transport5.1%
Informal transport2.7%
Another way2.1%
Bus1.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 55.1%aged 10 and over47.9% in 202466.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 4.9%17.6% in 202423.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.2%aged 15 and over36.8% in 20249.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.42children per woman2.40 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 11.6%of settled households11.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Hilal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.3%
2.0%	70–74	2.1%
2.3%	65–69	2.2%
3.8%	60–64	3.7%
4.6%	55–59	3.5%
5.7%	50–54	5.9%
4.9%	45–49	5.4%
5.8%	40–44	6.4%
6.3%	35–39	5.9%
6.7%	30–34	7.3%
6.3%	25–29	6.9%
7.0%	20–24	7.3%
9.0%	15–19	9.4%
11.0%	10–14	10.9%
10.0%	5–9	9.6%
11.4%	0–4	10.1%

Local languages used

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

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

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French44.9%
Arabic only44.2%
Arabic, French and English10.3%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot72.9%
Taxi8.4%
Private car4.7%
Another way4.3%
Bike or motorcycle3.4%
Not stated2.3%
Works at home1.9%
Bus1.8%
Employer’s transport0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood67.4%
Another in the commune9.8%
No fixed place8.1%
Another province5.4%
Another commune4.1%
Not stated2.3%
At home1.9%
Somewhere else1.0%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing36.3%
Farm and fishing labour26.2%
Crafts and skilled trades11.7%
Trade and broking8.5%
Labouring and small trades7.9%
Clerical work4.9%
Machine operating2.9%
Not classified0.7%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma79.3%
Primary13.6%
Lower secondary4.7%
Upper secondary1.7%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 35421.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 21761.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3541.6 per business
Public services: 136
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.2%
Services24.0%
Industry13.8%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person56.7%
2 to 336.9%
4 to 96.5%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later19.4%
2011–201931.3%
2001–201023.0%
1991–200019.8%
1981–19903.7%
1956–19802.8%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Hilal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 49 douars in 9 fractions, with 16,765 people. 2 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
الزياينةZyayna6 douars · 2,535 people
مزرارةMezrara	In parts	191	796	0.9	1.5	1.5
الزياينةZyayna	Grouped	266	925	0.0	1.0	4.0
لغراربةLaghrarba	Grouped	112	416	0.2	1.0	4.0
مركز جمعة بني هلالCentre Jemâa Bni Hilal	Grouped	74	209	0.8	0.9	0.9
الزويناتZouinate	Grouped	23	92	—	—	—
لعبيزاتLabizat	Grouped	28	97	—	—	—
الدوميين الترسEddoumiyine Ettars5 douars · 1,961 people
الدوميينDoumiene	Grouped	92	418	1.3	1.2	5.3
العسارةLaassara	Grouped	59	264	0.9	1.2	5.4
أولاد التميمOulad Ettamim	Grouped	64	278	1.2	2.9	4.0
الحيمرHaymer	Grouped	45	192	1.0	3.0	4.0
خبابةKhabbaba	In parts	149	809	0.9	1.8	3.5
الشراريدEcchrarid5 douars · 1,985 people
لكريناتLogrinate	Dispersed	57	270	0.4	1.9	8.4
أولاد عزوزOld Azzouz	Grouped	74	368	1.0	2.2	7.6
شرقاوةCharkaoua	Grouped	49	233	0.8	1.8	8.7
أولاد عيادOulad Ayad	Grouped	90	368	0.3	1.7	6.4
أولاد اسعيدOulad Said	In parts	158	746	0.8	4.8	12.0
لحلالفةLahlalfa9 douars · 4,177 people
النواعمةNouaama	Grouped	124	531	0.9	1.2	6.6
لحلالفةLahlalfa	Grouped	78	336	1.0	1.9	6.8
أولاد امباركOld M'Barek	Grouped	36	142	0.1	1.3	6.6
لحلالوةLahlaloua	Grouped	92	413	0.6	1.5	11.6
البيزاتBouizate	Grouped	76	336	0.0	2.5	5.0
الكوايلةEl Kouayla	Grouped	98	391	1.0	2.1	4.0
الجرارمةJrarma	In parts	99	397	1.0	1.6	3.7
الجغانةJghanna	Grouped	136	543	0.2	0.4	4.6
الجرايرJrayire	In parts	240	1,088	0.8	0.9	4.9
أولاد ايعيشOulad Yaich6 douars · 1,624 people
الحراكتةLahrakta	Grouped	53	196	0.3	1.6	1.8
لكاكنةLakakna	Grouped	15	75	—	—	—
أولاد ايعيشOulad Yaich	Grouped	92	431	0.3	1.8	4.3
لهراردةLahrarda	In parts	75	296	1.5	2.4	4.2
الدوازيOld Douazi	Dispersed	109	461	1.0	2.1	5.0
أولاد سي احميدةOld Si Hmida	Dispersed	37	165	0.6	0.3	6.7
العمامرةLamamra4 douars · 599 people
الطواجنةTwajna	In parts	49	173	2.1	1.1	6.0
الحمامسةEl Hmamsa	Grouped	40	135	2.0	2.0	4.0
أولاد عيسىOld Aissa	Grouped	48	224	0.9	1.9	1.9
الميراتEl Mirat	Grouped	15	67	—	—	—
المريبطاتEl Mribtat4 douars · 1,239 people
أولاد ناصرOld Nacer	In parts	204	849	0.1	1.3	8.1
أولاد منصورOld Manssour	Grouped	36	131	2.1	3.6	8.7
القريةLkaria	Grouped	44	184	1.4	2.0	7.2
السراولةEssraoula	Grouped	22	75	—	—	—
أولاد الحاج العربيOulad El Haj Larbi6 douars · 1,776 people
أولاد الحاج العربيOulad El Haj Larbi	In parts	139	589	1.1	1.3	4.5
أولاد العزOld Laaz	Grouped	64	258	3.8	1.9	4.4
الحرادفةLahradfa	Grouped	104	313	3.1	1.6	8.0
لكزازرةLakzazra	Grouped	59	246	2.7	1.1	7.9
لقواسم صقرLakouassem Sakkar	Grouped	44	155	0.3	3.0	6.6
العبنEl Abn	Grouped	47	215	1.1	1.1	1.1
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune4 douars · 869 people
أولاد دومةOulad Douma	Grouped	53	227	0.0	0.2	11.7
الرملRmel	Dispersed	99	451	0.0	0.8	11.5
الحمارسةEl Hmarsa	Dispersed	25	114	—	—	—
أولاد مالكOulad Malek	Grouped	17	77	—	—	—

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: 06.467.03.01
As digits: 064670301
Slug: bni-hilal
Record: /api/communes/06.467.03.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.467.03.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.467.03.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.467.03.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.467.03.01/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.467.03.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2823033

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