Haouzia

حوزية

Rural commune in the cercle of Haouzia, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 35,777
Since 2014: +24.1%from 28,821 in 2014
Density: 234people per km², 153.1 km²
Households: 8,000
Foreign residents: 42
Rank: 152152nd most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 27 in its province

Next door in Azemmour, 98.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.2%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 16.6% to 40.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Arbaoua. Aged 0 to 14: 31.5% here, 32.2% there; in the labour force: 42.5% here, 40.3% there; running water: 40.7% here, 38.1% there.

Compare it with Arbaoua

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

24123

How it changed

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

Haouzia +24.1%

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: 37.8%aged 10 and over51.7% in 201447.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.8%8.2% in 201432.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.5%aged 15 and over50.6% in 20148.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 91.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.38children per woman2.39 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.4%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 40.7%of settled households16.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Haouzia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.7%	75 and over	2.2%
1.8%	70–74	1.9%
2.3%	65–69	2.2%
3.3%	60–64	3.6%
3.8%	55–59	3.4%
4.8%	50–54	4.9%
5.7%	45–49	5.5%
6.6%	40–44	6.8%
6.9%	35–39	6.8%
7.2%	30–34	7.0%
7.3%	25–29	7.2%
7.8%	20–24	7.9%
9.2%	15–19	9.3%
11.1%	10–14	10.4%
10.9%	5–9	11.1%
9.7%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit2.2%
Tamazight0.3%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French46.3%
English10.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot39.7%
Bike or motorcycle27.8%
Doesn’t travel to work8.4%
Private car6.5%
Employer’s transport5.7%
Bus5.2%
Taxi3.7%
Informal transport1.6%
Animal0.7%
Another way0.6%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 51.7%aged 10 and over37.8% in 202463.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.2%14.8% in 202429.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.6%aged 15 and over42.5% in 202412.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 86.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.39children per woman2.38 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people3.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 16.6%of settled households40.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Haouzia: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.6%	75 and over	1.9%
1.2%	70–74	1.6%
1.3%	65–69	1.3%
2.6%	60–64	2.7%
3.0%	55–59	2.8%
4.3%	50–54	4.4%
4.7%	45–49	4.4%
6.1%	40–44	5.9%
6.7%	35–39	6.6%
7.9%	30–34	8.0%
8.2%	25–29	8.4%
9.6%	20–24	8.8%
9.9%	15–19	9.8%
10.4%	10–14	10.5%
10.8%	5–9	11.1%
11.8%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit1.7%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only46.6%
Arabic and French44.5%
Arabic, French and English7.9%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.0%
Bike or motorcycle20.9%
Bus7.4%
Works at home5.0%
Taxi4.0%
Private car3.9%
Not stated2.6%
Another way1.2%
Employer’s transport0.9%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood52.0%
Another commune24.5%
No fixed place10.6%
At home5.0%
Another in the commune3.5%
Not stated2.6%
Another province1.2%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades25.8%
Farming and fishing24.1%
Farm and fishing labour21.9%
Labouring and small trades12.8%
Clerical work5.5%
Trade and broking4.2%
Machine operating2.7%
Not classified1.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.0%
Technicians0.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma77.0%
Primary16.2%
Lower secondary4.3%
