Oulad Hamdane

أولاد حمدان

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Smail, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
12,130
Since 2014
+4.8%from 11,577 in 2014
Density
67.5people per km², 179.6 km²
Households
2,714
Rank
586586th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 27 in its province

Next door in Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche, 52.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.6%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 58.3% to 37.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: M'qam Tolba. Running water: 1.6% here, 5.2% there; can’t read or write: 44.7% here, 44.9% there; Darija: 99.5% here, 98.2% there.

Compare it with M'qam Tolba

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 Hamdane.

Oulad Hamdane +4.8%

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
44.7%aged 10 and over56.0% in 201455.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.7%4.0% in 201440.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.1%aged 15 and over58.3% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.12children per woman2.17 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people6.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.6%of settled households2.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Hamdane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over4.6%
3.0%70–743.3%
3.3%65–693.4%
4.3%60–644.7%
3.7%55–594.5%
4.5%50–544.8%
6.0%45–495.5%
6.7%40–445.7%
6.3%35–396.1%
6.5%30–346.1%
6.5%25–296.0%
7.8%20–247.0%
9.2%15–198.9%
10.2%10–1411.2%
10.3%5–99.6%
8.5%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French47.6%
  • English9.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work18.2%
  • Informal transport10.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.7%
  • Private car5.5%
  • Taxi5.3%
  • Animal1.4%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Bus0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
22918.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12052.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1671.4 per business
Public services
96
Associations
13in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce65.0%
  • Services26.7%
  • Industry8.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person68.3%
  • 2 to 329.2%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.2%
  • 2011–201938.3%
  • 2001–201011.7%
  • 1991–200010.8%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19807.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Hamdane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 30 douars in 3 fractions, with 12,130 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد امحمد الدراعOulad M'hamed Draa10 douars · 4,694 people
الكوايلEl KouaylDispersed1938696.82.712.8
شرقاوةCharkaouaGrouped612696.44.110.4
البريكاتEl BrikatDispersed1546213.71.88.3
الزواودةZouaoudaDispersed381532.62.16.0
لعبادلةLeabadlaDispersed1476821.32.74.5
لميساتLamouissateDispersed351525.62.89.2
لفلالحةLaflalhaDispersed873732.73.65.3
أولاد بوعيطةOulad BouaitaDispersed1496032.12.37.4
الحويفاتEl HouyfatIn parts1667746.71.48.5
شرقاوة2CherkaouaGrouped441988.60.28.9
أولاد حمدانOulad Hamdane10 douars · 4,885 people
أولاد الصغيرOuled SeghirDispersed1557702.02.97.8
ميساوةMousaouaDispersed311342.93.16.3
اولاد التهاميOulad ThamiDispersed1095332.22.35.4
الزكاكرةZkakraDispersed1145151.73.83.9
لحمادنةEl HamadnaGrouped612731.81.85.5
السلاهمةSlahmaDispersed773470.33.13.2
اولاد السالميOulad SalemDispersed713042.13.04.3
لمجدبةLamjadbaDispersed1847570.91.51.7
الوهاهسةLouhahssaDispersed2461,1091.02.24.1
لعمارنةLaamarnaGrouped371430.41.95.0
أولاد حمدان الشماليةOulad Hamdane Chamalia10 douars · 2,551 people
اولاد اسعيد موسىOulad Said MoussaDispersed1617881.21.67.9
اولاد العليانOulad El AlyaneDispersed633142.02.54.8
اولاد بوبكرOulad BoubkerGrouped331192.05.47.5
اولاد حجاجOulad HajjajDispersed441831.84.39.8
اولاد اعمارةOulad AmaraDispersed331681.64.14.7
جوالةJoualaDispersed381971.32.89.3
الطيابنةTyabnaGrouped401771.31.47.9
ركاركةRgargaGrouped492161.03.510.0
الرحاحلةRhahlaDispersed512271.13.29.9
القدادرةQdadraDispersed431621.01.08.0

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.181.09.09
As digits
061810909
Slug
oulad-hamdane
OpenStreetMap
2806097
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-hamdane");

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