El Borouj

البروج

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

Population, 2024
19,438
Since 2014
+1.1%from 19,235 in 2014
Density
1,711people per km², 11.4 km²
Households
4,457
Foreign residents
61
Rank
322322nd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 46 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi El AidiBouguargouhSidi AbdelkrimM'gartoOuled M'hamedSidi DahbiLakhzazraGdanaOulad SaidMzouraAin Dorbane-LahlafOued NaanaaRas El Ain ChaouiaSettatOulad ChbanaLahouazaOulad FreihaKhemisset ChaouiaMachraa Ben AbbouSidi Mohammed Ben RahalAin BlalDar ChaffaiSidi Ahmed El KhadirOulad AmerLaqraqraMeskouraOulad Fares El HallaBni YagrineBni KhlougToualetOulad SghirGuisserRimaSidi BoumehdiSgamnaOulad FaresMrizigueSidi HajjajMniaaOulad M'rahLouladN'khilaOulad Bouali NouajaMzamza JanoubiaBen Ahmed

How it changed

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

El Borouj +1.1%

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
31.5%aged 10 and over37.3% in 201438.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.1%17.6% in 201421.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.6%aged 15 and over45.6% in 201411.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.58children per woman2.38 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.8%of settled households79.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Borouj: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.6%
2.7%70–742.5%
3.4%65–693.5%
4.0%60–644.7%
4.2%55–594.4%
5.6%50–546.1%
6.0%45–496.7%
6.6%40–446.7%
6.2%35–396.3%
6.2%30–346.2%
6.7%25–297.8%
7.4%20–247.7%
9.1%15–198.2%
11.3%10–1410.0%
9.7%5–98.8%
8.2%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit1.6%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French52.8%
  • English14.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.3%
  • Private car11.7%
  • Taxi3.1%
  • Employer’s transport1.8%
  • Bus1.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
6,324
Standing empty
30.4%15.2% vacant15.2% a second home
Precarious
2.4%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
89.2%92.7% on the water mains95.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house89.7%
  • Apartment5.3%
  • Traditional house2.0%
  • Rural-type1.5%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.6%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years63.3%
  • 20 to 49 years31.4%
  • 50 years or more5.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
75538.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
69491.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,2001.7 per business
Public services
58
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.9%
  • Services28.2%
  • Industry14.4%
  • Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person59.4%
  • 2 to 334.0%
  • 4 to 96.3%
  • 10 to 490.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.4%
  • 2011–201934.1%
  • 2001–201015.7%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19906.6%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.3%

In the data

Code
06.461.01.05
As digits
064610105
Slug
el-borouj
Record
/api/communes/06.461.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.461.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.461.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.461.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/06.461.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.461.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2879991
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-borouj");

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