Bourrous
بوروس
Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Bou Othmane, province of Rehamna, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 6,316
- Since 2014
- +5.5%from 5,986 in 2014
- Density
- 37.2people per km², 169.6 km²
- Households
- 1,362
- Foreign residents
- 2
- Rank
- 1,0691,069th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 25 in its province
Next door in Jbilate, 45.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 94.3%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 69.3% to 94.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi M'hamed Akhdim. Unemployment: 9.7% here, 13.1% there; can’t read or write: 45.4% here, 46.0% there; read French: 35.8% here, 30.8% there.
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 Bourrous.
Bourrous +5.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 45.4%aged 10 and over57.4% in 201451.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.7%7.4% in 201412.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 37.7%aged 15 and over48.0% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.70children per woman2.94 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.1%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 94.3%of settled households69.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3% | 75 and over | 3.4% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.7% | ||
| 2.8% | 65–69 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.1% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.4% | 50–54 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.6% | 25–29 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 20–24 | 5.4% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 11.3% | 10–14 | 11.9% | ||
| 10.1% | 5–9 | 10.6% | ||
| 8.2% | 0–4 | 9.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 57.4%aged 10 and over45.4% in 202465.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.4%9.7% in 202414.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 48.0%aged 15 and over37.7% in 20247.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.94children per woman2.70 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.5%of people6.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.5people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 69.3%of settled households94.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8% | 75 and over | 2.3% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 1.8% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.1% | 55–59 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 3.7% | ||
| 6.2% | 40–44 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.7% | 25–29 | 7.4% | ||
| 8.5% | 20–24 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.5% | 15–19 | 9.8% | ||
| 8.5% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 10.9% | 5–9 | 11.7% | ||
| 12.1% | 0–4 | 12.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 11017.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5852.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3666.3 per business
- Public services
- 51
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of workers who get to work by bicycle or motorcycle went from 20.1% in 2014 to 61.1% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.
Across the 6 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +14.1 points. Jaidate is furthest from it, at +8.0 points.
Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Bourrous’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,316 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| اولاد عكيل التانيةOulad Akil Ettania7 douars · 4,208 people | ||||||
| الحويواتEl Houyouat | In parts | 196 | 846 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 12.4 |
| اولاد الݣرنOulad El Garne | In parts | 75 | 363 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| اولاد بن السبعOulad Ben Sebaâ | Grouped | 224 | 1,044 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 15.0 |
| اولاد وسلام الݣورشOulad Ouslam El Gourch | In parts | 173 | 810 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| اولاد بلةOulad Bella | In parts | 54 | 252 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 6.1 |
| أولاد وسلام لكبيرOulad Ouslam Lekbir | In parts | 171 | 728 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
| دوار أولاد منصور الحويواتDouar Oulad Mansour El Houyouat | Grouped | 41 | 165 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| اولاد عكيل الثالثةOulad Akil Ettaleta4 douars · 2,108 people | ||||||
| الغوالم التحتانيLeghoualem Tahtani | In parts | 109 | 577 | 7.8 | 0.7 | 15.1 |
| عباس بن المعطيAbbas Ben El Maati | In parts | 99 | 450 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| اولاد الشريفOulad Cherif | In parts | 111 | 535 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| الغوالم الفوقانيLaghoualem Foukani | Grouped | 109 | 546 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 17.0 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
07.427.09.03- As digits
074270903- Slug
bourrous- Census figures
/api/communes/07.427.09.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.427.09.03/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/07.427.09.03/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.427.09.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.427.09.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2881814
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("bourrous");