Braksa

البراكسة

Rural commune in the cercle of Oued Zem, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
6,948
Since 2014
−6.6%from 7,435 in 2014
Density
42.3people per km², 164.1 km²
Households
1,654
Rank
1,0091,009th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 31 in its province

Next door in Oulad Aissa, 20.4% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 59.9%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 27.0% to 87.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Ali Ou Lahcen. Running water: 2.3% here, 0.8% there; can’t read or write: 46.4% here, 42.6% there; unemployment: 16.4% here, 14.7% there.

Compare it with Ait Ali Ou Lahcen

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 Braksa.

Braksa −6.6%

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
46.4%aged 10 and over56.8% in 201458.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.4%5.5% in 201422.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
48.7%aged 15 and over57.6% in 201419.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.62children per woman2.72 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.3%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Braksa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.4%
2.3%70–742.7%
3.0%65–692.8%
4.6%60–644.9%
4.1%55–594.2%
4.1%50–545.1%
5.4%45–496.1%
5.7%40–446.7%
6.6%35–396.1%
6.7%30–346.8%
6.5%25–296.0%
7.4%20–246.7%
9.4%15–199.1%
11.6%10–1410.9%
10.6%5–99.9%
8.3%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French59.9%
  • English10.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work27.9%
  • Informal transport12.4%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.1%
  • Animal3.1%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Bus1.6%
  • Taxi1.6%
  • Another way1.5%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
19928.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4723.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
571.2 per business
Public services
152
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.1%
  • Services19.1%
  • Industry12.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.0%
  • 2 to 314.9%
  • 4 to 92.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.3%
  • 2011–201938.3%
  • 2001–201010.6%
  • 1991–20008.5%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19802.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Braksa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,948 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
البراكسة الجنوبيينBraksa El Jnoubiine3 douars · 2,119 people
أولاد عليOld AliIn parts1897613.82.69.9
أولاد عامرOld AmerIn parts1455972.32.47.5
أولاد موسىOld MoussaIn parts1887611.51.95.6
البراكسة الشماليينBraksa Ecchmaliine2 douars · 2,937 people
الكرادةEl KraddaIn parts1496503.33.37.0
الزكاكمةZkakmaIn parts5602,2871.82.73.3
أولاد بوسعيدOulad Bou Saïd1 douar · 1,892 people
أولاد بوسعيدOulad Bou SaïdIn parts4231,8921.21.75.6

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.311.07.05
As digits
053110705
Slug
braksa
OpenStreetMap
2879800
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("braksa");

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