Lahouaza
لحوازة
Rural commune in the cercle of Settat Chamalia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 7,018
- Since 2014
- −5.1%from 7,394 in 2014
- Density
- 58.8people per km², 119.3 km²
- Households
- 1,515
- Rank
- 1,0051,005th most populous of 1,503 communes38th of 46 in its province
Next door in Settat, 98.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.7%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.4% to 56.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Karma-Oued Rommane. Higher education: 2.7% here, 2.7% there; Darija: 99.7% here, 99.4% there; in the labour force: 39.9% here, 41.4% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
26016
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Lahouaza.
Lahouaza −5.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.4%aged 10 and over46.7% in 201452.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 19.9%4.9% in 201411.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 39.9%aged 15 and over46.2% in 20147.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.41children per woman2.85 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.1%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 56.4%of settled households0.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2% | 75 and over | 6.0% | ||
| 3.5% | 70–74 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.8% | 65–69 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.7% | 60–64 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.0% | 55–59 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.4% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.7% | 45–49 | 5.2% | ||
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.6% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.8% | 20–24 | 5.9% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 7.9% | ||
| 10.1% | 10–14 | 9.9% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 7.3% | 0–4 | 7.7% | ||
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
- 46.7%aged 10 and over40.4% in 202461.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.9%19.9% in 202438.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.2%aged 15 and over39.9% in 20244.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.85children per woman2.41 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.9%of people3.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.4people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.4%of settled households56.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 4.2% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.8% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.7% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 45–49 | 5.0% | ||
| 5.9% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 6.1% | ||
| 7.3% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 8.6% | 25–29 | 7.7% | ||
| 9.9% | 20–24 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.6% | 15–19 | 9.3% | ||
| 9.2% | 10–14 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 11.0% | ||
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
- 11216.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 4035.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1473.7 per business
- Public services
- 66
- Associations
- 6in premises of their own
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
Lahouaza’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,018 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| الحوازة الشرقيةEl Houaza Charqia5 douars · 1,686 people | ||||||
| الحروشEl Harouch | In parts | 70 | 287 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| اولاد مومن بن قاسمOulad Moumen Ben Kacem | In parts | 96 | 523 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 9.2 |
| اولاد سي مومنOulad Si Moumen | In parts | 42 | 216 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| السماعلةSmaala | In parts | 116 | 519 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 |
| أولاد عليOulad Ali | Grouped | 26 | 141 | — | — | — |
| الحوازة الغربيةEl Houaza Gharbia5 douars · 2,268 people | ||||||
| الحوازةEl Houaza | Grouped | 75 | 364 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| الشرفةEch-Chourfa | In parts | 68 | 305 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| العراوةAraoua | In parts | 94 | 465 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| اولاد معمرOulad Mameur | In parts | 95 | 367 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| ليسوفةLissoufa | In parts | 151 | 767 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| اولاد مومنOulad Moumen5 douars · 1,709 people | ||||||
| اولاد رحوOulad Rahou | In parts | 53 | 205 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 14.8 |
| اولاد عليOulad Ali | In parts | 55 | 240 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 14.1 |
| اولاد بلحسنOulad Belahsen | In parts | 91 | 400 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 11.8 |
| الدراغمةEd-Drahma | In parts | 47 | 204 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 14.5 |
| اولاد محمد بن اعريفOulad Mohamed Ben Arif | In parts | 142 | 660 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 10.5 |
| اولاد علالOulad Allal4 douars · 1,355 people | ||||||
| اولاد الراضيOulad Er-Radi | In parts | 37 | 160 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 10.9 |
| اعزيب اولاد الراضيAzib Oulad Radi | Grouped | 16 | 77 | — | — | — |
| الݣزاولةEl Gzaoula | In parts | 173 | 837 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| اولاد العربية العركوبOulad Larbia El Argoub | Grouped | 68 | 281 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 12.3 |
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
06.461.15.11- As digits
064611511- Slug
lahouaza- Census figures
/api/communes/06.461.15.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.461.15.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.461.15.11/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/06.461.15.11/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2879958
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("lahouaza");