Oulad Abdoune

أولاد عبدون

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

Population, 2024
15,860
Since 2014
+16.8%from 13,574 in 2014
Density
69.7people per km², 227.5 km²
Households
3,548
Foreign residents
10
Rank
414414th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 31 in its province

Next door in Khouribga, 97.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 34.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 17.1% to 34.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Smail. Darija: 99.5% here, 99.3% there; aged 65 and over: 8.3% here, 8.4% there; running water: 38.9% here, 50.1% there.

Compare it with Sidi Smail

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 Oulad Abdoune.

Oulad Abdoune +16.8%

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
24.8%aged 10 and over37.8% in 201432.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.3%13.9% in 201434.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.1%aged 15 and over46.4% in 201414.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.10children per woman2.98 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
38.9%of settled households23.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Abdoune: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.8%
2.1%70–742.5%
3.5%65–693.5%
4.1%60–644.4%
4.1%55–594.2%
5.3%50–544.8%
6.1%45–496.3%
7.2%40–446.7%
6.5%35–396.9%
6.1%30–347.4%
6.9%25–296.6%
7.0%20–246.7%
8.9%15–198.5%
11.7%10–149.9%
10.3%5–910.6%
8.0%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit1.7%
  • Tamazight1.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French74.0%
  • English25.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle34.9%
  • On foot18.7%
  • Private car15.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work14.5%
  • Employer’s transport6.8%
  • Animal2.7%
  • Informal transport2.3%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Bus1.7%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
19412.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14172.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7535.3 per business
Public services
52
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.1%
  • Industry22.7%
  • Services22.7%
  • Construction3.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person41.8%
  • 2 to 329.8%
  • 4 to 914.9%
  • 10 to 4911.3%
  • 50 and over2.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.6%
  • 2011–201939.7%
  • 2001–201012.8%
  • 1991–20007.8%
  • 1981–19901.4%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Abdoune’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 4 fractions, with 15,860 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد عبدون الشرقيينOulad Abdoune Echarqiyine8 douars · 6,933 people
أولاد الغازيOld El GhaziDispersed3981,7611.41.65.2
أولاد سعدOld SaadDispersed864260.63.16.2
لعلالشةLaalalchaDispersed1114740.61.65.4
لمراهنة المرسLamrahna El MersDispersed3221,4250.81.66.1
أولاد مسعودOld MessoudDispersed693330.51.45.5
أولاد احمدOld AhmedDispersed3291,4390.11.03.2
لعمامرةLaamamraDispersed1547131.53.17.7
دوار النصDouar EnnsDispersed773622.93.012.4
أولاد عبدون الغربيينOulad Abdoune Lgharbiyine7 douars · 3,909 people
أولاد مسعودOulad MassaoudDispersed1798372.43.09.0
أولاد الشيخ عليOld Cheikh AliDispersed1747810.53.05.1
أولاد علالOld AllalDispersed1516652.02.12.5
لمراهنة اطويلLemrahene TouilDispersed1114892.02.612.7
أولاد احمد(سيد الرفا)Oulad Ahmed (Sid Errfa)Dispersed974694.84.414.2
ولاد سعدOulad SadDispersed844041.74.18.7
ولاد الحاجOld El HadjDispersed602641.02.86.3
المركز الأولىCentre El Aoula8 douars · 3,552 people
دوار السعادة1Douar EssaadaGrouped1175080.00.10.1
دوار السعادة 2Douar Essaada 2Grouped2149690.00.00.0
دوار السعادة 3Douar Essaada 3Grouped622650.00.00.7
درب الحاج لكبيرDerb El Haj LekbirGrouped1496630.31.72.0
درب الزراريDerb EzzrariGrouped2071———
البساتينEl BsatineGrouped361560.00.22.0
درب عمر بن عبد العزيزDerb Omar Ben Abd AzizGrouped1556420.00.42.0
تجزئة الحافضيLotissement El HafdiGrouped652780.01.72.0
المركز الثانيةCentre Ettania4 douars · 1,466 people
درب الحاج مصطفىDerb El Haj MustafaGrouped974230.81.02.8
دوار الشعبةDouar ChabaGrouped1486801.01.03.0
درب ولد الصحراويDerb Ould SahraouiGrouped1452———
تجزئة يحيLotissement YahiaGrouped693110.01.01.8

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
05.311.05.13
As digits
053110513
Slug
oulad-abdoune
OpenStreetMap
2879636
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-abdoune");

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