Oulad Boughadi

أولاد بوغادي

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

Population, 2024
8,147
Since 2014
−5.8%from 8,648 in 2014
Density
27.5people per km², 296 km²
Households
1,991
Rank
889889th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 31 in its province

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 34.1% to 93.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laaounate. Read French: 63.2% here, 58.3% there; aged 65 and over: 10.7% here, 11.4% there; Darija: 98.1% here, 98.9% there.

Compare it with Laaounate

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 Boughadi.

Oulad Boughadi −5.8%

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
40.6%aged 10 and over48.2% in 201451.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.2%15.7% in 201444.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.2%aged 15 and over45.6% in 20146.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.37children per woman2.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.8%of people6.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
25.4%of settled households20.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Boughadi: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over5.0%
2.4%70–743.1%
3.3%65–693.9%
4.0%60–644.3%
5.1%55–594.4%
5.4%50–545.5%
6.6%45–497.0%
5.9%40–446.4%
5.5%35–395.9%
6.0%30–345.7%
5.9%25–296.8%
7.0%20–246.5%
9.2%15–198.4%
10.8%10–149.8%
10.7%5–98.5%
8.2%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.1%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tachelhit0.6%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French63.2%
  • English14.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work22.2%
  • Private car6.2%
  • Informal transport6.0%
  • Taxi3.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17721.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7542.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1171.6 per business
Public services
101
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce44.0%
  • Services37.3%
  • Industry18.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person58.7%
  • 2 to 340.0%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.3%
  • 2011–201925.3%
  • 2001–201026.7%
  • 1991–20009.3%
  • 1981–19902.7%
  • 1956–198010.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Boughadi’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 5 fractions, with 8,146 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد بوغادي الشرقية (1)Oulad Boughadi Charqia (1)3 douars · 2,475 people
ازكارةZekaraDispersed1856892.64.08.1
أولاد بريشOulad BerricheDispersed341481.04.44.4
أولاد بوغادي المركزOulad Boughadi CentreGrouped4191,6381.01.11.1
أولاد بوغادي الغربيةOulad Boughadi Gharbia2 douars · 1,841 people
أولاد رحوOuled RahhouDispersed1698151.03.86.3
أولاد اكحيلOulad AkhilDispersed2401,0261.93.111.9
بني منصور الشماليةBni Mansour Chamalia4 douars · 1,338 people
لقوانتLaqwantDispersed753323.62.08.9
اجديات أولاد علالJdiate Old AllalDispersed953922.74.218.4
اجديات أولاد بوعيشةJdiate Old BouaichaDispersed803221.11.817.6
اجديات لهياطرةJdiate LahyatraDispersed762922.53.815.1
بني منصور الجنوبيةBni Mansour Janoubia2 douars · 1,026 people
ادزاليينDzaliyneDispersed1887251.62.611.4
ادراعةAdraaDispersed793011.52.06.1
أولاد بوغادي الشرقية (2)Oulad Boughadi Charqia (2)4 douars · 1,466 people
أولاد امهيديOulad MhidDispersed1315563.04.515.5
أولاد اعمرOld AmorDispersed793860.92.12.7
أولاد غالمOulad GhalemDispersed722771.31.81.8
أولاد عبو / أولاد بوصبعOulad Abbou Oulad BousbaDispersed692471.22.03.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.311.07.15
As digits
053110715
Slug
oulad-boughadi
OpenStreetMap
2879634
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-boughadi");

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