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

Where it is

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

El JadidaOulad HamdaneHaouziaOulad RahmouneAzemmourSi Hsaien Ben AbderrahmaneSidi AbedOuled HcineOulad AissaLbir JdidLamharza EssahelChtoukaChaibateZaouiat LakouacemOuled FrejOulad Sidi Ali Ben YoussefBoulaouaneMettouhMogressSidi SmailZaouiat SaissSidi M'hamed AkhdimOuled GhanemSebt SaissLaghdiraSidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

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
MenAgeWomen
1.3%75 and over1.6%
1.6%70–741.6%
2.1%65–692.0%
3.1%60–643.2%
3.1%55–593.1%
4.7%50–544.3%
5.9%45–495.3%
7.5%40–446.8%
8.2%35–397.5%
7.9%30–348.3%
7.0%25–298.3%
7.4%20–248.4%
8.4%15–198.2%
10.2%10–1410.6%
11.3%5–911.0%
10.3%0–49.8%

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%

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%

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

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

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%

Urban centres

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

My Abdellah17,438
Oulad Ghadbane9,243
Sidi Bouzid7,663

In the data

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
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.181.05.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2806106
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("my-abdellah");

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