Oued Jdida

واد الجديدة

Rural commune in the cercle of Meknès-Banlieue, préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
16,379
Since 2014
+9.7%from 14,935 in 2014
Density
219people per km², 74.7 km²
Households
3,736
Foreign residents
1
Rank
397397th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 21 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

MeknèsAl Machouar-StiniaToulalDar Oum SoltaneAin JemaaAin OrmaMy Idriss ZerhounOualiliOuislaneDkhissaSidi Slimane Moul Al KifaneMajjateBoufakraneCharqaouaN'zalat Bni AmarM'hayaMrhassiyineSidi Abdellah Al KhayatAin Karma-Oued RommaneAit Ouallal

How it changed

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

Oued Jdida +9.7%

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
29.2%aged 10 and over39.3% in 201440.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.6%11.1% in 201426.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.5%aged 15 and over44.6% in 20148.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.80children per woman2.15 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
49.8%of settled households24.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oued Jdida: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.3%
2.5%70–742.5%
3.1%65–693.0%
4.7%60–644.8%
4.0%55–594.0%
5.3%50–545.9%
6.1%45–496.2%
7.0%40–446.7%
7.0%35–397.0%
6.2%30–346.3%
6.2%25–296.4%
6.8%20–246.9%
8.9%15–198.2%
10.9%10–1410.9%
9.4%5–99.7%
8.8%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit1.5%
  • Tarifit1.0%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French41.4%
  • English6.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot31.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.0%
  • Employer’s transport14.5%
  • Bus9.9%
  • Taxi7.1%
  • Private car6.6%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,213
Standing empty
19.6%7.6% vacant12.0% a second home
Precarious
10.4%3.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
53.6%87.8% on the water mains91.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
15.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house84.5%
  • Rural-type6.3%
  • Slum or basic house3.6%
  • Traditional house3.3%
  • Villa1.6%
  • Other0.4%
  • Apartment0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years72.9%
  • 20 to 49 years24.4%
  • 50 years or more2.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28117.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
17261.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3151.8 per business
Public services
95
Associations
14in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.6%
  • Services26.2%
  • Industry14.5%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.0%
  • 2 to 318.6%
  • 4 to 95.2%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.7%
  • 2011–201944.8%
  • 2001–20109.3%
  • 1991–20002.3%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19802.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Oued Jdida4,059

In the data

Code
03.061.05.07
As digits
030610507
Slug
oued-jdida
Record
/api/communes/03.061.05.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.061.05.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.061.05.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.061.05.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.061.05.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.061.05.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2759252
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oued-jdida");

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