Charrate

شراط

Rural commune in the cercle of Bouznika, province of Benslimane, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
11,266
Since 2014
+15.5%from 9,754 in 2014
Density
150people per km², 75 km²
Households
2,580
Foreign residents
20
Rank
650650th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 15 in its province

Next door in Bouznika, 90.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 21.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 8.0% to 36.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Bourzouine. Unemployment: 13.8% here, 15.0% there; Darija: 99.2% here, 99.0% there; running water: 36.6% here, 48.2% there.

Compare it with Ait Bourzouine

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

13104

How it changed

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

Charrate +15.5%

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
31.0%aged 10 and over39.8% in 201439.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.8%13.1% in 201424.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.5%aged 15 and over50.9% in 201410.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.31children per woman2.46 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
36.6%of settled households8.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Charrate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.1%
2.3%70–742.3%
3.8%65–692.9%
4.6%60–644.5%
4.5%55–595.5%
5.9%50–545.5%
6.2%45–495.8%
7.3%40–447.2%
7.0%35–397.7%
6.6%30–348.0%
6.0%25–296.8%
6.7%20–246.8%
8.4%15–197.1%
9.8%10–149.4%
10.0%5–99.5%
8.4%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French34.5%
  • English8.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot32.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle21.9%
  • Private car13.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work10.2%
  • Taxi9.3%
  • Employer’s transport7.5%
  • Informal transport3.9%
  • Train0.6%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Bus0.1%
  • Tram0.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
484.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3266.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1815.7 per business
Public services
16
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.0%
  • Services28.1%
  • Industry21.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person46.9%
  • 2 to 325.0%
  • 4 to 915.6%
  • 10 to 499.4%
  • 50 and over3.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later46.9%
  • 2011–201934.4%
  • 2001–201012.5%
  • 1991–20006.3%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Charrate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,262 people. 4 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
لكبابحةLakbabha2 douars · 3,829 people
لحرارLahrarDispersed2651,3140.92.69.4
اولاد اعشيشOulad AchichIn parts5542,5151.32.17.3
لعطايةLataia6 douars · 6,047 people
اولاد اسلامةOulad SlamaDispersed793981.44.812.9
لحطايةLaatayaDispersed1165———
الشواكرChouakerDispersed352051.15.28.2
العكبانLaagbaneDispersed8073,6991.13.94.8
اولاد بن يوسفOulad Ben YoussefDispersed2641,0930.44.43.5
لبراهمةLebrahmaDispersed1375871.24.91.5
أولاد موسىOulad Moussa2 douars · 1,386 people
دوار ولاد موسى 1Douar Oulad Moussa 1Dispersed3141,1310.53.35.6
أولاد موسى 2Oulad MoussaDispersed1142550.25.35.9

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
06.111.05.05
As digits
061110505
Slug
charrate
OpenStreetMap
2522587
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("charrate");

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