Oulad Cherki

أولاد الشرقي

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Ahl El Ghaba, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 7,185
Since 2014: −2.9%from 7,399 in 2014
Density: 23.6people per km², 305 km²
Households: 1,485
Rank: 982982nd most populous of 1,503 communes31st of 43 in its province

Next door in Dar Chaffai, 5.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 88.6%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 3.1% to 38.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Nacer. Unemployment: 38.2% here, 36.6% there; household size: 4.8 here, 4.6 there; higher education: 2.5% here, 3.4% there.

Compare it with Ouled Nacer

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

43013

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Oulad Cherki.

Oulad Cherki −2.9%

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: 43.4%aged 10 and over55.9% in 201449.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 38.2%3.1% in 201443.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.1%aged 15 and over51.4% in 20142.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.20children per woman2.35 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 88.6%of settled households71.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Cherki: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	4.3%
2.5%	70–74	2.3%
3.2%	65–69	2.5%
3.6%	60–64	3.0%
4.0%	55–59	3.4%
5.1%	50–54	4.9%
6.2%	45–49	5.4%
6.6%	40–44	6.5%
7.0%	35–39	6.9%
6.1%	30–34	6.5%
4.8%	25–29	6.7%
5.5%	20–24	5.6%
9.0%	15–19	8.9%
12.5%	10–14	12.9%
12.7%	5–9	11.7%
8.5%	0–4	8.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.6%
Tachelhit1.1%
Tamazight0.3%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French54.2%
English13.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot50.5%
Bike or motorcycle26.8%
Animal9.0%
Doesn’t travel to work5.4%
Private car2.7%
Taxi2.7%
Employer’s transport1.0%
Another way0.9%
Informal transport0.5%
Bus0.4%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 55.9%aged 10 and over43.4% in 202464.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 3.1%38.2% in 20246.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 51.4%aged 15 and over37.1% in 202411.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.35children per woman2.20 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.0%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.1people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 71.1%of settled households88.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Cherki: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.2%
1.4%	70–74	2.2%
1.4%	65–69	1.9%
2.5%	60–64	2.9%
3.1%	55–59	2.8%
4.1%	50–54	3.4%
4.5%	45–49	4.1%
5.5%	40–44	5.8%
7.2%	35–39	6.6%
7.5%	30–34	7.7%
8.8%	25–29	8.2%
9.3%	20–24	7.4%
10.0%	15–19	10.7%
9.1%	10–14	9.2%
10.4%	5–9	11.1%
12.8%	0–4	13.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.9%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French56.8%
Arabic only37.6%
Arabic, French and English4.8%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.2%
Bike or motorcycle13.2%
Works at home9.5%
Bus4.7%
Taxi2.6%
Not stated2.2%
Private car1.7%
Another way1.7%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood69.7%
At home9.5%
Another province7.6%
No fixed place4.2%
Another commune3.3%
Another in the commune2.7%
Not stated1.9%
Somewhere else1.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour48.9%
Farming and fishing32.1%
Crafts and skilled trades6.9%
Labouring and small trades6.1%
Clerical work2.3%
Trade and broking1.9%
Machine operating1.1%
Managers and senior professionals0.3%
Not classified0.2%
Technicians0.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma84.2%
Primary12.5%
Lower secondary2.4%
Upper secondary0.7%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 12417.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6653.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 801.2 per business
Public services: 39
Associations: 19in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce71.2%
Industry16.7%
Services7.6%
Construction4.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person89.4%
2 to 37.6%
4 to 93.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later31.8%
2011–201936.4%
2001–201018.2%
1991–20009.1%
1981–19903.0%
1956–19801.5%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Cherki’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 2 fractions, with 7,185 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أولاد الشرقي 1Oulad Cherki 115 douars · 4,727 people
أولاد عبوOulad Abbou	Grouped	206	1,077	1.1	2.2	2.8
أولاد الشتويOulad Echatoui	Grouped	103	464	0.3	0.3	1.0
أولاد الحمامةOulad Hmama	Grouped	186	896	1.4	1.6	1.6
أولاد المرسليOulad El Marsli	Grouped	77	379	1.0	0.9	0.9
أولاد ابراهيمOulad Brahim	Grouped	37	178	0.2	0.3	0.4
المعيزاتel Maizet	Grouped	23	99	—	—	—
أولاد بن عتوOd Ben Attou	Grouped	82	415	0.0	0.0	0.9
أولاد المسناويOd El Masnaoui	Grouped	61	274	1.3	1.6	2.7
لقراوشةLakraoucha	Grouped	42	161	1.0	1.9	2.9
أولاد علي شبيكةOulad Ali Chbika	In parts	42	218	0.7	0.9	1.9
لكرارمةLekrarma	Grouped	20	86	—	—	—
لعبادلةLaabadla	In parts	24	95	—	—	—
لكشاردةLakcharda	In parts	5	28	—	—	—
لقببLakbb	Dispersed	74	348	0.7	1.9	6.9
لعرب أولاد الشرقيEl Arab Od Charki	Grouped	3	9	—	—	—
أولاد الشرقي 2Oulad Cherki 24 douars · 2,458 people
انزالة أولاد الشرقي دراع لݣطاNzala Oulad Cherki Dra Lagta	Grouped	118	570	0.7	1.3	7.6
لقراقرةLaqraqra	In parts	110	562	1.0	1.1	5.9
زاوية سيدي علي النويتيZaouia Sidi Ali Ennouyti	In parts	157	782	0.1	1.3	1.5
مشرع الهبطيMachraa Et Habti	In parts	115	544	0.7	1.2	4.2

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: 07.191.11.21
As digits: 071911121
Slug: oulad-cherki
Record: /api/communes/07.191.11.21.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.191.11.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.191.11.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.191.11.21/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.191.11.21/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.191.11.21/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.191.11.21/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2881874

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