Loualidia

الوليدية

Urban commune in the province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
21,742
Since 2014
+16.8%from 18,616 in 2014
Density
134people per km², 162.1 km²
Households
5,048
Foreign residents
14
Rank
276276th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 25 in its province

Next door in Lgharbia, 10.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 51.8%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 43.2% to 33.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tizgane. Aged 65 and over: 7.4% here, 7.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.9% here, 30.9% there; Darija: 98.7% here, 98.7% there.

Compare it with Tizgane

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 Loualidia.

Loualidia +16.8%

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
33.1%aged 10 and over43.2% in 201440.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.9%14.9% in 201428.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.7%aged 15 and over48.2% in 20147.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.50children per woman3.67 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.0%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
51.8%of settled households52.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Loualidia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.4%75 and over2.9%
2.1%70–742.1%
2.8%65–692.7%
3.8%60–644.1%
3.1%55–593.4%
5.0%50–544.7%
5.6%45–495.1%
6.8%40–446.6%
7.2%35–397.0%
6.8%30–347.1%
6.5%25–297.3%
7.6%20–248.2%
8.8%15–198.8%
11.7%10–1410.7%
10.7%5–910.6%
9.1%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French52.2%
  • English16.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.4%
  • Private car8.5%
  • Informal transport6.4%
  • Taxi5.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.2%
  • Bus2.1%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,183
Standing empty
53.9%5.3% vacant48.7% a second home
Precarious
0.2%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
86.2%91.6% on the water mains95.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house80.1%
  • Apartment11.2%
  • Villa7.3%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Rural-type0.0%
  • Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years60.6%
  • 20 to 49 years38.1%
  • 50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
63429.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
54485.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,1972.2 per business
Public services
77
Associations
13in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.4%
  • Services35.7%
  • Industry11.2%
  • Construction3.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.3%
  • 2 to 329.2%
  • 4 to 98.5%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.5%
  • 2011–201932.7%
  • 2001–201015.6%
  • 1991–20009.9%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19807.0%
  • Before 19560.4%

Urban centres

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

Loualidia9,789

Douars

The villages and hamlets of Loualidia’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 4 fractions, with 11,953 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الواليديةEl Oualidia4 douars · 7,694 people
اولاد يوسفOulad YoussefGrouped3611,5380.91.65.5
الباكيرEl BouakirIn parts4321,9791.01.16.7
اولاد هلالOuled HlalIn parts5972,7020.82.59.0
الرحامنةRehamnaIn parts3081,4751.61.711.4
القليعة الكرارمةKliaa Krarma7 douars · 4,053 people
بير الجملBir JmelIn parts1898970.60.624.8
مولاي شكاكانMoulay EchgagneGrouped723430.71.313.0
الكرارمةLekrarmaGrouped1275590.40.87.9
القليعةLakliaaIn parts1637370.51.37.9
الدهاهجة الساحلDhahja SahelGrouped1497292.20.212.3
السيايرة الساحلSyayra SahelIn parts542964.46.614.6
اولاد الحاج الطاهرOulad Hadj TaherGrouped894921.31.519.5
الوليدية 2Loualidia 21 douar · 101 people
الكاهية 2El Kahiat 2Grouped22101———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune2 douars · 105 people
الضرابنDrabeneGrouped1571———
احيوط الشعيرHiout ChairDispersed1134———

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
06.467.01.05
As digits
064670105
Slug
loualidia
OpenStreetMap
2823057
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("loualidia");

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