Mellila
مليلة
Rural commune in the cercle of Benslimane, province of Benslimane, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 15,692
- Since 2014
- +4.1%from 15,081 in 2014
- Density
- 78.2people per km², 200.7 km²
- Households
- 3,620
- Rank
- 420420th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 15 in its province
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 75.1% to 93.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamrabih. Running water: 23.6% here, 13.6% there; in the labour force: 30.8% here, 32.0% there; read French: 31.4% here, 34.8% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
13202
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Mellila.
Mellila +4.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 38.9%aged 10 and over43.1% in 201449.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 16.7%14.8% in 201431.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 30.8%aged 15 and over46.5% in 20144.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 89.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.38children per woman2.09 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.1%of people7.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 23.6%of settled households18.3% in 201482.9% 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% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.6% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.6% | 60–64 | 4.4% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.3% | 45–49 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.7% | 35–39 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.4% | 25–29 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.0% | 20–24 | 7.1% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 10.0% | 10–14 | 10.5% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 10.3% | ||
| 8.3% | 0–4 | 8.8% | ||
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
- 43.1%aged 10 and over38.9% in 202456.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.8%16.7% in 202457.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.5%aged 15 and over30.8% in 20248.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.09children per woman2.38 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.6%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.4people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 18.3%of settled households23.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 3.4% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 5.4% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 6.1% | ||
| 7.6% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.5% | 25–29 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.3% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 8.9% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 9.8% | 5–9 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.7% | 0–4 | 11.6% | ||
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 19512.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 16082.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2481.6 per business
- Public services
- 34
- Associations
- 1in 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.
Douars
Mellila’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 7 fractions, with 15,690 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| لخبيزيينLakhbiziine3 douars · 3,652 people | ||||||
| القنانفيةLaqnanfiya | In parts | 488 | 1,988 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 10.4 |
| المدنيينEl Mdniine | Grouped | 292 | 1,299 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 11.5 |
| الحيداتHaidate | Dispersed | 89 | 365 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 14.5 |
| اوزيكاAouzika2 douars · 2,834 people | ||||||
| اولاد الشاويOulad Chaoui | In parts | 461 | 2,059 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| اولاد سليمانOulad Slimane | In parts | 192 | 775 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 11.5 |
| اولاد صالحOulad Salah2 douars · 1,779 people | ||||||
| اولاد الجيلاليOulad Jilali | In parts | 126 | 556 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 5.3 |
| اولاد سي احمدOulad Si Ahmed | In parts | 267 | 1,223 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 7.8 |
| اولاد عيسى اولاد عودةOulad Aissa Oulad Aouda2 douars · 2,155 people | ||||||
| اولاد عودة اولاد عيسىOulad Aouda Oulad Aissa | In parts | 370 | 1,824 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 6.6 |
| الرويساتRouissate | In parts | 80 | 331 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 12.0 |
| مركز مليلةCentre Mellila3 douars · 3,269 people | ||||||
| اطروشAtrouch | In parts | 118 | 524 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| لحشالفةLahchalfa | In parts | 76 | 334 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| مركز مليلةCentre Mellila | Grouped | 599 | 2,411 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| اولاد موسىOulad Moussa2 douars · 1,902 people | ||||||
| المناصرةLemnasra | In parts | 217 | 880 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 6.7 |
| حمداوةHamdaoua | In parts | 222 | 1,022 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 99 people | ||||||
| لقدامرةQdamra | In parts | 23 | 99 | — | — | — |
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
06.111.03.07- As digits
061110307- Slug
mellila- Census figures
/api/communes/06.111.03.07/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.111.03.07/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.111.03.07/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/06.111.03.07/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2522584
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("mellila");