El Gara

الكارة

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

Population, 2024
20,467
Since 2014
−1.9%from 20,855 in 2014
Density
2,269people per km², 9 km²
Households
5,381
Foreign residents
2
Rank
299299th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 22 in its province

Next door in Rdadna Oulad Malek, 0.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 97.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 87.7% to 98.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Kasba Tadla. Can’t read or write: 22.6% here, 22.4% there; read French: 61.3% here, 64.9% there; aged 0 to 14: 24.9% here, 24.5% there.

Compare it with Kasba Tadla

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

26300

How it changed

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

El Gara −1.9%

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
22.6%aged 10 and over30.0% in 201430.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
34.4%24.3% in 201443.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.3%aged 15 and over45.9% in 201413.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.20children per woman1.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.3%of settled households87.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Gara: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over4.4%
2.5%70–743.1%
3.8%65–693.7%
5.4%60–645.5%
4.9%55–594.7%
6.7%50–546.1%
6.5%45–496.7%
6.2%40–447.0%
6.0%35–396.6%
6.6%30–346.6%
6.1%25–297.1%
7.2%20–247.2%
8.8%15–198.0%
9.7%10–148.6%
9.6%5–98.5%
7.3%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit1.9%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French61.3%
  • English21.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.0%
  • Private car10.3%
  • Taxi9.5%
  • Employer’s transport9.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.6%
  • Informal transport1.8%
  • Another way1.4%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
6,210
Standing empty
18.0%10.2% vacant7.8% a second home
Precarious
5.7%4.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.3%97.2% on the water mains97.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
7.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.9%
  • Slum or basic house4.5%
  • Villa1.1%
  • Other1.1%
  • Traditional house0.9%
  • Apartment0.3%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.3%
  • 20 to 49 years40.0%
  • 50 years or more2.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,23260.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,18195.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,1311.8 per business
Public services
32
Associations
19in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.8%
  • Services26.8%
  • Industry10.0%
  • Construction6.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person52.9%
  • 2 to 341.7%
  • 4 to 94.7%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.3%
  • 2011–201937.5%
  • 2001–201016.4%
  • 1991–200017.8%
  • 1981–19903.5%
  • 1956–19802.8%
  • Before 19560.7%

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.117.01.07
As digits
061170107
Slug
el-gara
OpenStreetMap
2522578
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-gara");

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