My Abdellah

مولاي عبد الله

Rural commune in the cercle of El Jadida, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 103,993
Since 2014: +39.3%from 74,671 in 2014
Density: 564people per km², 184.5 km²
Households: 26,214
Foreign residents: 181
Rank: 4545th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 27 in its province

Next door in Ouled Hcine, 6.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 88.2%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 8.6% to 58.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Chkef. Aged 65 and over: 5.1% here, 5.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.6% here, 32.0% there; can’t read or write: 24.6% here, 26.9% there.

Compare it with Ain Chkef

Where it is

Its province, 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 My Abdellah.

My Abdellah +39.3%

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: 24.6%aged 10 and over34.2% in 201432.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.3%11.3% in 201425.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.4%aged 15 and over52.4% in 201412.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.50children per woman2.91 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.1%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 88.2%of settled households62.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

My Abdellah: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.3%	75 and over	1.6%
1.6%	70–74	1.6%
2.1%	65–69	2.0%
3.1%	60–64	3.2%
3.1%	55–59	3.1%
4.7%	50–54	4.3%
5.9%	45–49	5.3%
7.5%	40–44	6.8%
8.2%	35–39	7.5%
7.9%	30–34	8.3%
7.0%	25–29	8.3%
7.4%	20–24	8.4%
8.4%	15–19	8.2%
10.2%	10–14	10.6%
11.3%	5–9	11.0%
10.3%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tachelhit2.5%
Tamazight1.0%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French47.4%
English12.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot29.6%
Employer’s transport25.0%
Bike or motorcycle20.0%
Private car7.5%
Bus6.4%
Taxi5.0%
Doesn’t travel to work4.4%
Informal transport1.0%
Another way0.7%
Train0.2%
Animal0.2%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 34.2%aged 10 and over24.6% in 202445.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.3%19.3% in 202425.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 52.4%aged 15 and over43.4% in 202416.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.91children per woman2.50 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.6%of people4.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 62.1%of settled households88.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

My Abdellah: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.2%	75 and over	1.5%
0.9%	70–74	1.1%
1.1%	65–69	1.0%
2.6%	60–64	2.4%
3.2%	55–59	2.7%
4.3%	50–54	4.1%
4.6%	45–49	4.4%
6.6%	40–44	5.7%
8.0%	35–39	7.0%
9.3%	30–34	8.8%
9.8%	25–29	9.4%
9.2%	20–24	10.2%
8.5%	15–19	8.7%
9.1%	10–14	9.6%
9.9%	5–9	10.4%
11.8%	0–4	13.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.6%
Tachelhit3.6%
Tamazight0.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French52.3%
Arabic only34.1%
Arabic, French and English12.2%
Other combinations1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot32.1%
Bike or motorcycle22.4%
Employer’s transport14.8%
Bus11.8%
Taxi6.2%
Private car5.4%
Works at home3.4%
Not stated2.2%
Another way1.8%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another commune33.5%
Their own neighbourhood29.2%
Another in the commune24.4%
No fixed place5.7%
At home3.4%
Not stated2.2%
Another province1.5%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades37.1%
Labouring and small trades22.9%
Farming and fishing9.6%
Clerical work9.3%
Machine operating5.8%
Trade and broking5.6%
Farm and fishing labour4.2%
Managers and senior professionals2.2%
Technicians2.1%
Not classified1.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma59.9%
Primary24.4%
Lower secondary10.1%
Upper secondary4.0%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.4%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 14,652
Standing empty: 41.4%10.9% vacant30.5% a second home
Precarious: 0.5%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 88.1%97.2% on the water mains97.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 0.8%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house64.9%
Villa31.8%
Apartment2.1%
Traditional house0.7%
Other0.3%
Slum or basic house0.1%
Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years67.9%
20 to 49 years31.3%
50 years or more0.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 2,41623.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 2,18590.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 34,88516.0 per business
Public services: 206
Associations: 25in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce55.0%
Services26.1%
Industry15.0%
Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person58.3%
2 to 329.9%
4 to 96.6%
10 to 493.8%
50 and over1.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later40.7%
2011–201947.6%
2001–20107.4%
1991–20003.1%
1981–19900.4%
1956–19800.8%
Before 19560.1%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of urban dwellings that are villas is 31.8%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Of the communes it borders, only El Jadida can be compared: 8.8%.

