Ouaoula

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Rural commune in the cercle of Oultana, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 26,410
Since 2014: +6.5%from 24,790 in 2014
Density: 98.4people per km², 268.4 km²
Households: 4,758
Rank: 216216th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 44 in its province

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 Ouaoula.

Ouaoula +6.5%

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: 46.7%aged 10 and over60.3% in 201459.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.8%2.3% in 201428.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.4%aged 15 and over49.3% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.53children per woman2.67 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.9%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.5%of settled households64.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouaoula: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.4%	75 and over	2.5%
2.0%	70–74	1.8%
2.7%	65–69	2.6%
3.4%	60–64	3.8%
3.4%	55–59	3.9%
3.7%	50–54	3.8%
4.5%	45–49	5.2%
5.2%	40–44	6.0%
6.9%	35–39	6.7%
7.2%	30–34	6.8%
7.9%	25–29	7.1%
8.6%	20–24	7.4%
9.8%	15–19	9.5%
11.3%	10–14	11.8%
11.1%	5–9	11.1%
9.9%	0–4	9.9%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit80.4%
Darija30.9%
Tamazight19.8%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.1%
French35.5%
English6.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh5.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot42.3%
Bus10.7%
Private car2.5%
Taxi2.3%
Bike or motorcycle1.6%
Employer’s transport1.1%

Can’t read or write: 60.3%aged 10 and over46.7% in 202473.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 2.3%13.8% in 20245.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.3%aged 15 and over39.4% in 202418.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 82.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.67children per woman2.53 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people3.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.5people on average5.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 64.8%of settled households94.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouaoula: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.8%	75 and over	2.1%
1.3%	70–74	1.4%
1.4%	65–69	1.6%
2.7%	60–64	2.1%
3.5%	55–59	2.8%
4.1%	50–54	4.2%
3.7%	45–49	4.5%
4.2%	40–44	4.3%
5.5%	35–39	6.2%
6.3%	30–34	7.0%
7.7%	25–29	8.4%
8.5%	20–24	9.4%
9.3%	15–19	10.6%
12.3%	10–14	10.9%
12.5%	5–9	11.8%
14.2%	0–4	12.7%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit65.9%
Tamazight33.5%
Darija31.8%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only52.7%
Arabic and French40.6%
Arabic, French and English5.6%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.9%
Bus31.8%
Taxi1.8%
Private car1.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.7%
Employer’s transport0.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood44.0%
No fixed place28.2%
Another province21.0%
Another in the commune1.5%
At home1.3%
Another commune0.8%
Somewhere else0.4%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour25.7%
Crafts and skilled trades25.0%
Labouring and small trades22.9%
Farming and fishing17.4%
Trade and broking3.1%
Clerical work2.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.9%
Machine operating0.9%
Not classified0.5%
Technicians0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma84.6%
Primary10.9%
Lower secondary2.6%
Upper secondary1.1%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 30511.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 10133.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1191.2 per business
Public services: 171
Associations: 33in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.4%
Services20.8%
Industry13.9%
Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person91.1%
2 to 37.9%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 491.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later20.8%
2011–201935.6%
2001–201033.7%
1991–20008.9%
1981–19901.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 05.081.15.13
As digits: 050811513
Slug: ouaoula
Record: /api/communes/05.081.15.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.15.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.15.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.15.13/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.15.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887333

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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