Lahraouyine

لهراويين

Urban commune in the province of Médiouna, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
87,977
Since 2014
+35.7%from 64,821 in 2014
Density
5,330people per km², 16.5 km²
Households
23,054
Foreign residents
49
Rank
6262nd most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 5 in its province

Next door in Casablanca, 98.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 55.4%.

Since 2014, households in an apartment went from 0.7% to 15.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Bouknadel. Can’t read or write: 19.1% here, 20.4% there; aged 65 and over: 5.9% here, 6.5% there; in the labour force: 45.1% here, 45.5% there.

Compare it with Sidi Bouknadel

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 Lahraouyine.

Lahraouyine +35.7%

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
19.1%aged 10 and over25.9% in 201424.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.6%15.9% in 201425.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.1%aged 15 and over49.1% in 201419.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.24children per woman2.59 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
59.2%of settled households49.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Lahraouyine: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.3%75 and over1.9%
1.6%70–741.6%
2.8%65–692.6%
4.0%60–643.8%
4.3%55–594.2%
5.5%50–545.0%
6.3%45–496.1%
7.3%40–447.3%
7.1%35–397.2%
7.5%30–347.9%
6.8%25–297.9%
7.3%20–248.2%
8.4%15–198.1%
10.3%10–149.7%
10.4%5–99.7%
9.2%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit6.2%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French52.3%
  • English13.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot24.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.7%
  • Taxi16.6%
  • Private car12.2%
  • Bus11.9%
  • Employer’s transport8.2%
  • Informal transport4.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.6%
  • Another way2.2%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
26,394
Standing empty
19.2%10.0% vacant9.2% a second home
Precarious
33.3%32.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
63.7%66.9% on the water mains96.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
66.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house43.6%
  • Slum or basic house32.6%
  • Apartment22.1%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Other0.5%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years70.8%
  • 20 to 49 years28.0%
  • 50 years or more1.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,14024.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,04595.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5,7232.8 per business
Public services
56
Associations
39in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce44.5%
  • Industry29.8%
  • Services24.3%
  • Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person49.6%
  • 2 to 337.4%
  • 4 to 910.1%
  • 10 to 492.6%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later44.5%
  • 2011–201936.2%
  • 2001–201012.3%
  • 1991–20005.6%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households living in a basic house or a slum is 42.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 18.1%. Casablanca is furthest from it, at 7.2%.

In 2014 it was 43.7%. Across Morocco, the fall was one point.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.355.01.01
As digits
063550101
Slug
lahraouyine
OpenStreetMap
2523591
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("lahraouyine");

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