Bouskoura

بوسكورة

Urban commune in the province of Nouaceur, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 200,359
Since 2014: +94.5%from 103,026 in 2014
Density: 1,824people per km², 109.9 km²
Households: 55,578
Foreign residents: 1,870
Rank: 1919th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 5 in its province

Next door in Sahel Oulad H'riz, 4.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 79.7%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 27.1% to 79.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Ouallal. Apartments: 40.7% here, 41.2% there; higher education: 17.0% here, 18.5% there; can’t read or write: 14.0% here, 15.2% there.

Compare it with Ait Ouallal

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

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

27182

Villages and hamlets

El Mzabyine

How it changed

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

Bouskoura +94.5%

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: 14.0%aged 10 and over25.3% in 201418.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.8%12.3% in 201411.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 51.4%aged 15 and over53.3% in 201428.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.29children per woman2.41 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.5%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.6people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.9%of settled households89.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouskoura: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.2%	75 and over	1.5%
1.5%	70–74	1.5%
2.4%	65–69	2.1%
3.4%	60–64	3.2%
3.9%	55–59	3.6%
5.3%	50–54	4.8%
6.3%	45–49	6.1%
7.8%	40–44	7.3%
8.5%	35–39	8.4%
8.5%	30–34	9.5%
7.2%	25–29	9.2%
6.8%	20–24	7.7%
7.6%	15–19	7.4%
9.6%	10–14	8.9%
10.1%	5–9	9.6%
9.8%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija97.9%
Tachelhit13.8%
Tamazight2.4%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.6%
French66.8%
English29.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Private car30.5%
On foot19.9%
Bike or motorcycle14.9%
Taxi11.9%
Employer’s transport11.4%
Doesn’t travel to work4.3%
Bus3.9%
Train1.3%
Another way0.8%
Informal transport0.7%
Tram0.2%
Animal0.2%

Can’t read or write: 25.3%aged 10 and over14.0% in 202434.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.3%10.8% in 202420.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.3%aged 15 and over51.4% in 202424.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.41children per woman2.29 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people2.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 89.0%of settled households96.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouskoura: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
0.9%	75 and over	1.2%
0.7%	70–74	0.8%
1.1%	65–69	1.0%
2.5%	60–64	2.1%
3.7%	55–59	2.9%
4.8%	50–54	4.5%
5.5%	45–49	4.9%
6.9%	40–44	6.6%
7.9%	35–39	7.8%
8.6%	30–34	9.1%
8.8%	25–29	9.5%
9.1%	20–24	10.1%
8.4%	15–19	8.9%
9.3%	10–14	9.1%
10.0%	5–9	10.0%
11.9%	0–4	11.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.4%
Tachelhit17.5%
Tamazight1.2%
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 French48.9%
Arabic only32.1%
Arabic, French and English17.2%
Other combinations1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot31.6%
Bike or motorcycle16.4%
Taxi15.1%
Private car15.0%
Employer’s transport6.0%
Bus4.8%
Works at home4.0%
Not stated3.6%
Another way2.9%
Train0.5%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province28.2%
Their own neighbourhood24.7%
No fixed place17.3%
Another in the commune16.2%
Another commune5.3%
At home4.0%
Not stated3.6%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades34.3%
Labouring and small trades28.0%
Clerical work13.3%
Machine operating6.1%
Trade and broking5.9%
Managers and senior professionals5.5%
Technicians2.5%
Not classified2.3%
Farm and fishing labour1.1%
Farming and fishing0.9%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma49.8%
Primary25.9%
Lower secondary14.8%
Upper secondary5.6%
DEUG or Licence2.3%
Master’s or doctorate1.5%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 80,372
Standing empty: 33.7%20.2% vacant13.5% a second home
Precarious: 11.4%10.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 81.5%89.6% on the water mains90.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 16.5%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Apartment56.3%
Modern house23.2%
Slum or basic house10.1%
Villa8.4%
Other1.1%
Traditional house0.7%
Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years82.2%
20 to 49 years17.1%
50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 4,60323.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 4,38895.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 48,25811.0 per business
Public services: 159
Associations: 56in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce44.2%
Services28.4%
Industry18.6%
Construction8.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person43.1%
2 to 335.3%
4 to 913.1%
10 to 496.6%
50 and over1.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later49.1%
2011–201931.4%
2001–201013.3%
1991–20004.1%
1981–19900.9%
1956–19800.9%
Before 19560.2%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households living in an apartment went from 3.9% in 2014 to 40.7% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Of the communes it borders, only Nouaceur can be compared: +15.2 points since 2014.

Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 10%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code

Code: 06.385.01.01
As digits: 063850101
Slug: bouskoura
Record: /api/communes/06.385.01.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.385.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.385.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.385.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/06.385.01.01/housing.json
Figures that stand out: /api/communes/06.385.01.01/insights.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.385.01.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.385.01.01/neighbourhoods.json
OpenStreetMap: 2522564

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import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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