Oulad Amer

أولاد عامر

Rural commune in the cercle of El Borouj, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
5,871
Since 2014
−12.0%from 6,673 in 2014
Density
36people per km², 163.3 km²
Households
1,104
Rank
1,1181,118th most populous of 1,503 communes40th of 46 in its province

Next door in El Borouj, 91.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 26.1% to 54.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ghiata Al Gharbia. Can’t read or write: 44.6% here, 41.7% there; higher education: 1.8% here, 3.1% there; in the labour force: 33.7% here, 33.5% there.

Compare it with Ghiata Al Gharbia

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 Amer.

Oulad Amer −12.0%

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
44.6%aged 10 and over54.8% in 201453.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.3%3.3% in 201435.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.7%aged 15 and over43.8% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.29children per woman2.38 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.7%of people3.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.3people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
54.5%of settled households26.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Amer: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over4.3%
3.2%70–742.7%
3.6%65–693.4%
4.4%60–644.5%
4.1%55–593.7%
5.0%50–545.6%
6.9%45–496.4%
5.9%40–447.0%
5.5%35–396.2%
5.5%30–346.3%
5.8%25–295.9%
6.9%20–246.2%
9.3%15–198.1%
12.0%10–1411.0%
11.5%5–910.4%
7.9%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French44.0%
  • English4.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.4%
  • Private car13.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Employer’s transport5.9%
  • Informal transport5.3%
  • Another way4.4%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Taxi0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
8113.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3239.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1073.3 per business
Public services
47
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.5%
  • Industry28.1%
  • Services9.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person59.4%
  • 2 to 331.3%
  • 4 to 93.1%
  • 10 to 493.1%
  • 50 and over3.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.1%
  • 2011–201940.6%
  • 2001–201018.8%
  • 1991–20009.4%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19803.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Amer’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,871 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
العباضلةLaabadla5 douars · 1,776 people
اولاد احميدةOulad AhmidaGrouped955151.01.04.9
العباضلةLaabadlaIn parts341883.81.06.4
الغزاونةRhezaounaIn parts321441.11.99.0
اولاد بن ايرةOulad Ben YerraIn parts683021.01.310.7
قصر علي بن حماديKsar Ali Ben HammadiGrouped1326273.01.114.2
النوانةEnnouana5 douars · 2,098 people
الدبالزةDbalzaGrouped1159201.00.010.0
النوانةEnnouanaIn parts714440.30.110.0
اولاد بوعلي بن عيسىOulad Bouali Ben AissaGrouped674891.01.09.1
اولاد محمد بن سالمOulad Mohammed Ben SalemGrouped19106———
السلالمةSlalmaGrouped311393.00.010.0
ولاد سالمOulad Salem4 douars · 1,997 people
اولاد ادريسOulad DrissIn parts1285740.40.74.8
ايت هاشمAit HachemIn parts2241,0300.61.04.3
قصر المزاكرةKsar MzagraGrouped451850.71.66.5
اولاد عزوزOulad AzzouzGrouped432081.01.03.0

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
06.461.07.11
As digits
064610711
Slug
oulad-amer
OpenStreetMap
2879987
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-amer");

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