Bni Yagrine

بني يكرين

Rural commune in the cercle of Settat Janoubia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
13,099
Since 2014
+0.5%from 13,031 in 2014
Density
102people per km², 128 km²
Households
2,361
Foreign residents
2
Rank
543543rd most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 46 in its province

Next door in Bni Khloug, 92.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.3%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 1.5% to 36.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Maatarka. Read French: 21.9% here, 17.0% there; running water: 1.3% here, 0.1% there; can’t read or write: 52.7% here, 50.7% there.

Compare it with Maatarka

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 Yagrine.

Bni Yagrine +0.5%

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
52.7%aged 10 and over64.5% in 201460.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
36.0%1.5% in 201479.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.0%aged 15 and over43.1% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
84.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.10children per woman3.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.5%of people2.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.5people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.3%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Yagrine: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.2%
1.8%70–742.3%
2.2%65–692.2%
2.9%60–642.9%
3.4%55–593.2%
4.7%50–544.2%
6.1%45–495.2%
6.4%40–446.1%
6.7%35–396.6%
5.1%30–346.3%
5.8%25–295.9%
7.8%20–247.4%
9.7%15–199.3%
13.1%10–1412.9%
11.7%5–912.3%
9.8%0–49.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.1%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French21.9%
  • English2.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.5%
  • Employer’s transport24.0%
  • Taxi11.0%
  • Informal transport10.3%
  • Private car7.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.9%
  • Another way1.8%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13310.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6750.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
871.3 per business
Public services
60
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce65.7%
  • Services26.9%
  • Industry7.5%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.6%
  • 2 to 316.4%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.3%
  • 2011–201932.8%
  • 2001–201011.9%
  • 1991–20004.5%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–198013.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Yagrine’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 3 fractions, with 13,098 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني ياكرينBni Yakrine12 douars · 10,258 people
اولاد احمد بن الطيبOulad Ahmed Ben TaibiIn parts1276891.91.02.0
لورارقة اولاد سي اعمرOurarka Oulad Si AmerDispersed1035561.31.31.4
الورارقة لعزاوزةEl Ourarkat LazaouzaIn parts1981,1580.83.13.3
الزواتنةZouatnaGrouped934921.00.43.6
لورارقة اولاد زروOurarka Oulad ZrouGrouped3121,7050.51.33.9
اولاد احمد التبابعةOulad Ahmed TbabaaDispersed945523.72.44.5
اولاد احميدةOulad HmidaIn parts1108014.43.74.5
النواجحةNouajhaIn parts1651,0533.12.03.1
البصارةEl BsaraIn parts2361,2824.74.14.8
اولاد بوبكرOulad BoubkerGrouped713844.02.24.2
الرواونةRouaounaIn parts1961,2951.02.76.0
المكانسةLamkansaDispersed592911.41.56.2
القواربEl Qouareb3 douars · 2,179 people
القواربEl QouarebGrouped632923.51.84.4
اولاد حموOulad HammouIn parts923991.82.58.4
السمانEssmaneIn parts3041,4881.84.17.1
العسارةEl Assara5 douars · 661 people
لعسارةLasaraGrouped1597———
حماوةHmaouaGrouped2497———
أولاد الحاج أحمد بن توميةOulad El Haj Ahmed Ben ToumiaIn parts28133———
العشاشEl AchachDispersed432073.12.23.3
الرغاغوةErrghaghouaGrouped28127———

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
06.461.17.03
As digits
064611703
Slug
bni-yagrine
OpenStreetMap
2879992
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-yagrine");

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