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

Next door in Ouislane, 99.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 14.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 24.7% to 49.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jbilate. Higher education: 2.9% here, 2.5% there; unemployment: 30.6% here, 28.3% there; Darija: 99.5% here, 98.5% there.

Compare it with Jbilate

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 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
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	3.3%
2.5%	70–74	2.5%
3.1%	65–69	3.0%
4.7%	60–64	4.8%
4.0%	55–59	4.0%
5.3%	50–54	5.9%
6.1%	45–49	6.2%
7.0%	40–44	6.7%
7.0%	35–39	7.0%
6.2%	30–34	6.3%
6.2%	25–29	6.4%
6.8%	20–24	6.9%
8.9%	15–19	8.2%
10.9%	10–14	10.9%
9.4%	5–9	9.7%
8.8%	0–4	8.3%

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%

More census figures

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%
Doesn’t travel to work8.9%
Taxi7.1%
Private car6.6%
Informal transport4.5%
Animal1.0%
Another way0.7%
Train0.3%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.3%aged 10 and over29.2% in 202454.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.1%30.6% in 202433.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.6%aged 15 and over40.5% in 20247.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.15children per woman1.80 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.7%of people6.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 24.7%of settled households49.8% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.6%
1.8%	70–74	1.8%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
3.2%	60–64	3.4%
3.9%	55–59	3.3%
4.6%	50–54	5.0%
4.8%	45–49	5.1%
6.0%	40–44	6.4%
7.3%	35–39	7.5%
7.9%	30–34	8.1%
8.8%	25–29	9.2%
8.6%	20–24	8.2%
8.2%	15–19	8.3%
9.0%	10–14	8.7%
10.0%	5–9	8.9%
11.6%	0–4	11.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit1.2%
Tarifit0.9%
Tamazight0.5%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.1%
Arabic only43.8%
Arabic, French and English8.1%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.9%
Taxi16.5%
Bike or motorcycle9.6%
Bus6.0%
Another way4.8%
Private car3.7%
Not stated2.1%
Works at home1.6%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Train0.3%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood58.4%
No fixed place15.3%
Another commune14.7%
Another province6.0%
Not stated2.0%
At home1.6%
Another in the commune1.3%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour25.8%
Crafts and skilled trades21.8%
Farming and fishing21.1%
Labouring and small trades12.3%
Trade and broking6.4%
Clerical work6.3%
Machine operating3.7%
Not classified0.9%
Managers and senior professionals0.8%
Technicians0.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma72.3%
Primary18.8%
Lower secondary5.9%
Upper secondary2.3%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

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

More dwelling figures

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

More business figures

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 Jdida

4,059

Douars

Oued Jdida’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 8 fractions, with 12,320 people. Another 4,059 live in Oued Jdida, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ذوي منيعDouy Mniaa1 douar · 2,556 people
لعشاشLachach	In parts	568	2,556	0.0	1.1	8.9
أولاد سيدي يحيىOulad Sidi Yahya11 douars · 2,249 people
لقدادرةLakdadra	In parts	107	497	0.8	1.5	6.2
أولاد زيان أولاد سيدي يحيىOulad Ziyane Oulad Sidi Yahya	Grouped	112	531	0.8	1.3	5.4
أولاد سيدي اعمر قنوفةOulad Sidi Amer Knoufa	Grouped	28	148	—	—	—
أولاد سيدي اعمر الوادOd Sidi Amar Eloued	Grouped	19	63	—	—	—
أولاد عيسى قنوفةOulad Aissa Knoufa	Grouped	44	188	0.3	4.4	5.4
أولاد عيسى لقميزاتOd Aissa Lakmizate	Grouped	39	169	1.0	2.0	5.6
بلوك 5112Belouk 5112	Grouped	40	144	1.4	2.1	2.1
بلوك 5113Belouk 5113	Grouped	9	32	—	—	—
الشريشرةChrichira	Dispersed	75	312	1.5	2.4	5.5
لمناصير أولاد سيدي يحيىLamnassir Oulad Sidi Yahya	Grouped	6	30	—	—	—
لمحاميدLamhamid	Grouped	29	135	—	—	—
لغواطLarhouat6 douars · 1,575 people
أولاد مومنOulad Moumene	Grouped	32	142	1.0	1.1	3.1
أولاد عيسى لغواطOulad Aissa Larhouat	Grouped	117	492	1.0	1.2	5.3
الرزيكاتRzigat	Grouped	80	371	1.0	1.0	8.0
اعزيب الحاج أحمدAzib Lhaj Ahmed	Dispersed	65	341	1.0	1.1	5.9
اعزيب لمرانيAzib Lamrani	Dispersed	41	206	1.1	1.4	6.1
ضيعة مسعودFerme Massaoud	Grouped	6	23	—	—	—
النواجيNouaji3 douars · 1,971 people
أولاد يوسفOulad Youssef	In parts	232	991	0.5	1.0	11.8
أولاد سعيدOulad Said	Grouped	97	445	1.4	1.2	12.3
الرفايفRfayef	Dispersed	113	535	1.8	2.4	13.7
أولاد يعقوبOulad Yacoub3 douars · 1,132 people
أولاد زيان دوي منيعOulad Ziyan Douimnie	Grouped	196	874	0.2	0.5	1.5
تعاونية سيدي الشيخCoopérative Sidi Cheikh	Grouped	53	233	1.4	2.6	3.0
بلوك 5111Belouk 5111	Grouped	4	25	—	—	—
أولاد بوعنانOulad Bouanane5 douars · 1,102 people
أولاد بوعنانOulad Bouanane	Grouped	55	264	1.6	1.5	13.5
الغيوتEl Ghiout	Grouped	43	198	1.4	0.7	13.2
الشوافعChouafaa	In parts	96	460	0.6	0.5	12.0
الكيفانAl Kifane	Grouped	17	66	—	—	—
الجعافرةJaafra	Grouped	23	114	—	—	—
أولاد بن سيدهمOulad Ben Sidhoum3 douars · 1,358 people
أولاد بن سيدهمOulad Ben Sidhoum	Dispersed	274	1,179	0.5	1.7	3.4
دار القايد سيدي الشيخDar Lkaid Sid Chikh	Grouped	17	69	—	—	—
لفراعيLefrai	Grouped	22	110	—	—	—
واد الجديدة المركزOued El Jadida Centre4 douars · 377 people
البهيليلاتEl Bhililat	Grouped	23	112	—	—	—
واد الجديدة لاݣارOued Jdid Lagare	Grouped	49	216	1.1	1.2	1.4
واد الجديدة المركزOued El Jadida Centre	Grouped	1	5	—	—	—
عين البيضةAin El Beida	Grouped	9	44	—	—	—

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: 03.061.05.07
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
Douars: /api/communes/03.061.05.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2759252

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