El Jadida

الجديدة

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

Population, 2024
237,464
Since 2014
+21.8%from 194,934 in 2014
Density
7,913people per km², 30 km²
Households
67,491
Foreign residents
1,050
Rank
1616th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 27 in its province

Where it is

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

Oulad HamdaneHaouziaOulad RahmouneAzemmourSi Hsaien Ben AbderrahmaneMy AbdellahSidi AbedOuled HcineOulad AissaLbir JdidLamharza EssahelChtoukaChaibateZaouiat LakouacemOuled FrejOulad Sidi Ali Ben YoussefBoulaouaneMettouhMogressSidi SmailZaouiat SaissSidi M'hamed AkhdimOuled GhanemSebt SaissLaghdiraSidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

El Jadida +21.8%

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
10.6%aged 10 and over15.7% in 201414.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.0%18.2% in 201424.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.3%aged 15 and over52.1% in 201426.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.67children per woman2.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.4%of settled households93.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Jadida: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.9%75 and over2.6%
2.7%70–742.3%
4.1%65–693.5%
5.6%60–645.1%
4.9%55–595.2%
5.5%50–545.9%
5.9%45–496.2%
7.2%40–447.0%
7.5%35–397.5%
7.2%30–348.3%
6.9%25–297.9%
7.1%20–247.8%
7.7%15–197.3%
9.2%10–148.2%
9.2%5–98.4%
7.4%0–46.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit3.7%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French74.8%
  • English34.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot25.8%
  • Private car25.5%
  • Employer’s transport21.3%
  • Taxi9.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.2%
  • Bus3.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
104,612
Standing empty
37.5%14.0% vacant23.5% a second home
Precarious
1.2%0.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
95.7%97.1% on the water mains97.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house44.0%
  • Apartment43.1%
  • Villa8.8%
  • Traditional house2.9%
  • Slum or basic house0.7%
  • Other0.4%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years67.3%
  • 20 to 49 years26.7%
  • 50 years or more6.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10,78945.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10,35295.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
43,9474.2 per business
Public services
283
Associations
154in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.7%
  • Services37.0%
  • Industry12.1%
  • Construction3.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person40.3%
  • 2 to 344.9%
  • 4 to 911.7%
  • 10 to 492.3%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.2%
  • 2011–201939.1%
  • 2001–201018.2%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19803.5%
  • Before 19560.8%

In the data

Code
06.181.01.03
As digits
061810103
Slug
el-jadida
Record
/api/communes/06.181.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.181.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.181.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.181.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/06.181.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.181.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2806096
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-jadida");

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