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

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

FdalateSidi BettacheBir EnnasrMoualine El OuedRdadna Oulad MalekAhlafOulad Ali ToualaaBenslimaneOulad Yahya LoutaZiaidaEl MansouriaBouznikaCharrateAin Tizgha

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Mellila.

Mellila +4.1%

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
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.

Mellila: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.7%
2.6%70–742.7%
3.6%65–693.1%
4.6%60–644.4%
3.9%55–594.3%
5.3%50–545.0%
6.3%45–495.0%
6.7%40–446.3%
6.7%35–396.9%
6.5%30–347.1%
6.4%25–296.6%
7.0%20–247.1%
8.8%15–198.2%
10.0%10–1410.5%
10.2%5–910.3%
8.3%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.4%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French31.4%
  • English4.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.3%
  • Taxi26.0%
  • Private car10.5%
  • Employer’s transport6.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.1%
  • Bus0.4%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.4%
  • Services29.4%
  • Industry10.6%
  • Construction0.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.0%
  • 2 to 325.6%
  • 4 to 93.8%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later46.9%
  • 2011–201930.0%
  • 2001–20107.5%
  • 1991–200015.0%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
06.111.03.07
As digits
061110307
Slug
mellila
Record
/api/communes/06.111.03.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.111.03.07/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2522584
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mellila");

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