Oulad Gouaouch

أولاد كواوش

Rural commune in the cercle of Bejaad, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
2,474
Since 2014
−8.7%from 2,709 in 2014
Density
18.9people per km², 131.3 km²
Households
661
Rank
1,4161,416th most populous of 1,503 communes31st of 31 in its province

Next door in Bejaad, 97.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 4.7%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 42.5% to 93.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Gouaouch.

Oulad Gouaouch −8.7%

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
48.6%aged 10 and over55.1% in 201459.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
4.8%9.8% in 201416.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
27.2%aged 15 and over42.5% in 20141.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.05children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
4.7%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Gouaouch: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.2%75 and over4.3%
3.6%70–743.5%
4.0%65–694.4%
6.7%60–645.5%
5.3%55–596.2%
6.0%50–546.8%
7.0%45–496.9%
5.2%40–446.9%
5.6%35–396.0%
5.6%30–345.8%
4.9%25–295.3%
5.9%20–247.8%
8.2%15–197.7%
10.2%10–149.6%
8.8%5–97.3%
7.7%0–46.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.5%
  • Tachelhit1.3%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French47.2%
  • English9.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot70.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Taxi1.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Animal1.5%
  • Informal transport1.2%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6827.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1420.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
15611.1 per business
Public services
54
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.0%
  • Industry28.6%
  • Services21.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person42.9%
  • 2 to 314.3%
  • 4 to 914.3%
  • 10 to 4921.4%
  • 50 and over7.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later0.0%
  • 2011–201971.4%
  • 2001–201021.4%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Gouaouch’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,474 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد اكواوش الغربيينOulad Akouaouch Lgharbiyine4 douars · 1,360 people
أيت بن هكوAyt Ben HakkouDispersed923331.24.44.6
الكرارمةLakrarmaDispersed1495161.43.46.5
أولاد حجرOulad HajjarDispersed1444920.94.710.0
ايت اسعيد ابن عليAït Said-ben AliDispersed519———
أولاد اكواوش الشرقيينOulad Akouaouch Echarqiyine4 douars · 1,114 people
الغزاونةLarhzaounaDispersed401840.72.69.8
لخلالطةLakhlaltaDispersed963880.32.813.2
ايت الراضيAit ErradiDispersed713120.53.410.8
ايت مسعودةAït MessaoudaDispersed642300.82.910.4

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
05.311.03.11
As digits
053110311
Slug
oulad-gouaouch
OpenStreetMap
2879730
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-gouaouch");

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