Oulad Chbana

أولاد شبانة

Rural commune in the cercle of Ben Ahmed Janoubia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
9,513
Since 2014
+17.7%from 8,081 in 2014
Density
148people per km², 64.4 km²
Households
1,964
Rank
774774th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 46 in its province

Next door in Oued Naanaa, 69.9% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 14.3%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 60.6% to 44.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jnane Bouih. Aged 0 to 14: 35.3% here, 34.3% there; running water: 3.9% here, 2.5% there; aged 65 and over: 7.6% here, 7.2% there.

Compare it with Jnane Bouih

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 Chbana.

Oulad Chbana +17.7%

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
44.0%aged 10 and over60.6% in 201452.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.9%4.7% in 201431.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.3%aged 15 and over46.2% in 20142.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
91.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.70children per woman4.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people3.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.9%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Chbana: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over4.0%
2.0%70–741.8%
2.8%65–692.3%
3.5%60–643.7%
3.1%55–593.2%
3.9%50–545.4%
5.7%45–494.4%
6.6%40–446.1%
6.0%35–395.9%
5.9%30–346.5%
6.5%25–296.3%
6.9%20–246.9%
8.7%15–199.0%
13.0%10–1411.8%
11.6%5–911.9%
11.4%0–410.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • 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%
  • French14.3%
  • English3.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot27.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work20.8%
  • Informal transport19.4%
  • Employer’s transport16.3%
  • Taxi7.6%
  • Private car5.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.8%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
838.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2530.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
291.2 per business
Public services
57
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce92.0%
  • Industry8.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.0%
  • 2 to 312.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later48.0%
  • 2011–201936.0%
  • 2001–20108.0%
  • 1991–20008.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Chbana’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 6 fractions, with 9,513 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
المسيعداتLamsiidate1 douar · 2,053 people
المسيعداتLamsiidateIn parts4432,0531.51.210.6
العبادلة 1El Abadlat 11 douar · 3,314 people
العبادلةEl AbadlaIn parts6703,3140.51.66.4
الحنافاتLehnafat2 douars · 1,306 people
الكريمطاتGrimtatIn parts1306730.61.51.8
الحنافاتLehnafatIn parts1376330.91.03.2
ولاد علي بن علي 2Oulad Ali Ben Ali 22 douars · 1,078 people
ولاد بظوOulad BaddouIn parts1176110.61.42.9
ولاد علي بن عليOulad Ali Bon AliIn parts964670.12.53.3
ولاد علي بن علي 1Oulad Ali Ben Ali 12 douars · 724 people
ولاد علي بن عليOulad Ali Ben AliIn parts803410.71.61.6
ولاد بظو الطالعOulad Baddou EttalaeDispersed753830.91.22.1
العبادلة 2El Abadlat 21 douar · 1,038 people
العبادلة ولاد العسريEl Abadlat Oulad LasriGrouped2161,0380.91.35.5

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.461.13.19
As digits
064611319
Slug
oulad-chbana
OpenStreetMap
2879956
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-chbana");

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