Dir El Ksiba

دير القصيبة

Rural commune in the cercle of El Ksiba, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
25,851
Since 2014
+13.1%from 22,855 in 2014
Density
89.5people per km², 288.7 km²
Households
6,528
Foreign residents
2
Rank
222222nd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 22 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi JaberOuled GnaouOuled M'barekFoum OudiOuled YaichOuled YoussefOuled Said LouedFoum El AnceurBéni MellalTaghzirtTanoughaBoutferdaTizi N'islyAghbalaAit Oum El BekhtZaouiat CheikhNaourEl KsibaKasba TadlaGuettayaSemguet

How it changed

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

Dir El Ksiba +13.1%

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
37.9%aged 10 and over44.8% in 201447.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.4%20.6% in 201443.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.7%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20148.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.21children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.6%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
85.2%of settled households61.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dir El Ksiba: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.3%
2.6%70–742.4%
3.5%65–693.0%
4.7%60–645.0%
4.6%55–594.5%
5.9%50–545.7%
6.9%45–497.2%
7.3%40–447.5%
6.8%35–397.1%
5.9%30–347.3%
5.1%25–296.4%
6.1%20–246.9%
8.7%15–197.6%
10.7%10–1410.3%
10.1%5–98.8%
7.9%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija86.7%
  • Tamazight74.9%
  • Tachelhit5.3%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French61.2%
  • English14.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.6%
  • Private car6.9%
  • Employer’s transport4.9%
  • Taxi4.4%
  • Bus3.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,464
Standing empty
22.5%16.3% vacant6.2% a second home
Precarious
0.5%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
1.9%86.6% on the water mains85.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house97.9%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Other0.5%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years78.1%
  • 20 to 49 years21.1%
  • 50 years or more0.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
78930.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
65382.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,4092.2 per business
Public services
113
Associations
23in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.2%
  • Industry25.1%
  • Services21.4%
  • Construction3.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person67.2%
  • 2 to 326.2%
  • 4 to 95.7%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.5%
  • 2011–201937.8%
  • 2001–201010.6%
  • 1991–20005.8%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ighram Laalam11,305

In the data

Code
05.091.07.07
As digits
050910707
Slug
dir-el-ksiba
Record
/api/communes/05.091.07.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.091.07.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/05.091.07.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.091.07.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.091.07.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.091.07.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2882856
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("dir-el-ksiba");

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