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

Where it is

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

Bni OukilBni ChegdaleKrifateFquih Ben SalahHad BoumoussaDar Ould ZidouhOuled AyadOuled NacerSouk Sebt Ouled NemmaOuled BourahmouneSidi Aissa Ben AliOuled ZmamBradiaSidi HammadiKhalfia

How it changed

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

Hel Merbaa −19.4%

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
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.

Hel Merbaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.5%75 and over5.5%
4.7%70–743.7%
5.3%65–695.3%
5.5%60–646.3%
5.5%55–596.1%
5.2%50–546.8%
5.1%45–497.8%
5.8%40–446.0%
5.0%35–395.5%
4.7%30–345.4%
4.8%25–295.5%
6.4%20–245.8%
9.4%15–197.3%
11.7%10–149.0%
9.9%5–98.6%
6.6%0–45.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit1.7%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French50.3%
  • English11.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle32.6%
  • On foot21.2%
  • Private car9.0%
  • Employer’s transport6.9%
  • Bus3.7%
  • Taxi3.5%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.7%
  • Industry21.3%
  • Services20.4%
  • Construction3.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.2%
  • 2 to 310.2%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 492.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.0%
  • 2011–201945.3%
  • 2001–201013.3%
  • 1991–20006.2%
  • 1981–19904.4%
  • 1956–19802.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
05.255.09.09
As digits
052550909
Slug
hel-merbaa
Record
/api/communes/05.255.09.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.255.09.09/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2882572
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("hel-merbaa");

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