Nouaceur

النواصر

Urban commune in the province of Nouaceur, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
36,326
Since 2014
+52.6%from 23,802 in 2014
Density
412people per km², 88.2 km²
Households
9,008
Foreign residents
128
Rank
147147th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 5 in its province

Next door in Jaqma, 6.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 92.9%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 41.4% to 59.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Ouallal. Apartments: 42.8% here, 41.2% there; can’t read or write: 13.2% here, 15.2% there; read French: 69.1% here, 70.9% there.

Compare it with Ait Ouallal

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Nouaceur +52.6%

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
13.2%aged 10 and over21.6% in 201417.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.9%16.4% in 201415.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
47.9%aged 15 and over47.3% in 201426.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.93children per woman2.47 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.5%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.9%of settled households78.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Nouaceur: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.1%
2.6%70–742.0%
3.3%65–693.0%
3.7%60–643.9%
3.6%55–594.0%
5.3%50–544.3%
6.6%45–495.7%
8.5%40–447.2%
8.4%35–398.1%
7.4%30–349.9%
6.0%25–297.5%
5.7%20–246.8%
7.0%15–197.4%
10.5%10–149.5%
10.7%5–910.3%
8.8%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit8.5%
  • Tamazight3.0%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tarifit0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French69.1%
  • English29.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car31.3%
  • Employer’s transport18.4%
  • On foot15.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.5%
  • Taxi11.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.1%
  • Another way1.8%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Train0.2%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Tram0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
12,700
Standing empty
31.7%16.9% vacant14.8% a second home
Precarious
13.8%12.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
65.7%92.4% on the water mains94.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
20.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment48.4%
  • Modern house22.6%
  • Villa13.2%
  • Slum or basic house12.1%
  • Traditional house2.0%
  • Rural-type1.1%
  • Other0.6%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years81.4%
  • 20 to 49 years16.0%
  • 50 years or more2.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,11030.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
98088.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
23,47023.9 per business
Public services
108
Associations
22in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services42.2%
  • Commerce32.4%
  • Industry23.1%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person26.0%
  • 2 to 323.7%
  • 4 to 920.2%
  • 10 to 4920.4%
  • 50 and over9.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.4%
  • 2011–201940.0%
  • 2001–201017.6%
  • 1991–20006.9%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.5%

Figures that stand out

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

The number of permanent jobs in businesses is 646.1 per 1,000 people, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 152.7 per 1,000 people. Almajjatia Oulad Taleb is furthest from it, at 67.0 per 1,000 people.

The share of businesses with 50 people or more is 9.7%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 1.5%. Deroua is furthest from it, at 0.1%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.385.01.03
As digits
063850103
Slug
nouaceur
OpenStreetMap
2523534
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("nouaceur");

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