Ech-challalate

الشلالات

Urban commune in the préfecture of Mohammadia, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
98,015
Since 2014
+83.2%from 53,503 in 2014
Density
1,974people per km², 49.7 km²
Households
24,562
Foreign residents
40
Rank
5151st most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 6 in its préfecture

Next door in Sidi Moussa Ben Ali, 8.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 68.8%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 24.5% to 89.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Harbil. Apartments: 24.5% here, 25.9% there; aged 65 and over: 5.2% here, 4.5% there; can’t read or write: 20.3% here, 20.9% there.

Compare it with Harbil

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Ech-challalate.

Ech-challalate +83.2%

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
20.3%aged 10 and over30.7% in 201426.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.0%14.3% in 201421.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.5%aged 15 and over47.5% in 201415.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.21children per woman2.50 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.2%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
89.7%of settled households24.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ech-challalate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.2%75 and over1.8%
1.6%70–741.5%
2.3%65–692.0%
3.5%60–643.5%
3.7%55–593.5%
4.8%50–544.5%
6.3%45–495.9%
7.8%40–446.7%
8.1%35–397.6%
8.2%30–348.7%
6.8%25–298.3%
6.7%20–248.1%
7.6%15–197.8%
10.3%10–149.8%
10.8%5–910.4%
10.2%0–49.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit6.0%
  • Tamazight1.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French51.1%
  • English12.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot24.0%
  • Taxi22.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle19.3%
  • Private car13.2%
  • Employer’s transport11.8%
  • Bus3.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.5%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Tram0.3%
  • Train0.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
16,600
Standing empty
22.3%9.8% vacant12.5% a second home
Precarious
4.1%2.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
95.9%97.4% on the water mains96.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
5.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house51.6%
  • Apartment43.6%
  • Slum or basic house2.2%
  • Other1.3%
  • Rural-type0.6%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Traditional house0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years98.5%
  • 20 to 49 years1.0%
  • 50 years or more0.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,34824.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,25295.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
10,1664.5 per business
Public services
81
Associations
15in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce43.4%
  • Services25.1%
  • Industry24.3%
  • Construction7.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person43.3%
  • 2 to 337.1%
  • 4 to 913.5%
  • 10 to 495.3%
  • 50 and over0.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later64.1%
  • 2011–201926.0%
  • 2001–20107.0%
  • 1991–20001.9%
  • 1981–19900.7%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ech-challalate52,622

Douars

The villages and hamlets of Ech-challalate’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 2 fractions, with 45,393 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 158 people
الرمليةErramliaGrouped401581.06.07.9
تجزئة الشلالLotissement Ecchlal15 douars · 45,235 people
أولاد سيدي علي شطيبةOulad Sidi Ali ChtaibaIn parts2479900.82.22.9
إقامة منزه النورRésidence Manzeh NourIn parts1676180.01.01.0
أولاد معزة كسكادOulad Maazza CascadeIn parts1,1524,4521.01.95.7
أولاد سيدي عبد النبيOuled Sidi AbdennebiDispersed2,3319,8200.93.510.0
أولاد بابا سعيدOulad Baba SaidDispersed3761,4231.14.011.7
سيدي علي بن عزوزSidi Ali Ben AzzouzGrouped662491.04.05.5
تجزئة الصفاLotissement SfaIn parts3,36913,6040.71.14.2
إقامة شمس الشلالاتRésidence Chms Ech ChallalateIn parts713141.01.57.6
أولاد سيدي علي واركوOulad Sidi Ali WarkoDispersed1,1634,6910.62.212.8
موسىMoussaGrouped1264791.13.87.4
مباركةMbarkaGrouped1,2424,7681.81.68.8
الشعيبيةEch ChaibiaGrouped1425000.00.010.0
باباBabaGrouped1185181.01.010.1
المدكوريةEl MdkouriaGrouped3481,3890.91.09.6
إقامة شمس المدينةRésidence Chms MédinaIn parts4031,4201.05.16.0

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.371.01.07
As digits
063710107
Slug
ech-challalate
OpenStreetMap
2522567
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ech-challalate");

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