Upper secondary1.7%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 51314.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 38575.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3,2558.5 per business
Public services: 123
Associations: 5in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.9%
Services26.8%
Industry13.0%
Construction3.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person61.8%
2 to 323.9%
4 to 99.9%
10 to 492.9%
50 and over1.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.3%
2011–201950.4%
2001–20109.1%
1991–20002.3%
1981–19900.5%
1956–19802.3%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Haouzia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 44 douars in 8 fractions, with 35,775 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الهمامدةLahmamda11 douars · 8,330 people
الشويرفChouirf	Dispersed	77	344	1.6	2.2	11.6
المساعدةLamsaada	Dispersed	79	387	1.3	2.4	13.3
اولاد صليانOuled Salyane	Dispersed	223	1,063	1.5	1.7	11.9
البحابحةLabhabha	In parts	365	1,648	1.3	2.2	3.4
المقاقرةLamkakra	Dispersed	82	439	1.0	2.5	9.9
السيطانSitane	Dispersed	249	1,171	1.2	1.5	9.0
الكرارمةLakrarma	Dispersed	162	800	0.6	2.9	3.7
الهرابزةEl Herabza	Dispersed	199	915	0.7	2.8	3.9
اولاد ساعد البيوتOld Saad Labyoute	In parts	155	668	2.0	2.9	8.1
الحدادةEl Haddada	Grouped	115	573	0.5	3.4	5.2
تجزئة جوهرة النسيمLotissement Jouhra Ennassim	Grouped	90	322	1.0	3.0	1.1
السليمناتEsslimnat7 douars · 3,756 people
المريشاتEl Mrichat	Grouped	206	882	1.6	1.8	15.6
الجغيواتJghiouate	Grouped	74	260	1.0	2.0	16.0
العوامرةLaaouamra	Grouped	27	122	—	—	—
أولاد امباركOulad Mbarek	Dispersed	146	599	0.9	1.8	15.1
الدحامنةDhamna	Dispersed	261	1,195	0.4	1.7	12.4
الكوارةLakouara	Dispersed	106	550	1.0	2.3	10.2
الشباناتChbanate	Grouped	28	148	—	—	—
الغربية 1Gharbia 14 douars · 3,709 people
العديرEl Adir	Dispersed	270	1,272	1.1	2.1	5.7
العبابسةEl Aababsa	Dispersed	115	533	2.9	3.1	11.6
الشراقةChraqa	Dispersed	151	743	1.4	1.8	8.4
النواصرةEn Nouasra	Dispersed	265	1,161	0.8	2.2	5.1
الغربية 2Gharbia 24 douars · 866 people
الزحيحيفZhihif	Dispersed	115	461	1.3	4.1	4.4
سواني الموسSouani Al Mouss	Grouped	96	373	1.4	2.3	3.2
الݣولف الملكيEl Goulef El Melki	In parts	12	22	—	—	—
المنتجع السياحي مازݣانEl Mantja Essyahi Mazgane	In parts	7	10	—	—	—
الهرابزة 1El Herabza 16 douars · 5,655 people
السبيطاتSbaitate	Dispersed	313	1,517	1.7	1.9	7.8
المعيزاتEl Maïzat	Dispersed	79	335	3.0	3.0	11.1
اولاد البداويOuld El Bedoui	Grouped	163	758	1.6	2.9	5.8
الخضرLakhdor	Dispersed	408	1,937	1.2	1.7	5.1
السراغنة المحاريرSraghna Lamharir	Dispersed	133	639	1.4	2.1	8.1
الݣدادرةGuedadra	Dispersed	90	469	1.1	2.4	7.8
الهرابزة 2El Herabza 24 douars · 7,808 people
العوامرةLaaouamra	In parts	673	2,804	0.2	3.4	5.6
الغربيةElgharbia	Grouped	668	2,860	1.5	1.0	4.2
السراغنة سهب الرملSraghna Sehb Errmel	Dispersed	371	1,683	0.8	1.9	4.2
السبيطات2Sbitate	Dispersed	111	461	1.1	2.0	4.9
تكنيTikni1 douar · 3,477 people
تكنيTikni	Grouped	851	3,477	1.0	1.1	5.1
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune7 douars · 2,174 people
لعيايشةLayaycha	In parts	151	662	0.7	2.1	3.6
الوراردةEl Ourarda	Grouped	93	434	1.0	1.5	8.3
اولاد سيدي بوعلامOulad Sidi Boualam	Grouped	2	6	—	—	—
الهبابلةEl Hbabla	Dispersed	11	53	—	—	—
الرݣيوݣينErrguiouguine	In parts	123	673	0.9	2.9	10.8
لخشيلعاتLakhachilaat	Grouped	47	214	1.1	1.6	11.2
لوراردةLourarda	Grouped	38	132	1.0	1.4	6.5

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 06.181.07.03
As digits: 061810703
Slug: haouzia
Record: /api/communes/06.181.07.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.07.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.07.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.07.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.07.03/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.181.07.03/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.07.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2806098

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