Oulad Boussaken
أولاد بوساكن
Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Hilal-Laaounate, province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 5,962
- Since 2014
- −19.3%from 7,390 in 2014
- Density
- 47.2people per km², 126.4 km²
- Households
- 1,367
- Rank
- 1,1111,111th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 25 in its province
Next door in Skhour Rhamna, 48.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.5%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 52.7% to 31.7%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ghanem. Running water: 1.5% here, 2.2% there; higher education: 3.5% here, 2.1% there; Darija: 99.7% here, 99.4% there.
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 Boussaken.
Oulad Boussaken −19.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 51.7%aged 10 and over58.2% in 201463.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 20.6%11.2% in 201430.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 31.7%aged 15 and over52.7% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.48children per woman2.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.9%of people7.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 1.5%of settled households14.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4% | 75 and over | 6.8% | ||
| 4.2% | 70–74 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.8% | 65–69 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.8% | 60–64 | 5.7% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.6% | 45–49 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.8% | 30–34 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 25–29 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.1% | 20–24 | 5.4% | ||
| 7.0% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 11.3% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.4% | 5–9 | 9.0% | ||
| 8.4% | 0–4 | 6.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 58.2%aged 10 and over51.7% in 202471.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.2%20.6% in 202417.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 52.7%aged 15 and over31.7% in 202427.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.77children per woman2.48 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.7%of people6.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.4people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 14.8%of settled households1.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3% | 75 and over | 5.2% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.4% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 4.0% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 5.0% | ||
| 4.3% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.0% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.2% | 35–39 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 6.3% | ||
| 7.5% | 25–29 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.6% | 20–24 | 7.3% | ||
| 11.3% | 15–19 | 9.9% | ||
| 10.9% | 10–14 | 10.7% | ||
| 9.0% | 5–9 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.6% | 0–4 | 10.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 9315.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 3537.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 581.7 per business
- Public services
- 58
- Associations
- 0in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Oulad Boussaken’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 4 fractions, with 5,962 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد بوساكنOulad Boussaken6 douars · 1,363 people | ||||||
| الفراكنةLefragna | In parts | 99 | 439 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 6.5 |
| أولاد اسليمانOulad Slimane | In parts | 36 | 160 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| أولاد امباركOulad Mbarek | Grouped | 42 | 247 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 6.7 |
| أولاد عمرو موسىOulad Amarou Moussa | In parts | 62 | 296 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| أولاد سي طاهر بن يوسفOulad Si Tahar Ben Youssef | Grouped | 27 | 109 | — | — | — |
| الروازمةErouzma | Grouped | 23 | 112 | — | — | — |
| أولاد بوساكن الدومOulad Boussaken Ad Doum5 douars · 1,794 people | ||||||
| لعليناتLalinat | In parts | 61 | 271 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| أولاد غانم الحفاريOulad Ghanem Lahfari | Grouped | 32 | 131 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| الحنيشات أولاد بلفرجيةLahnichate Oulad Belfarjia | In parts | 125 | 569 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| أولاد سي النايمOulad Si Nayme | In parts | 81 | 376 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 6.9 |
| الشدادنة الدومChdadna Ad Doum | In parts | 116 | 447 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| أولاد بوساكن المركزOulad Boussaken Centre8 douars · 2,784 people | ||||||
| الطمامنةTmamna | Grouped | 53 | 243 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| الفواطيطLafouatit | In parts | 107 | 428 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 7.4 |
| أولاد غانم الشعابOulad Ghanem Ech Chaab | Grouped | 11 | 42 | — | — | — |
| العتاعتة الحايطLaataata El-Hait | In parts | 132 | 526 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 5.4 |
| المدادحة الجرفLamdadha Jorf | In parts | 138 | 521 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| العجانة الربيبةLaajana Rbiba | In parts | 113 | 522 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| الزاوية الصغيرةZaouia Sghira | Grouped | 33 | 129 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| مسناوةMessnawa | Grouped | 68 | 373 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 6.9 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 21 people | ||||||
| عزيب شعابAzib Chaab | Grouped | 8 | 21 | — | — | — |
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
06.467.03.31- As digits
064670331- Slug
oulad-boussaken- Census figures
/api/communes/06.467.03.31/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.467.03.31/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.467.03.31/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/06.467.03.31/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2846730
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("oulad-boussaken");