Oulad Fares

أولاد فارس

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

Population, 2024: 12,096
Since 2014: −2.0%from 12,341 in 2014
Density: 75.8people per km², 159.6 km²
Households: 2,537
Rank: 591591st most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 46 in its province

Next door in Oulad Abdoune, 74.0% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 37.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 9.3% to 39.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Nouel. Running water: 10.6% here, 3.1% there; can’t read or write: 44.1% here, 41.5% there; higher education: 2.7% here, 3.4% there.

Compare it with Oulad Nouel

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Oulad Fares −2.0%

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: 44.1%aged 10 and over48.3% in 201453.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 39.3%9.3% in 201450.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.2%aged 15 and over45.0% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.24children per woman2.67 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 10.6%of settled households8.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Fares: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.8%	75 and over	3.8%
2.2%	70–74	2.7%
3.4%	65–69	3.2%
4.0%	60–64	4.6%
3.5%	55–59	4.2%
4.9%	50–54	4.4%
6.4%	45–49	6.4%
6.6%	40–44	7.5%
6.3%	35–39	6.1%
6.3%	30–34	6.2%
6.3%	25–29	6.4%
7.1%	20–24	6.6%
9.5%	15–19	7.5%
11.3%	10–14	12.4%
11.3%	5–9	10.2%
7.9%	0–4	7.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French37.0%
English10.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot72.1%
Bike or motorcycle9.0%
Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
Private car4.3%
Taxi4.2%
Animal1.6%
Bus1.3%
Informal transport0.9%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Another way0.8%
Tram0.1%
Train0.0%

Can’t read or write: 48.3%aged 10 and over44.1% in 202460.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.3%39.3% in 202439.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.0%aged 15 and over35.2% in 20245.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 89.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.67children per woman2.24 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.3people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 8.9%of settled households10.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Fares: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	3.1%
1.9%	70–74	2.2%
1.7%	65–69	1.8%
3.0%	60–64	3.4%
3.7%	55–59	2.9%
4.1%	50–54	4.7%
3.8%	45–49	4.4%
5.6%	40–44	5.2%
6.8%	35–39	6.6%
8.2%	30–34	8.1%
7.5%	25–29	7.5%
9.5%	20–24	8.7%
9.8%	15–19	9.4%
9.9%	10–14	10.3%
10.4%	5–9	9.5%
11.7%	0–4	12.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.0%
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 only47.7%
Arabic and French46.0%
Arabic, French and English5.5%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot77.7%
Taxi8.4%
Private car3.2%
Another way2.9%
Bike or motorcycle2.7%
Not stated2.6%
Bus1.8%
Works at home0.8%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood67.4%
Another province12.3%
Another in the commune8.1%
No fixed place6.0%
Not stated2.2%
Somewhere else1.6%
Another commune1.5%
At home0.8%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing33.3%
Farm and fishing labour23.5%
Crafts and skilled trades14.0%
Labouring and small trades10.5%
Trade and broking6.5%
Clerical work5.8%
Machine operating3.3%
Not classified2.0%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma76.0%
Primary16.0%
Lower secondary5.7%
Upper secondary1.7%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 21517.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 13261.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2191.7 per business
Public services: 82
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce59.1%
Services28.0%
Industry12.1%
Construction0.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person69.7%
2 to 328.0%
4 to 90.8%
10 to 491.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later40.9%
2011–201932.6%
2001–201013.6%
1991–20005.3%
1981–19906.1%
1956–19801.5%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Fares’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 5 fractions, with 12,093 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أولاد موسىOulad Moussa6 douars · 4,836 people
العزيبLaazib	In parts	213	1,002	1.0	1.6	2.3
أولاد الحرارOulad El Harar	In parts	176	889	1.2	1.2	6.4
الزرانةEzzrana	Dispersed	151	797	2.4	2.6	8.3
أولاد عثمانOulad Outmane	Dispersed	131	612	1.9	5.6	6.0
تاونزةTaounza	Grouped	140	688	0.9	16.8	17.9
دارالسي الصحراويDaralsi Sahraoui	In parts	170	848	3.6	9.0	13.0
أولاد عدوOulad Daoud3 douars · 2,419 people
لهباطةLahbata	Dispersed	187	818	0.9	1.2	3.5
أولاد سعيدOulad Said	In parts	152	726	4.3	1.6	4.4
أولاد رحو صمصمOulad Rahou Samsame	Grouped	163	875	2.5	1.4	6.5
الكراتمةEl Kratma4 douars · 1,771 people
أولاد بوبكر الكراطمةOulad Boubker El Kratma	In parts	140	591	1.2	1.3	5.6
أولاد أحمدOulad Ahmed	In parts	112	540	2.3	1.4	8.3
سوالم الحرشةSwalem Harcha	Grouped	9	41	—	—	—
أولاد قاسم (صمصم)Oulad Kacem (Smesem)	In parts	122	599	6.1	2.0	6.3
المركزCentre1 douar · 1,462 people
المركزCentre	In parts	310	1,462	0.9	1.1	1.1
الهديلاتLahdilate1 douar · 1,605 people
الهديلاتLahdilate	In parts	361	1,605	1.9	2.1	2.7

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: 06.461.13.21
As digits: 064611321
Slug: oulad-fares
Record: /api/communes/06.461.13.21.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.461.13.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.461.13.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.461.13.21/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.461.13.21/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.461.13.21/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2880003

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