Kasbat Ben Mchich

قصبة بن مشيش

Rural commune in the cercle of El Gara, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
15,374
Since 2014
+3.2%from 14,905 in 2014
Density
174people per km², 88.4 km²
Households
3,140
Foreign residents
3
Rank
433433rd most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 22 in its province

Next door in Deroua, 95.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.1%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 45.6% to 35.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Hassoune Hamri. Household size: 4.9 here, 5.0 there; unemployment: 11.9% here, 12.8% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.6% here, 30.8% there.

Compare it with Oulad Hassoune Hamri

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 Kasbat Ben Mchich.

Kasbat Ben Mchich +3.2%

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
35.2%aged 10 and over45.6% in 201447.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
11.9%8.3% in 201460.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.4%aged 15 and over44.2% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.05children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
7.8%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Kasbat Ben Mchich: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over3.2%
2.3%70–742.4%
3.2%65–692.7%
3.7%60–644.0%
4.0%55–594.0%
5.5%50–544.8%
6.4%45–495.6%
6.1%40–446.6%
6.3%35–396.8%
6.8%30–346.7%
6.9%25–295.9%
7.6%20–247.9%
8.5%15–198.8%
11.2%10–1410.9%
10.5%5–910.6%
8.9%0–49.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French76.8%
  • English24.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot37.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle35.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.8%
  • Private car7.0%
  • Taxi4.4%
  • Employer’s transport4.2%
  • Informal transport1.7%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Tram0.1%
  • Train0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1479.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9967.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1741.8 per business
Public services
47
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.6%
  • Services19.2%
  • Industry16.2%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.8%
  • 2 to 317.2%
  • 4 to 96.1%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.2%
  • 2011–201944.4%
  • 2001–201024.2%
  • 1991–20006.1%
  • 1981–19901.0%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Kasbat Ben Mchich’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 4 fractions, with 15,374 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الدغاغية (1)Eddghaghia (1)4 douars · 4,526 people
العسارةLaassaraIn parts4262,3753.62.25.1
أولاد العمريOulad al AmriIn parts2681,4393.51.64.4
أولاد بن عمر قسوOulad Ben Amor QuassouIn parts783881.31.43.0
أولاد الصغيرOulad S'GhirDispersed693242.01.63.8
الدغاغية2Eddghaghia5 douars · 5,981 people
بطيوةBetiouaIn parts6312,9571.51.51.5
أولاد امحمدOulad M'HammedIn parts883961.12.73.2
البياطرةLabyatraIn parts1828351.03.67.5
أولاد بنعمر القببOulad Ben Amar LaqbobIn parts2189861.22.49.5
الڭنانطEl GnantIn parts1988071.33.39.8
الدغاغية3Eddghaghia1 douar · 2,131 people
البڭارةAl BeggaraIn parts4492,1311.12.55.2
الدغاغية4Eddghaghia2 douars · 2,736 people
اولاد الباشاOulad BachaIn parts3401,7491.61.95.3
أولاد عباسOulad Al AbbasIn parts1939872.23.06.5

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.117.08.09
As digits
061170809
Slug
kasbat-ben-mchich
OpenStreetMap
2822693
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kasbat-ben-mchich");

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