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

Next door in Fdalate, 0.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 85.4%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 43.3% to 85.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Martil. Can’t read or write: 16.5% here, 15.5% there; in the labour force: 46.5% here, 47.0% there; household size: 3.7 here, 3.6 there.

Compare it with Martil

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

28815

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
Men	Age
1.4%	75 and over	1.8%
1.8%	70–74	1.6%
2.5%	65–69	2.4%
3.7%	60–64	3.7%
3.8%	55–59	3.8%
5.3%	50–54	4.9%
6.4%	45–49	5.9%
8.0%	40–44	7.1%
8.5%	35–39	8.3%
8.3%	30–34	9.4%
6.6%	25–29	8.6%
6.2%	20–24	7.5%
7.4%	15–19	6.8%
9.9%	10–14	9.3%
10.7%	5–9	10.0%
9.6%	0–4	8.9%

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%

More census figures

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%
Doesn’t travel to work3.5%
Train1.2%
Another way1.0%
Informal transport0.9%
Animal0.3%
Tram0.1%

Can’t read or write: 25.9%aged 10 and over16.5% in 202434.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.0%16.4% in 202426.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.8%aged 15 and over46.5% in 202423.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.35children per woman2.03 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.9%of people3.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 84.4%of settled households97.7% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age
1.2%	75 and over	1.6%
0.9%	70–74	1.1%
1.4%	65–69	1.2%
3.0%	60–64	2.5%
4.0%	55–59	3.4%
5.4%	50–54	4.9%
5.2%	45–49	5.6%
6.9%	40–44	6.6%
7.5%	35–39	7.5%
8.7%	30–34	8.5%
8.3%	25–29	9.7%
8.7%	20–24	10.2%
8.3%	15–19	8.6%
8.5%	10–14	8.4%
9.7%	5–9	8.9%
12.3%	0–4	11.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.4%
Tachelhit5.6%
Tamazight0.8%
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 French48.3%
Arabic only33.6%
Arabic, French and English16.8%
Other combinations1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot25.1%
Taxi20.7%
Bike or motorcycle17.8%
Private car12.6%
Bus7.1%
Employer’s transport5.0%
Another way3.8%
Not stated3.7%
Works at home3.6%
Train0.8%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another commune35.8%
No fixed place17.7%
Their own neighbourhood17.0%
Another province11.7%
Another in the commune10.2%
At home3.6%
Not stated3.6%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades34.2%
Labouring and small trades21.7%
Clerical work13.3%
Trade and broking7.7%
Machine operating6.0%
Managers and senior professionals5.4%
Farm and fishing labour4.2%
Technicians3.3%
Farming and fishing2.2%
Not classified1.9%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma50.8%
Primary25.4%
Lower secondary14.2%
Upper secondary5.6%
DEUG or Licence2.9%
Master’s or doctorate1.0%
Not declared0.0%

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

More dwelling figures

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

More business figures

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 Yakhlef

89,531

Douars

The villages and hamlets of Bni Yakhlef’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 1 fraction, with 28,122 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
مشيخة وهميةNotional fraction36 douars · 28,122 people
الصهريجAssahrij	Grouped	28	121	—	—	—
ابعداAbada	Grouped	33	122	0.0	1.0	1.0
السباعي 1Sbaai 1	Grouped	241	981	0.1	1.9	2.0
السباعي 2Sbaai 2	Grouped	162	629	0.0	3.0	3.0
الروسErrous	Grouped	349	1,426	0.8	5.2	5.3
الحجبةEl Hajba	In parts	154	594	0.0	3.5	8.9
الخدود 2El Khadoud 2	Dispersed	178	717	0.0	3.7	4.2
الخمولةEl Khemoula	Grouped	272	1,108	1.3	2.0	2.0
شنانChinnane	Grouped	80	341	0.0	1.0	1.0
تجزئة النور 1Lotissement Nour 1	In parts	421	1,367	0.1	1.2	0.8
تجزئة رياض البركةLotissement Riad Baraka	In parts	125	436	0.0	1.1	2.0
تجزئة ملاكLotissement Malak	In parts	29	106	—	—	—
بوجناناتBoujnanat	Grouped	145	626	0.0	1.0	1.0
مهيرشاتMhirchat	Grouped	380	1,502	0.2	2.6	2.6
البرغوثEl Berghout	Grouped	230	951	1.0	1.9	2.5
الحي المحمديHay Mohammadi	In parts	1,041	4,389	0.2	0.2	1.7
الخدود 1El Khadoud 1	Dispersed	468	1,919	0.4	1.8	2.9
امزابيAmzabi	Grouped	1	5	—	—	—
الرحمةErrahma	Grouped	87	349	1.0	3.3	4.0
الناجيEnnaji	Grouped	257	874	1.1	2.1	4.0
كريندةKrinda	Grouped	51	189	4.0	4.1	6.1
الحاجةHajja	Grouped	156	690	1.0	1.0	1.0
الهاشميEl Hachmi	Grouped	166	668	0.1	0.1	1.0
خدوجKhadouj	Grouped	140	613	1.0	1.0	1.0
الشيخCheikh	Grouped	28	100	—	—	—
العمريAl Amri	Grouped	36	139	0.0	3.7	3.8
الخصوميEl Khsoumi	Grouped	377	1,505	0.3	2.8	3.6
فريكوFrikou	Grouped	105	424	0.3	1.9	2.0
إقامة النور 2Résidence Nour 2	In parts	146	458	1.0	1.7	2.0
سهب الرملSehb Rmel	Grouped	103	414	1.0	2.2	6.4
بوكرمةBoukrma	Grouped	49	197	0.0	1.7	7.6
التعاونية الحسنية 2Coopérative El Hsniat 2	Grouped	180	826	0.0	2.0	5.7
تراب لحمرTrab Lahmar	Dispersed	13	54	—	—	—
التعاونية الموساويةCoopérative El Moussaouia	Grouped	60	264	0.0	3.5	10.5
عين تكيAin Tekki	In parts	680	2,879	0.8	0.8	0.8
الزريعيEzzrii	Grouped	33	139	0.0	2.9	2.9

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: 06.371.01.05
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
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.371.01.05/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.371.01.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2522574

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