Oulad Dahou

أولاد دحو

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait-Melloul, préfecture of Inezgane-Aït Melloul, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
15,697
Since 2014
+7.6%from 14,587 in 2014
Density
230people per km², 68.1 km²
Households
3,982
Foreign residents
3
Rank
419419th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 6 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

InezganeAit MelloulLqliaaTemsiaDcheira El Jihadia

How it changed

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

Oulad Dahou +7.6%

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
30.5%aged 10 and over38.5% in 201439.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.0%14.2% in 201431.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.8%aged 15 and over41.7% in 201412.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.12children per woman1.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.1%of settled households93.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Dahou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over4.0%
2.2%70–742.6%
3.2%65–693.5%
5.2%60–644.4%
5.0%55–594.9%
6.4%50–546.4%
6.9%45–497.5%
7.0%40–447.3%
6.0%35–397.2%
6.5%30–346.8%
5.9%25–295.6%
6.5%20–247.1%
8.7%15–198.4%
9.6%10–149.4%
9.9%5–98.4%
7.6%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija94.5%
  • Tachelhit24.9%
  • Hassania3.2%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French55.4%
  • English16.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle33.4%
  • On foot18.3%
  • Employer’s transport15.1%
  • Private car11.3%
  • Taxi5.3%
  • Bus5.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28218.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
20873.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5092.4 per business
Public services
57
Associations
17in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce76.9%
  • Services14.4%
  • Industry7.7%
  • Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.6%
  • 2 to 311.1%
  • 4 to 91.9%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over1.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.3%
  • 2011–201937.5%
  • 2001–201013.9%
  • 1991–200014.9%
  • 1981–19901.9%
  • 1956–19802.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
09.273.05.19
As digits
092730519
Slug
oulad-dahou
Record
/api/communes/09.273.05.19.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.273.05.19/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.273.05.19/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.273.05.19/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.273.05.19/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2758291
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-dahou");

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