Bradia

برادية

Rural commune in the cercle of Fquih Ben Salah, province of Fquih Ben Salah, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
37,064
Since 2014
−8.9%from 40,685 in 2014
Density
286people per km², 129.7 km²
Households
8,836
Foreign residents
3
Rank
140140th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 16 in its province

Next door in Ouled Youssef, 1.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 34.8%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.9% to 32.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Boutayeb. Darija: 99.0% here, 99.7% there; in the labour force: 36.4% here, 34.2% there; aged 65 and over: 10.7% here, 10.1% there.

Compare it with Sidi Boutayeb

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 Bradia.

Bradia −8.9%

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
32.9%aged 10 and over39.3% in 201441.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.6%8.9% in 201438.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.4%aged 15 and over43.2% in 201410.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.71children per woman2.20 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.3%of settled households92.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bradia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over3.8%
3.1%70–743.0%
4.2%65–694.0%
5.9%60–645.6%
5.1%55–595.1%
5.6%50–546.4%
5.7%45–496.9%
5.4%40–446.1%
5.3%35–395.7%
5.1%30–346.4%
4.8%25–296.7%
6.0%20–246.6%
9.2%15–198.1%
12.3%10–1410.4%
11.0%5–99.1%
7.8%0–46.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit1.5%
  • Tamazight1.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French48.9%
  • English10.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle31.5%
  • On foot29.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.8%
  • Private car11.6%
  • Employer’s transport6.4%
  • Bus2.9%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Informal transport2.2%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,391
Standing empty
37.0%21.5% vacant15.5% a second home
Precarious
2.2%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
87.3%94.4% on the water mains93.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.0%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house97.3%
  • Rural-type1.9%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Other0.3%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years66.3%
  • 20 to 49 years26.4%
  • 50 years or more7.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,26034.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,05783.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,8671.8 per business
Public services
171
Associations
32in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.1%
  • Services24.7%
  • Industry16.4%
  • Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.2%
  • 2 to 324.0%
  • 4 to 93.1%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.3%
  • 2011–201937.3%
  • 2001–201013.3%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19801.1%
  • Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

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

Bradia8,543

Douars

Bradia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 11 fractions, with 28,502 people. Another 8,543 live in Bradia, its urban centre, which has no douars. 19 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد ادريسOulad Driss2 douars · 4,737 people
اولاد ادريسOulad DrissIn parts9254,1830.20.71.5
أولاد أحمدOulad AhmedIn parts1265540.32.82.8
ضواحي البراديةDouahi El Bradia2 douars · 2,717 people
اولاد اعمرOulad AmorGrouped2279600.10.63.5
اولاد احمدOulad AhmedIn parts4021,7571.12.14.1
لعجانةLajana1 douar · 2,333 people
لعجانةLajanaIn parts5532,3330.21.12.2
اهل سوسAhl Souss1 douar · 3,232 people
اهل سوسAhl SoussIn parts7393,2320.20.61.0
أولاد غانم البراديةOulad Ghanem El Bradia2 douars · 2,691 people
أولاد غانمOulad GhanemIn parts3871,6971.11.63.5
أولاد مسعودOulad MassaoudGrouped2429941.01.24.0
أولاد رياحOulad Riah1 douar · 423 people
أولاد رياحOulad RiahGrouped1054230.20.34.2
الهلالمةEl Hilalma1 douar · 2,948 people
الهلالمةEl HilalmaIn parts6922,9480.51.11.7
الحجاجEl Hajjaj2 douars · 315 people
الحجاجEl HajjajGrouped492120.00.24.0
أولاد ميمونOulad MimounGrouped18103———
البلانEl Belane2 douars · 3,177 people
البلانEl BelaneIn parts5692,4910.43.16.9
أولاد مالكOulad MalekIn parts1686860.01.41.9
أولاد غانم أولاد علي الوادOulad Ghanem Oulad Ali El Oued2 douars · 3,689 people
أولاد غانمOulad GhanemIn parts5142,1891.01.71.9
أولاد ناصرOulad NasserIn parts3381,5000.51.01.4
أولاد امبارك أولاد علي الوادOulad Mbarek Oulad Ali El Oued2 douars · 2,240 people
أولاد موسى بن مالكOulad Moussa Ben MalekIn parts2118410.01.01.2
أولاد امباركOulad MbarekIn parts3381,3990.00.71.0

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
05.255.09.07
As digits
052550907
Slug
bradia
OpenStreetMap
2882576
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bradia");

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