How these are picked

Urban centres

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

My Abdellah	17,438
Oulad Ghadbane	9,243
Sidi Bouzid	7,663

Douars

My Abdellah’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 60 douars in 9 fractions, with 69,475 people. Another 34,344 live in My Abdellah, Oulad Ghadbane and Sidi Bouzid, its urban centres, which have no douars. 174 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
الشرفاءChorfa3 douars · 1,730 people
المعاشاتLamaachat	In parts	124	524	11.4	1.5	15.1
الزمازمةZemazma	Grouped	62	240	2.3	2.4	13.2
الشخالبةChkhalba	Grouped	287	966	1.5	2.0	12.5
الهمامدةLahmamda9 douars · 29,419 people
الهواورةEl Houaoura	Grouped	1,877	6,723	0.4	1.6	4.4
اولاد ساعد الدراعOuled Saad Draa	Grouped	2,397	9,505	1.4	1.0	6.9
الخضرEl Khdor	Grouped	315	1,263	1.7	1.0	8.3
تكنيTikni	Grouped	1,887	7,722	0.4	0.7	7.6
اولاد الشايبOld Chaib	Dispersed	231	983	1.2	3.1	8.1
الشويرفChouiref	In parts	147	617	0.7	3.3	9.3
إقامة بن علالRésidence Ben Allal	Grouped	422	1,292	1.0	2.0	4.0
إقامة النخيل 6Résidence Annakhil 6	Grouped	348	1,097	0.0	2.1	5.0
إقامة أبواب المدينةRésidence Abouab Médina	Grouped	78	217	0.0	0.4	4.9
بطيوةBetioua12 douars · 6,326 people
شرقاوةChrakoua	Grouped	29	133	—	—	—
لواداتLwadate	Dispersed	25	126	—	—	—
اولاد بوعنانOuled Bouanane	Dispersed	85	428	2.8	3.2	15.5
لعروسيينLaaroussiyne	Dispersed	34	160	1.1	1.7	11.0
اولاد احديدةOuled Hdida	Dispersed	21	84	—	—	—
اولاد الحاج محمدOuled El Haj Mohammed	Dispersed	30	141	1.0	3.0	19.2
اولاد الحاج اسماعيلOld Hadj Smail	Dispersed	41	193	1.8	3.9	18.3
اولاد الركراكيOulad Regragui	Dispersed	571	2,489	2.5	3.7	5.6
اولاد احميدة بن اسعيدOuled Hmida Ben Saïd	Dispersed	166	693	2.5	2.8	6.8
الباشتاEl Bouachta	Dispersed	243	1,044	1.1	2.7	9.1
اولاد المودنOulad el Moudine	Grouped	130	496	1.2	2.2	7.3
اولاد حموOulad Hammou	Grouped	64	339	1.1	1.8	11.8
السراحنةSrahna5 douars · 3,205 people
القراقشةLakrakcha	Grouped	149	609	0.9	1.2	9.8
السراحنةSrahna	Grouped	377	1,471	1.6	1.9	10.5
شرفاء العينChorfa El Aïn	Grouped	57	235	1.4	9.5	11.6
النجارةN'Jara	Grouped	133	484	8.8	1.4	16.1
اولاد عبد القادرOulad Abdelkader	Grouped	108	406	0.1	2.3	11.8
اولاد اسماعيلOulad Smail14 douars · 6,552 people
اولاد بونعيجOuled Bou Naij	Dispersed	83	349	0.5	2.3	10.8
اولاد الحيانيOulad El Hayani	Dispersed	113	541	1.4	3.7	11.8
اولاد عبوOld Aabou	Grouped	102	482	1.8	2.0	15.5
العناياتEl Anayat	Dispersed	52	242	1.8	2.3	16.1
الوجاجنة الوطىLoujajna Louta	Dispersed	174	758	1.0	1.1	15.3
لكرادةEl Kradda	In parts	244	1,080	1.9	2.4	12.4
الدحوشDehouch	Dispersed	30	124	3.0	3.0	12.1
القواسمLakouassem	Dispersed	101	413	1.2	2.3	12.4
الجغيواتJrhiouat	Dispersed	177	728	0.8	1.2	9.7
المريشاتLamrichat	Dispersed	30	135	0.6	0.6	10.0
الباشتاEl Bouachta	In parts	135	615	1.0	2.6	8.1
اولاد ساعدOulad Saïd	Dispersed	87	419	1.0	2.0	8.0
العوامرةLaaouamra	Dispersed	74	323	1.0	1.6	8.1
اولاد امباركOulad Mbarek	Dispersed	83	343	1.0	2.6	10.7
العبابدةEl Ababda12 douars · 17,440 people
اولاد العطارOulad El Attar	Grouped	39	142	1.0	2.0	3.0
الجعافرةJaafra	Grouped	52	227	1.1	2.0	3.0
الورادغةLaouradgha	Grouped	549	2,267	1.6	2.4	4.0
المنادلةEl Menadla	Grouped	1,984	7,983	0.7	1.2	3.0
الدحوشEd Dhouch	Dispersed	338	1,584	1.0	2.0	6.2
الحدادوةEl Hadadoua	Grouped	125	523	1.8	2.1	8.1
اولاد امباركOulad M'barek	Grouped	115	460	2.0	2.2	9.7
اولاد المقدمOulad Lamkadem	In parts	264	1,034	2.8	2.6	8.8
اولاد بوعليOulad Bou Ali	Grouped	67	283	4.1	3.1	8.1
لعشايشEl Achaich	Grouped	346	1,456	1.2	3.3	4.4
الغنادرةLaghenadra	Grouped	315	1,266	1.4	4.1	5.4
تجزئة نسيم البحرLotissement Nsim El Bhr	Grouped	99	215	1.0	3.9	3.4
مركز مولاي عبد اللهCentre Moulay Abdellah2 douars · 2,331 people
الحفظانLhafdane	Grouped	558	2,324	0.2	1.3	2.8
الدعيشاتEddaichat	Grouped	1	7	—	—	—
مركز الغضبانCentre Ghadbane1 douar · 151 people
اولاد الغضبانOuled Ghadbane	Grouped	42	151	0.6	2.6	6.1
بطيوة 2Betioua 22 douars · 2,321 people
أولاد الحفيانOuled El Hafiane	Grouped	49	222	3.3	7.3	7.4
أولاد براهيمOulad Brahim	In parts	494	2,099	1.4	3.2	7.7

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: 06.181.05.01
As digits: 061810501
Slug: my-abdellah
Record: /api/communes/06.181.05.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/housing.json
Figures that stand out: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/insights.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.05.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2806106

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