Bni Mathar

بني مطهر

Rural commune in the cercle of Ain Bni Mathar, province of Jerada, Oriental.

Population, 2024: 10,887
Since 2014: +22.7%from 8,870 in 2014
Density: 6.7people per km², 1,621.7 km²
Households: 2,223
Rank: 676676th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 14 in its province

Next door in Ain Bni Mathar, 98.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 13.5%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 11.0% to 25.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Louadaine. Read French: 28.5% here, 29.0% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.1% here, 31.3% there; can’t read or write: 43.5% here, 42.8% there.

Compare it with Louadaine

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 Mathar.

Bni Mathar +22.7%

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: 43.5%aged 10 and over53.5% in 201451.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 25.6%11.0% in 201456.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.6%aged 15 and over42.6% in 20145.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.98children per woman2.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.8%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 38.0%of settled households40.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Mathar: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	3.0%
1.9%	70–74	2.1%
2.9%	65–69	2.5%
4.4%	60–64	3.9%
3.6%	55–59	4.3%
4.2%	50–54	5.0%
5.1%	45–49	5.0%
6.6%	40–44	6.8%
6.2%	35–39	7.5%
6.4%	30–34	7.5%
7.0%	25–29	7.3%
7.2%	20–24	7.6%
9.8%	15–19	7.7%
12.6%	10–14	11.1%
10.9%	5–9	10.9%
8.6%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.3%
Tachelhit0.7%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French28.5%
English3.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.8%
Doesn’t travel to work20.8%
Bike or motorcycle14.4%
Private car2.9%
Employer’s transport1.9%
Informal transport1.5%
Taxi0.7%
Bus0.4%
Another way0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 53.5%aged 10 and over43.5% in 202462.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.0%25.6% in 202429.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.6%aged 15 and over37.6% in 20243.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 79.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.60children per woman1.98 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.8%of people3.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 40.0%of settled households38.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Mathar: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	2.5%
1.5%	70–74	1.4%
1.9%	65–69	2.0%
2.5%	60–64	2.5%
3.7%	55–59	2.9%
4.8%	50–54	4.6%
5.1%	45–49	4.6%
5.1%	40–44	6.2%
6.4%	35–39	6.2%
7.8%	30–34	8.4%
7.2%	25–29	8.2%
7.7%	20–24	8.3%
10.1%	15–19	10.1%
11.2%	10–14	10.5%
10.5%	5–9	9.9%
12.0%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

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

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French48.7%
Arabic only42.3%
Arabic, French and English8.2%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot74.7%
Bike or motorcycle11.5%
Private car5.1%
Not stated2.3%
Bus1.8%
Works at home1.6%
Taxi1.4%
Another way1.4%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood65.9%
Another in the commune13.0%
Another commune10.2%
No fixed place3.5%
Somewhere else2.3%
Not stated2.2%
At home1.6%
Another province1.3%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour37.1%
Farming and fishing29.4%
Labouring and small trades13.8%
Crafts and skilled trades9.7%
Clerical work4.6%
Trade and broking2.3%
Machine operating1.2%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.6%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma76.6%
Primary16.6%
Lower secondary4.6%
Upper secondary1.7%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
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: 908.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 2730.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 692.6 per business
Public services: 59
Associations: 4in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce44.4%
Industry33.3%
Services18.5%
Construction3.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person74.1%
2 to 314.8%
4 to 97.4%
10 to 493.7%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later22.2%
2011–201951.9%
2001–20103.7%
1991–200022.2%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Mathar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,434 people. 453 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
الفقرةAl Fouqra1 douar · 1,190 people
الفقرةAl Fouqra	In parts	235	1,190	1.6	3.0	13.6
أولاد بنعيسىOulad Benaissa10 douars · 4,112 people
الزوايدZouaïd	Grouped	44	250	3.3	1.4	20.0
أولاد بن عبوOulad Ben Abbou	In parts	112	521	1.9	4.3	12.8
أولاد بن النصرOulad Ben N'Cer	Grouped	65	316	2.0	3.1	14.0
أولاد حماديOulad Ahmed	Dispersed	16	60	—	—	—
هوارةHaouara	Grouped	142	622	1.7	2.8	7.4
أولادبن عبد الرحمانOulad Ben Abderrahmane	Grouped	44	243	1.5	3.0	4.4
أولاد عليOulad Ali	Grouped	319	1,475	2.8	3.2	7.6
الزاويةZaouia	Grouped	97	453	10.0	3.8	24.6
حلاسة البلHalassa El Bl	Dispersed	9	49	—	—	—
حاسي لبيضHassi Labyad	Dispersed	25	123	—	—	—
أولاد قدور 2Oulad Kaddour 22 douars · 1,438 people
لمسخسخةLamsekhskha	Grouped	245	1,247	1.9	4.0	5.9
عكلة السدرةAkla Sedra	In parts	37	191	4.3	13.8	22.2
أولاد قدورOulad Qaddour1 douar · 3,694 people
أولاد قدورOulad Qaddour	Grouped	827	3,694	1.2	1.9	4.0

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: 02.275.05.01
As digits: 022750501
Slug: bni-mathar
Record: /api/communes/02.275.05.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/02.275.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/02.275.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/02.275.05.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/02.275.05.01/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/02.275.05.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 4772795

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