Dar Bouazza

دار بوعزة

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

Population, 2024: 302,970
Since 2014: +100.2%from 151,373 in 2014
Density: 6,741people per km², 44.9 km²
Households: 82,747
Foreign residents: 4,752
Rank: 1313th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 5 in its province

Next door in Soualem Trifiya, 6.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 82.2%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 35.1% to 82.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Gueznaia. Apartments: 47.9% here, 45.3% there; can’t read or write: 16.0% here, 12.9% there; higher education: 11.8% here, 11.0% there.

Compare it with Gueznaia

One of 6 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by tram.

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

27223

How it changed

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

Dar Bouazza +100.2%

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: 16.0%aged 10 and over26.6% in 201421.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.4%12.5% in 201417.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.3%aged 15 and over53.0% in 201424.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.28children per woman2.54 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.3%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.3%of settled households81.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dar Bouazza: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.2%	75 and over	1.6%
1.5%	70–74	1.5%
2.2%	65–69	2.2%
3.4%	60–64	3.3%
3.9%	55–59	3.6%
5.6%	50–54	5.0%
6.8%	45–49	6.2%
8.0%	40–44	7.6%
8.2%	35–39	8.3%
8.0%	30–34	9.0%
6.6%	25–29	8.4%
6.8%	20–24	7.9%
8.0%	15–19	7.7%
9.8%	10–14	9.2%
10.5%	5–9	9.6%
9.5%	0–4	8.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija96.9%
Tachelhit9.9%
Tamazight2.2%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.9%
French61.2%
English21.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Private car20.7%
On foot18.8%
Taxi17.8%
Bike or motorcycle15.7%
Bus13.4%
Employer’s transport6.7%
Doesn’t travel to work3.0%
Tram1.7%
Informal transport0.9%
Another way0.9%
Train0.2%
Animal0.2%

Can’t read or write: 26.6%aged 10 and over16.0% in 202435.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.5%15.4% in 202423.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.0%aged 15 and over48.3% in 202424.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.54children per woman2.28 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people3.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 81.7%of settled households97.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Dar Bouazza: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
0.8%	75 and over	1.3%
0.8%	70–74	0.9%
1.1%	65–69	1.1%
2.4%	60–64	2.1%
3.1%	55–59	2.8%
4.7%	50–54	4.3%
5.5%	45–49	4.9%
7.6%	40–44	6.7%
8.5%	35–39	8.2%
8.6%	30–34	9.2%
8.2%	25–29	9.1%
8.3%	20–24	9.1%
8.1%	15–19	8.3%
9.7%	10–14	9.5%
10.5%	5–9	10.6%
12.1%	0–4	11.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.2%
Tachelhit10.3%
Tamazight0.8%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French50.4%
Arabic only33.9%
Arabic, French and English13.6%
Other combinations2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Taxi24.1%
On foot23.3%
Bus15.1%
Private car13.0%
Bike or motorcycle12.8%
Employer’s transport3.1%
Works at home3.1%
Not stated3.1%
Another way2.1%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province33.5%
No fixed place21.5%
Their own neighbourhood20.9%
Another in the commune8.8%
Another commune8.5%
At home3.1%
Not stated3.1%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades37.6%
Labouring and small trades23.9%
Clerical work14.1%
Trade and broking7.5%
Machine operating6.2%
Managers and senior professionals4.6%
Technicians2.5%
Not classified1.8%
Farming and fishing1.1%
Farm and fishing labour0.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma52.2%
Primary26.0%
Lower secondary13.8%
Upper secondary5.0%
DEUG or Licence2.0%
Master’s or doctorate1.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 123,945
Standing empty: 35.1%16.2% vacant18.9% a second home
Precarious: 9.4%7.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 85.1%95.9% on the water mains96.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 14.0%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Apartment60.1%
Modern house24.1%
Slum or basic house7.3%
Villa5.6%
Other2.0%
Traditional house0.8%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years85.4%
20 to 49 years13.9%
50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 6,57621.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6,31096.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 13,3392.1 per business
Public services: 208
Associations: 58in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce49.1%
Services31.9%
Industry13.6%
Construction5.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person57.7%
2 to 334.1%
4 to 96.6%
10 to 491.5%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later58.0%
2011–201931.1%
2001–20107.6%
1991–20002.0%
1981–19900.6%
1956–19800.6%
Before 19560.1%

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 47.9% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.

Estimate from a sample

Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 5%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code

Code: 06.385.01.02
As digits: 063850102
Slug: dar-bouazza
Record: /api/communes/06.385.01.02.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.385.01.02/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.385.01.02/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.385.01.02/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/06.385.01.02/housing.json
Figures that stand out: /api/communes/06.385.01.02/insights.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.385.01.02/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.385.01.02/neighbourhoods.json
OpenStreetMap: 2522565

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