Bni Yakhlef

بني يخلف

Urban commune in the préfecture of Mohammadia, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
117,653
Since 2014
+143.4%from 48,338 in 2014
Density
1,982people per km², 59.4 km²
Households
31,669
Foreign residents
213
Rank
3434th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 6 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

Sidi Moussa Ben AliEch-challalateSidi Moussa El MajdoubMohammadiaAin Harrouda

How it changed

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

Bni Yakhlef +143.4%

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
16.5%aged 10 and over25.9% in 201421.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.4%15.0% in 201420.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.5%aged 15 and over50.8% in 201421.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.03children per woman2.35 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.0%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.7%of settled households84.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Yakhlef: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.4%75 and over1.8%
1.8%70–741.6%
2.5%65–692.4%
3.7%60–643.7%
3.8%55–593.8%
5.3%50–544.9%
6.4%45–495.9%
8.0%40–447.1%
8.5%35–398.3%
8.3%30–349.4%
6.6%25–298.6%
6.2%20–247.5%
7.4%15–196.8%
9.9%10–149.3%
10.7%5–910.0%
9.6%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit6.4%
  • Tamazight1.8%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French60.7%
  • English20.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot21.6%
  • Private car19.2%
  • Taxi18.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.4%
  • Employer’s transport11.9%
  • Bus6.3%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Bni Yakhlef’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
42,112
Standing empty
42.4%24.3% vacant18.1% a second home
Precarious
2.9%1.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
94.4%90.6% on the water mains90.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
4.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment70.5%
  • Modern house23.6%
  • Villa2.2%
  • Slum or basic house1.6%
  • Traditional house0.9%
  • Rural-type0.7%
  • Other0.6%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years92.5%
  • 20 to 49 years6.2%
  • 50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,50721.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,37194.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5,3052.2 per business
Public services
100
Associations
36in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce46.8%
  • Services29.3%
  • Industry20.1%
  • Construction3.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person54.0%
  • 2 to 337.8%
  • 4 to 96.1%
  • 10 to 491.8%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later65.7%
  • 2011–201923.8%
  • 2001–20106.7%
  • 1991–20002.7%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19800.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Bni Yakhlef89,531

In the data

Code
06.371.01.05
As digits
063710105
Slug
bni-yakhlef
Record
/api/communes/06.371.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.371.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.371.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.371.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/06.371.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.371.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2522574
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-yakhlef");

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