Mohammadia

المحمدية

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

Population, 2024
194,358
Since 2014
−6.8%from 208,612 in 2014
Density
5,536people per km², 35.1 km²
Households
54,738
Foreign residents
2,515
Rank
2121st most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 6 in its préfecture

Next door in El Mansouria, 45.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 93.6%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Kénitra. Apartments: 30.0% here, 27.7% there; can’t read or write: 11.1% here, 13.1% there; read French: 73.1% here, 70.2% there.

Compare it with Kénitra

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcodes

28800, 28810, 28820, 28830

How it changed

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

Mohammadia −6.8%

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
11.1%aged 10 and over16.9% in 201416.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.7%20.4% in 201422.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.7%aged 15 and over50.4% in 201426.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.49children per woman1.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.6%of settled households88.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mohammadia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over4.2%
3.6%70–743.3%
5.0%65–694.8%
6.0%60–646.4%
5.7%55–596.3%
6.2%50–546.4%
6.0%45–496.6%
6.9%40–447.2%
6.9%35–397.1%
7.1%30–347.5%
6.6%25–297.1%
6.9%20–246.8%
7.4%15–196.5%
8.2%10–147.4%
7.7%5–97.0%
6.2%0–45.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.9%
  • Tachelhit6.0%
  • Tamazight1.8%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.6%
  • French73.1%
  • English32.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car28.4%
  • On foot23.7%
  • Taxi14.1%
  • Employer’s transport10.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.6%
  • Bus5.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.2%
  • Train3.1%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Informal transport0.5%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Tram0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
76,033
Standing empty
31.2%10.2% vacant21.0% a second home
Precarious
4.0%3.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
94.2%95.9% on the water mains97.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house48.7%
  • Apartment40.3%
  • Villa6.3%
  • Slum or basic house3.5%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Other0.4%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years42.3%
  • 20 to 49 years47.0%
  • 50 years or more10.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9,46548.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9,06895.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
43,0064.7 per business
Public services
262
Associations
135in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce44.6%
  • Services39.7%
  • Industry13.4%
  • Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person42.8%
  • 2 to 339.1%
  • 4 to 912.7%
  • 10 to 494.2%
  • 50 and over1.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.6%
  • 2011–201931.4%
  • 2001–201021.9%
  • 1991–20009.1%
  • 1981–19907.0%
  • 1956–19803.5%
  • Before 19560.6%

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.371.01.01
As digits
063710101
Slug
mohammadia
OpenStreetMap
2523547
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mohammadia");

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