El Mansouria

المنصورية

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

Population, 2024
29,139
Since 2014
+46.8%from 19,853 in 2014
Density
379people per km², 76.9 km²
Households
8,360
Foreign residents
359
Rank
190190th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 15 in its province

Next door in Fdalate, 31.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 87.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 32.0% to 87.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mehdya. Apartments: 24.8% here, 24.5% there; higher education: 13.7% here, 13.9% there; can’t read or write: 16.8% here, 13.0% there.

Compare it with Mehdya

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

13072

How it changed

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

El Mansouria +46.8%

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
16.8%aged 10 and over24.3% in 201422.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.1%12.4% in 201417.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
48.1%aged 15 and over51.4% in 201423.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.58children per woman2.54 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.1%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
87.4%of settled households32.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Mansouria: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over2.4%
2.4%70–742.1%
3.7%65–693.3%
4.5%60–644.6%
4.9%55–594.7%
5.8%50–545.5%
6.6%45–496.3%
7.4%40–447.7%
7.3%35–397.9%
6.9%30–348.0%
6.5%25–297.1%
6.8%20–247.1%
8.0%15–197.4%
9.9%10–149.2%
9.5%5–99.7%
7.7%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.3%
  • Tachelhit4.0%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.6%
  • French65.6%
  • English26.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car28.2%
  • On foot20.8%
  • Taxi16.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.1%
  • Bus4.9%
  • Employer’s transport4.9%
  • Train1.1%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Tram0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
26,919
Standing empty
69.6%18.0% vacant51.6% a second home
Precarious
11.7%11.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
50.7%94.3% on the water mains96.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
32.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment66.3%
  • Modern house15.7%
  • Slum or basic house11.1%
  • Villa5.7%
  • Traditional house0.5%
  • Rural-type0.4%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years79.3%
  • 20 to 49 years19.0%
  • 50 years or more1.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
60520.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
50283.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,1554.3 per business
Public services
71
Associations
32in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.8%
  • Services34.1%
  • Industry9.6%
  • Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person59.8%
  • 2 to 322.1%
  • 4 to 910.2%
  • 10 to 496.6%
  • 50 and over1.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.4%
  • 2011–201936.7%
  • 2001–201014.7%
  • 1991–20006.4%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19800.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households living in a basic house or a slum is 36.2%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 5.4%. Bouznika is furthest from it, at 2.6%.

In 2014 it was 45.5%. Across Morocco, the fall was one point.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 5%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.111.01.05
As digits
061110105
Slug
el-mansouria
OpenStreetMap
2522585
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-mansouria");

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