Hel Merbaa
أهل مربع
Rural commune in the cercle of Fquih Ben Salah, province of Fquih Ben Salah, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.
- Population, 2024
- 9,692
- Since 2014
- −19.4%from 12,025 in 2014
- Density
- 118people per km², 82 km²
- Households
- 2,414
- Foreign residents
- 2
- Rank
- 759759th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 16 in its province
Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.4% to 41.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Chouihia. Aged 0 to 14: 25.4% here, 24.5% there; running water: 96.2% here, 94.5% there; higher education: 3.0% here, 2.6% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Hel Merbaa.
Hel Merbaa −19.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.1%aged 10 and over47.3% in 201450.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 41.2%10.4% in 201442.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 33.8%aged 15 and over40.9% in 20147.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.96children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.7%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.0people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 96.2%of settled households91.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5% | 75 and over | 5.5% | ||
| 4.7% | 70–74 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.3% | 65–69 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.5% | 60–64 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.5% | 55–59 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 7.8% | ||
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.0% | 35–39 | 5.5% | ||
| 4.7% | 30–34 | 5.4% | ||
| 4.8% | 25–29 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.4% | 20–24 | 5.8% | ||
| 9.4% | 15–19 | 7.3% | ||
| 11.7% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 5–9 | 8.6% | ||
| 6.6% | 0–4 | 5.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 47.3%aged 10 and over40.1% in 202458.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 10.4%41.2% in 202434.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.9%aged 15 and over33.8% in 20249.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.10children per woman1.96 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 91.8%of settled households96.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 3.7% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 4.3% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.5% | 55–59 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 5.7% | ||
| 4.8% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 40–44 | 6.5% | ||
| 5.5% | 35–39 | 7.9% | ||
| 6.1% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 6.9% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.3% | 20–24 | 8.7% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 8.5% | ||
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 7.1% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 8.8% | ||
| 12.9% | 0–4 | 10.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 28629.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 22578.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3611.6 per business
- Public services
- 57
- Associations
- 4in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 2counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Hel Merbaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 3 fractions, with 9,660 people. 32 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| اولاد ارݣيعةOulad Rguia2 douars · 3,156 people | ||||||
| اولاد غانم موسىOulad Ghanem Moussa | Grouped | 560 | 2,099 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| اولاد احمد بن غانمOulad Ahmed Ben Ghanem | Grouped | 289 | 1,057 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| أهل المربعAhl Marba2 douars · 4,877 people | ||||||
| اهل المربعAhl Marba | In parts | 997 | 4,051 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| اولاد أيوبOulad Youb | In parts | 194 | 826 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| أولاد يعلاOulad Yla2 douars · 1,627 people | ||||||
| أهل المنزلAhl El Menzel | Grouped | 77 | 394 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| اولاد يعلاOulad Yla | In parts | 297 | 1,233 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
05.255.09.09- As digits
052550909- Slug
hel-merbaa- Census figures
/api/communes/05.255.09.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.255.09.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.255.09.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/05.255.09.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2882572
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("hel-merbaa");