Oulad Amrane

أولاد عمران

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Amrane, province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
12,059
Since 2014
−1.6%from 12,252 in 2014
Density
125people per km², 96.6 km²
Households
2,650
Foreign residents
16
Rank
595595th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 25 in its province

Next door in Labkhati, 26.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 89.5%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.5% to 20.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zemrane Charqia. Running water: 89.5% here, 98.6% there; household size: 4.6 here, 4.7 there; unemployment: 15.7% here, 19.7% there.

Compare it with Zemrane Charqia

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 Amrane.

Oulad Amrane −1.6%

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
39.0%aged 10 and over50.1% in 201449.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.7%14.1% in 201427.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.9%aged 15 and over44.2% in 20145.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.51children per woman2.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.8%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
89.5%of settled households96.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Amrane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over4.6%
2.3%70–743.0%
2.8%65–693.1%
4.5%60–644.0%
4.2%55–594.0%
5.0%50–544.8%
5.3%45–495.8%
6.0%40–445.9%
5.8%35–396.2%
6.0%30–345.3%
7.3%25–296.3%
7.5%20–247.5%
9.6%15–1910.4%
11.8%10–1410.7%
10.3%5–910.2%
8.6%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.6%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French46.8%
  • English10.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.9%
  • Bus11.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.4%
  • Informal transport6.8%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Taxi3.9%
  • Animal3.7%
  • Another way1.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
832
Standing empty
37.5%26.9% vacant10.6% a second home
Precarious
1.9%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.1%90.6% on the water mains88.3% on the electricity grid
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house95.6%
  • Rural-type1.7%
  • Apartment1.2%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Other0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years54.7%
  • 20 to 49 years45.0%
  • 50 years or more0.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
38832.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
30378.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4761.6 per business
Public services
82
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.4%
  • Services26.1%
  • Industry13.5%
  • Construction4.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person68.3%
  • 2 to 327.4%
  • 4 to 94.0%
  • 10 to 490.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.4%
  • 2011–201944.2%
  • 2001–201010.2%
  • 1991–200011.9%
  • 1981–19901.0%
  • 1956–19805.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Oulad Amrane2,190

Douars

Oulad Amrane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 10 fractions, with 9,858 people. Another 2,190 live in Oulad Amrane, its urban centre, which has no douars. 11 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد الخاوةOulad El Khaoua2 douars · 1,173 people
الحمامنةEl HmamnaGrouped462431.01.01.0
اولاد الخاوةOulad El KhaouaIn parts2019301.01.02.0
أولاد الشيخOulad Cheikh2 douars · 1,737 people
أولاد الشيخOulad CheikhGrouped3211,6105.91.47.9
الطبابشةEttbabchaGrouped29127———
طويلعTouilae5 douars · 2,524 people
الحياتEl-HayateGrouped763702.02.07.0
الحينةEl HinaIn parts1396011.01.18.0
أولاد الهاشميOulad LhachmiGrouped371761.01.07.1
أولاد شبان خريشفةOulad Chbane KhrichfaGrouped1468070.61.57.6
طويلعTouilaeGrouped1355702.21.112.1
البعيرات العمارنةEl Bairat Amarna3 douars · 983 people
البعيراتEl BairatGrouped1095141.01.05.0
لبصولةLabsoulaGrouped451811.01.05.0
لعمارنةLaamarnaGrouped542881.04.04.0
الشمامةEcchmama3 douars · 957 people
الشمامةEcchmamaGrouped1185694.91.04.9
البحاحرةLabhahraGrouped693415.01.05.0
السعيداتSaidateGrouped1147———
أولاد شبان المگروناتOulad Chbane Magronate3 douars · 790 people
أولاد شبان المگروناتOulad Chbane MagronateIn parts1084241.12.17.0
الدحاحنةDhahnaGrouped492302.43.511.0
لقدادرةEl KdadraGrouped321361.13.05.1
أولاد الفلاليOulad El Flali4 douars · 727 people
لعواودةLaaouaoudaGrouped371641.01.74.0
لبلالةLablalaGrouped331281.02.14.0
الشمامة بن محمدChmama Ben MedGrouped401771.01.03.0
لكرارفة أولاد فلاليLakrarfa Oulad El-FilaliGrouped732581.01.65.0
المركز الشماليCentre Chamali1 douar · 275 people
لبجاجة سي لخناتيLabjajass LakhnatiGrouped632751.01.01.0
المركز الجنوبيCentre El Jnoubi1 douar · 272 people
النقارةNkaraGrouped642721.01.01.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune3 douars · 420 people
دوار بني يخلفDouar Bni YakhlefGrouped930———
لمرابحةLemrabhaGrouped422101.12.07.0
اولاد عليOulad AliGrouped411803.03.810.0

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
06.467.05.29
As digits
064670529
Slug
oulad-amrane
OpenStreetMap
2823078
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-amrane");

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