Kerrouchen

كروشن

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kbab, province of Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
6,796
Since 2014
−3.2%from 7,021 in 2014
Density
37.6people per km², 180.6 km²
Households
1,736
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,0291,029th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 22 in its province

Where it is

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

Ait SaadelliTighassalineEl KbabLehriAit IshaqOuaoumanaSidi LamineSidi AmarAguelmousSebt Ait RahouMoulay BouazzaHad BouhssoussenSidi HcineM'rirtEl HammamAguelmam AzegzaEl BorjOum RabiaMoha Ou Hammou ZayaniKhenifraSidi Yahya Ou Saad

How it changed

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

Kerrouchen −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
49.8%aged 10 and over54.8% in 201457.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.9%10.6% in 201452.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.0%aged 15 and over45.3% in 20144.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman2.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.3%of people8.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
44.3%of settled households38.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Kerrouchen: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over5.3%
3.5%70–743.6%
3.4%65–693.7%
3.7%60–644.8%
3.8%55–594.3%
5.4%50–545.3%
7.7%45–496.9%
7.9%40–447.7%
6.7%35–397.4%
6.5%30–346.2%
5.7%25–295.4%
7.0%20–246.2%
7.9%15–197.6%
8.8%10–149.2%
9.0%5–98.8%
8.3%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight95.3%
  • Darija52.1%
  • Tachelhit1.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.6%
  • French39.1%
  • English13.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot86.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.2%
  • Private car0.8%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Employer’s transport0.5%
  • Bus0.4%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Kerrouchen’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
844
Standing empty
18.2%8.6% vacant9.6% a second home
Precarious
12.4%9.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
86.7%89.5% on the water mains84.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
16.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house79.4%
  • Slum or basic house9.4%
  • Traditional house8.2%
  • Rural-type2.0%
  • Other1.1%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years29.7%
  • 20 to 49 years60.2%
  • 50 years or more10.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
22433.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
13058.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1701.3 per business
Public services
92
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.5%
  • Services25.4%
  • Industry20.8%
  • Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.6%
  • 2 to 313.1%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.9%
  • 2011–201926.9%
  • 2001–201018.5%
  • 1991–20009.2%
  • 1981–19903.1%
  • 1956–19804.6%
  • Before 19560.8%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Kerrouchen2,399

In the data

Code
05.301.03.07
As digits
053010307
Slug
kerrouchen
Record
/api/communes/05.301.03.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.301.03.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/05.301.03.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.301.03.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.301.03.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.301.03.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2826596
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("kerrouchen");

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