Méchouar de Casablanca

مشور الدار البيضاء

Urban commune in the préfecture of Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
2,101
Since 2014
−20.6%from 2,645 in 2014
Density
4,963people per km², 0.4 km²
Households
601
Foreign residents
7
Rank
1,4311,431st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 2 in its préfecture

Since 2014, the share of people who’ve reached higher education went from 15.5% to 29.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Compare it with other communes

One of 6 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by tram.

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Méchouar de Casablanca.

Méchouar de Casablanca −20.6%

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
10.8%aged 10 and over14.1% in 201416.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.3%16.2% in 201411.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.4%aged 15 and over49.6% in 201427.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
0.65children per woman1.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
100.0%of settled households98.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Méchouar de Casablanca: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.9%75 and over9.7%
6.0%70–744.3%
7.4%65–697.5%
9.7%60–648.6%
6.9%55–599.8%
6.3%50–548.1%
6.0%45–495.8%
4.2%40–446.7%
6.0%35–395.2%
6.2%30–345.5%
6.9%25–295.5%
7.1%20–245.6%
7.8%15–195.3%
7.1%10–145.7%
4.2%5–93.3%
2.3%0–43.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit11.2%
  • Tamazight0.9%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French69.7%
  • English32.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot31.1%
  • Private car28.0%
  • Taxi15.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.9%
  • Employer’s transport6.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.0%
  • Bus2.2%
  • Tram1.5%
  • Another way1.5%
  • Train0.2%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Informal transport0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
673
Standing empty
18.1%10.0% vacant8.2% a second home
Precarious
2.2%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.7%98.8% on the water mains98.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
10.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Traditional house46.7%
  • Villa21.1%
  • Modern house15.2%
  • Apartment14.9%
  • Other1.5%
  • Slum or basic house0.6%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years10.0%
  • 20 to 49 years5.1%
  • 50 years or more85.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
608289.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
58696.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,4302.4 per business
Public services
19
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce77.5%
  • Industry11.6%
  • Services10.2%
  • Construction0.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.8%
  • 2 to 331.6%
  • 4 to 97.7%
  • 10 to 492.6%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later9.9%
  • 2011–20199.2%
  • 2001–201019.3%
  • 1991–200018.6%
  • 1981–199016.4%
  • 1956–198023.2%
  • Before 19563.4%

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.141.01.81
As digits
061410181
Slug
mechouar-de-casablanca
OpenStreetMap
4748610
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mechouar-de-casablanca");

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