Bni Smir

بني سمير

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

Population, 2024
6,725
Since 2014
+7.8%from 6,241 in 2014
Density
25.8people per km², 261.2 km²
Households
1,180
Foreign residents
7
Rank
1,0411,041st most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 31 in its province

Next door in Krifate, 95.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 5.4%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 58.7% to 93.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Mimoune. Running water: 5.4% here, 16.5% there; household size: 3.9 here, 3.7 there; aged 0 to 14: 26.0% here, 26.3% there.

Compare it with Ait Mimoune

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 Bni Smir.

Bni Smir +7.8%

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
40.0%aged 10 and over48.2% in 201451.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.8%10.4% in 201420.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.7%aged 15 and over46.4% in 201416.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.09children per woman3.18 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.3%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.4%of settled households1.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Smir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.3%75 and over4.5%
3.6%70–743.3%
5.5%65–694.3%
6.3%60–645.7%
5.2%55–595.8%
5.0%50–545.6%
5.9%45–496.3%
5.8%40–446.8%
5.9%35–396.4%
5.6%30–345.6%
6.0%25–296.6%
6.2%20–246.3%
8.1%15–197.4%
9.8%10–1410.4%
9.4%5–98.6%
7.3%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French54.4%
  • English12.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot62.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Private car4.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.1%
  • Informal transport2.7%
  • Taxi1.8%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Bus0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13119.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2922.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1796.2 per business
Public services
102
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry44.8%
  • Commerce31.0%
  • Services24.1%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.2%
  • 2 to 324.1%
  • 4 to 96.9%
  • 10 to 4910.3%
  • 50 and over3.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.2%
  • 2011–201951.7%
  • 2001–201013.8%
  • 1991–20003.4%
  • 1981–19906.9%
  • 1956–19806.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Smir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 5 fractions, with 4,655 people. 2,070 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد احديدانOulad Ahdidane5 douars · 1,085 people
أولاد احديدانOulad AhdidaneIn parts2167———
أولاد موحا و موسىOld M'HamoussaIn parts331381.73.08.0
أولاد السلاويOulad EsslaouyIn parts361572.04.88.7
أولاد حداد موالين الحمريOld Hadad Moualine HamriIn parts1004041.53.15.9
أولاد حداد موالين الوادOld Hadad Moualine El OuadIn parts873191.42.65.8
الورادة الدحامنةEl Ourada Dhamna5 douars · 1,611 people
أولاد ابراهيمOld BrahimIn parts2288———
الورادةEl OuradaIn parts381261.13.25.3
أولاد بوعلي الشرقيةOulad Bouali CharqiaIn parts1174561.01.01.0
الدحامنةDhamnaIn parts1746621.33.58.0
أولاد بوعلي الغربيةOulad Bouali GharbiaIn parts662791.01.11.1
اهل القشوحAhl El Kchouh4 douars · 735 people
البراهمةLabrahmaIn parts2278———
أولاد سعيدOld SaidIn parts502082.24.05.2
القدادرةLeqdaderaIn parts622473.33.15.7
الطلبةTolbaIn parts452023.43.85.2
أولاد موح و موسىOulad Mouh Ou Moussa5 douars · 1,087 people
ايت احمدAït AhmedIn parts813281.43.17.1
ايت ابراهيمAit BrahimIn parts1084361.12.54.6
ايت المعروفيAit El-MaaroufiIn parts26107———
ايت الطيبيAit TaibiIn parts315———
ايت الراضيAyt Ar-radiIn parts472010.82.26.4
مشيخة أهل سوسMchikhat Ahl Souss1 douar · 137 people
أهل سوسAhl SoussIn parts421371.81.88.0

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
05.311.07.03
As digits
053110703
Slug
bni-smir
OpenStreetMap
2879695
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-smir");

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