Laaounate
لعونات
Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Hilal-Laaounate, province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 17,486
- Since 2014
- −2.0%from 17,850 in 2014
- Density
- 96.5people per km², 181.2 km²
- Households
- 4,191
- Rank
- 365365th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 25 in its province
Next door in Oulad Boussaken, 1.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 47.8%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 68.2% to 47.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Marchouch. Read French: 58.3% here, 55.5% there; aged 65 and over: 11.4% here, 11.7% there; Darija: 98.9% here, 99.4% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Laaounate.
Laaounate −2.0%
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 over47.1% in 201448.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 19.6%7.9% in 201428.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.0%aged 15 and over44.6% in 20145.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 92.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.92children per woman1.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 47.8%of settled households68.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8% | 75 and over | 4.7% | ||
| 3.3% | 70–74 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.0% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 5.3% | 60–64 | 5.0% | ||
| 4.0% | 55–59 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.9% | 50–54 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.3% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.9% | 30–34 | 5.7% | ||
| 5.6% | 25–29 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.1% | 20–24 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.3% | 15–19 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.8% | 10–14 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 8.3% | 0–4 | 7.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 47.1%aged 10 and over40.1% in 202458.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.9%19.6% in 202434.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.6%aged 15 and over36.0% in 20248.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.95children per woman1.92 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.2%of people6.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 68.2%of settled households47.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 3.7% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.6% | 50–54 | 5.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 45–49 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.6% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.0% | 25–29 | 7.2% | ||
| 7.9% | 20–24 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.2% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 10.6% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 11.0% | 0–4 | 9.6% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Laaounate’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 2,360
- Standing empty
- 36.2%29.3% vacant6.9% a second home
- Precarious
- 2.6%0.7% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 95.9%98.6% on the water mains98.2% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 4.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 79645.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 63479.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1,0171.6 per business
- Public services
- 151
- Associations
- 11in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted 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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Laaounate | 6,291 |
Douars
Laaounate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 39 douars in 9 fractions, with 11,195 people. Another 6,291 live in Laaounate, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد يوسف 1Oulad Youssef 13 douars · 2,183 people | ||||||
| لونازرةLounazra | In parts | 228 | 1,011 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| لعزابةLaazaba | Dispersed | 9 | 42 | — | — | — |
| مسمارةMessmara | In parts | 255 | 1,130 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| أولاد احميد 1Oulad Ahmed 18 douars · 1,899 people | ||||||
| أولاد رحالOulad Rahal | Grouped | 64 | 206 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 |
| الغرباويينEl Gharbaouiyine | In parts | 47 | 187 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 9.9 |
| سعادات اللمادةSaadate El Lamada | In parts | 95 | 381 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| الزبيراتZebirat | In parts | 85 | 331 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 9.0 |
| الشلاوشةChlaoucha | Grouped | 41 | 178 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 10.9 |
| الصلاليينEsselaliyine | Grouped | 14 | 59 | — | — | — |
| سعادات الفيضSaadat El Fayd | Grouped | 80 | 310 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| مرحان الدارMarhane Eddar | In parts | 67 | 247 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 13.9 |
| الزاوية التونسية 1Zaouia Tounsia 16 douars · 1,042 people | ||||||
| لمعادنة لكارLamaadna La Gare | Grouped | 71 | 292 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 15.9 |
| لمعادنة كحيحاتLamaadnat Khihat | Grouped | 51 | 198 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 18.3 |
| اعزيب اللمادةAzib El Lamada | In parts | 16 | 70 | — | — | — |
| اعزيب الشعابAzib Chaab | Dispersed | 24 | 96 | — | — | — |
| ديور الشعابDiour Echaabe | Dispersed | 89 | 309 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 24.8 |
| الزاوية التونسيةZaouia Tounsia | Grouped | 18 | 77 | — | — | — |
| أولاد يوسف 2Oulad Youssef 24 douars · 1,368 people | ||||||
| دار المكيDar Mekki | Grouped | 78 | 378 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| الغوالمةLeghoualma | Grouped | 71 | 340 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| المودنيينLmoudnine | In parts | 92 | 408 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| البصرةLbousra | Grouped | 54 | 242 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| أولاد يوسف 3Oulad Youssef 34 douars · 858 people | ||||||
| لورادةLaourada | Grouped | 59 | 239 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 7.5 |
| أولاد الحاج ابريكOulad El Haj Brik | Grouped | 50 | 150 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
| لبيداتLbidate | In parts | 81 | 368 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| المودنيين الحصبةLmoudnine Hasba | Grouped | 24 | 101 | — | — | — |
| أولاد يوسف 4Oulad Youssef 43 douars · 1,770 people | ||||||
| الزوايرEzzouayr | In parts | 290 | 1,347 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| أولاد التونسيOuled Tounsi | Grouped | 58 | 245 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| الحفضانLhafdane | Dispersed | 46 | 178 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 8.0 |
| أولاد احميد 2Oulad Ahmed 25 douars · 1,785 people | ||||||
| أولاد علي بن الشيخOulad Ali Ben Cheikh | Grouped | 49 | 257 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 7.0 |
| الخرارزةLakhrarza | Grouped | 54 | 207 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| أولاد طلحةOuled Talha | Grouped | 202 | 815 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 7.1 |
| مرحان الفيضMarhane Lfayd | In parts | 65 | 278 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| لكرودةLokrouda | Grouped | 57 | 228 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| الزاوية التونسية 2Zaouia Tounsia 25 douars · 279 people | ||||||
| اعزيب النحلAzib Nhal | Grouped | 6 | 17 | — | — | — |
| أولاد رحمونOulad Rahmoun | Grouped | 24 | 114 | — | — | — |
| أولاد سليم الݣعدةOld Slim El Gaada | Dispersed | 6 | 27 | — | — | — |
| أولاد بن الحمرةOulad Ben Hamra | Grouped | 4 | 13 | — | — | — |
| أولاد يعلىOulad Yaala | Grouped | 24 | 108 | — | — | — |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 11 people | ||||||
| ديور الفايضDiour El Fayd | Grouped | 4 | 11 | — | — | — |
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
06.467.03.19- As digits
064670319- Slug
laaounate- Census figures
/api/communes/06.467.03.19/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.467.03.19/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/06.467.03.19/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.467.03.19/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2823011
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("laaounate");