Oudka

ودكة

Rural commune in the cercle of Rhafsai, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,380
Since 2014
−13.1%from 8,494 in 2014
Density
79.9people per km², 92.4 km²
Households
2,103
Rank
970970th most populous of 1,503 communes43rd of 49 in its province

Next door in Rhafsai, 90.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.2%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 81.1% to 92.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Mimoune. Household size: 3.5 here, 3.7 there; aged 0 to 14: 25.9% here, 26.3% there; aged 65 and over: 11.3% here, 11.5% there.

Compare it with Ait Mimoune

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 Oudka.

Oudka −13.1%

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
40.6%aged 10 and over46.2% in 201455.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.2%11.7% in 201433.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.8%aged 15 and over43.5% in 20148.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.17children per woman1.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.2%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.2%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oudka: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over5.3%
2.8%70–743.3%
3.6%65–693.9%
4.5%60–644.9%
4.8%55–595.0%
5.7%50–546.0%
7.7%45–496.3%
7.3%40–447.3%
6.1%35–397.2%
6.5%30–346.3%
4.6%25–294.8%
6.6%20–246.1%
9.9%15–198.4%
9.5%10–149.2%
9.2%5–98.6%
7.4%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French37.4%
  • English9.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.2%
  • Animal22.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%
  • Taxi2.0%
  • Informal transport1.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.1%
  • Private car0.6%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11816.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5748.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
661.2 per business
Public services
57
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services50.9%
  • Commerce42.1%
  • Industry7.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.5%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 93.5%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.5%
  • 2011–201950.9%
  • 2001–201019.3%
  • 1991–20007.0%
  • 1981–19905.3%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oudka’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,379 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
النقلةNoukla4 douars · 2,578 people
النقلةNouklaIn parts4831,6776.21.77.3
اللبابنةEllbabnaGrouped1374970.05.111.9
النازلةEnnazlaGrouped802652.16.514.5
الناضورNadorGrouped351393.08.916.8
القلايعEl Klayaa6 douars · 1,874 people
العزايبAl AzaïbGrouped8429910.12.812.5
افكاكAfkakGrouped301015.31.65.4
افوزارAfouzarGrouped1383695.11.15.1
القلايعEl KlayaaIn parts1734313.31.34.1
حد لقديمHad LakdimGrouped1439———
بني يزوBeni IzouGrouped1816353.92.07.1
المشاعEl Mcha4 douars · 2,927 people
المشاعEl MchaIn parts4331,68026.34.226.2
بوزمامBouzmamGrouped522129.01.020.1
تيسوفةTissoufaGrouped1294801.31.526.3
الركيبةRekibaIn parts1345553.61.817.0

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
03.531.03.07
As digits
035310307
Slug
oudka
OpenStreetMap
2753139
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oudka");

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