Gheris El Ouloui

اغريس العلوي

Rural commune in the cercle of Goulmima, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 12,193
Since 2014: +1.3%from 12,043 in 2014
Density: 50.7people per km², 240.6 km²
Households: 2,450
Rank: 581581st most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Gheris El Ouloui +1.3%

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: 24.7%aged 10 and over28.4% in 201433.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 28.6%10.8% in 201457.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 29.8%aged 15 and over36.7% in 20144.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.37children per woman2.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.6%of settled households91.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Gheris El Ouloui: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
4.4%	75 and over	4.4%
2.7%	70–74	3.1%
3.0%	65–69	2.8%
4.5%	60–64	4.6%
4.3%	55–59	4.9%
5.4%	50–54	5.5%
5.8%	45–49	6.7%
5.8%	40–44	7.3%
5.5%	35–39	6.5%
6.2%	30–34	6.8%
6.2%	25–29	6.0%
7.2%	20–24	6.7%
8.8%	15–19	8.7%
11.7%	10–14	9.8%
10.2%	5–9	9.2%
8.3%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight86.4%
Darija77.3%
Tachelhit11.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French51.4%
English10.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle47.9%
On foot31.7%
Taxi7.6%
Employer’s transport4.4%
Private car3.8%
Bus0.5%

Can’t read or write: 28.4%aged 10 and over24.7% in 202439.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.8%28.6% in 202420.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.7%aged 15 and over29.8% in 202414.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.82children per woman2.37 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.3people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 91.3%of settled households97.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Gheris El Ouloui: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.1%	75 and over	2.7%
2.3%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.4%
3.4%	60–64	3.4%
2.8%	55–59	3.3%
4.0%	50–54	4.4%
4.5%	45–49	4.6%
5.3%	40–44	5.9%
5.8%	35–39	7.3%
6.0%	30–34	8.7%
7.2%	25–29	7.9%
10.4%	20–24	9.8%
11.7%	15–19	10.0%
10.4%	10–14	9.3%
9.6%	5–9	8.5%
11.6%	0–4	9.7%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.2%
Darija62.8%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French33.5%
Arabic only28.4%
Other combinations22.8%
Arabic, French and English15.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle38.3%
On foot27.5%
Bus18.7%
Private car1.4%
Taxi1.2%
Employer’s transport0.8%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood29.1%
Another commune24.1%
No fixed place20.3%
Another province13.2%
At home6.9%
Another in the commune2.7%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades31.6%
Crafts and skilled trades26.8%
Farming and fishing12.2%
Farm and fishing labour9.9%
Trade and broking7.0%
Clerical work6.6%
Managers and senior professionals2.3%
Machine operating1.5%
Technicians1.3%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma54.8%
Primary26.2%
Lower secondary11.9%
Upper secondary4.9%
DEUG or Licence2.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 20016.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 14874.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1891.3 per business
Public services: 40
Associations: 12in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce61.5%
Services19.6%
Industry14.9%
Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person88.5%
2 to 310.1%
4 to 90.7%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later45.9%
2011–201936.5%
2001–201010.1%
1991–20006.1%
1981–19901.4%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 08.201.13.07
As digits: 082011307
Slug: gheris-el-ouloui
Record: /api/communes/08.201.13.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884818

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