Oulad Rahmoune

أولاد رحمون

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

Population, 2024: 33,380
Since 2014: +17.3%from 28,449 in 2014
Density: 173people per km², 192.8 km²
Households: 6,585
Foreign residents: 48
Rank: 161161st most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 27 in its province

Next door in Azemmour, 98.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.1%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 59.8% to 46.9%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ighoud. Running water: 3.1% here, 12.7% there; can’t read or write: 46.9% here, 43.4% there; higher education: 2.0% here, 2.3% there.

Compare it with Ighoud

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

24106

How it changed

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

Oulad Rahmoune +17.3%

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: 46.9%aged 10 and over59.8% in 201457.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.3%7.0% in 201421.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.9%aged 15 and over49.9% in 20146.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.16children per woman3.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 3.1%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Rahmoune: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	3.7%
2.2%	70–74	2.2%
3.0%	65–69	2.9%
3.9%	60–64	4.0%
3.7%	55–59	3.7%
4.5%	50–54	4.3%
5.6%	45–49	5.2%
6.1%	40–44	6.6%
6.8%	35–39	6.6%
6.5%	30–34	6.4%
7.0%	25–29	6.1%
8.0%	20–24	7.3%
9.3%	15–19	9.4%
11.0%	10–14	11.3%
10.6%	5–9	11.0%
9.2%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.6%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French49.0%
English7.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot31.0%
Taxi21.6%
Doesn’t travel to work21.2%
Bike or motorcycle10.6%
Private car5.1%
Employer’s transport4.0%
Informal transport2.4%
Bus2.1%
Animal1.1%
Another way0.9%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 59.8%aged 10 and over46.9% in 202472.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.0%18.3% in 202424.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.9%aged 15 and over39.9% in 20249.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 80.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.13children per woman2.16 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.3%of settled households3.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Rahmoune: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.9%
1.6%	70–74	2.2%
1.5%	65–69	1.9%
3.1%	60–64	2.8%
3.5%	55–59	3.2%
4.6%	50–54	4.4%
4.3%	45–49	4.2%
5.3%	40–44	5.2%
6.6%	35–39	5.9%
6.9%	30–34	7.5%
8.5%	25–29	7.5%
8.6%	20–24	8.5%
9.3%	15–19	8.9%
10.8%	10–14	11.2%
11.1%	5–9	11.5%
11.8%	0–4	12.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.6%
Tachelhit0.2%
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 only47.3%
Arabic and French46.5%
Arabic, French and English5.4%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot70.5%
Taxi11.5%
Bike or motorcycle4.4%
Works at home4.4%
Bus3.6%
Not stated2.5%
Another way1.5%
Private car1.4%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood68.8%
Another commune14.3%
Another province4.4%
At home4.4%
No fixed place3.7%
Not stated2.5%
Another in the commune1.7%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing33.6%
Farm and fishing labour27.1%
Crafts and skilled trades19.5%
Labouring and small trades11.1%
Trade and broking3.0%
Clerical work2.1%
Machine operating1.8%
Not classified0.8%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%
Technicians0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma83.9%
Primary12.4%
Lower secondary2.5%
Upper secondary0.9%
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: 51715.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 32663.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 4961.5 per business
Public services: 190
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce72.1%
Services19.6%
Industry8.3%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person84.4%
2 to 311.7%
4 to 92.5%
10 to 491.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later34.7%
2011–201936.2%
2001–201018.1%
1991–20005.8%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19804.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Rahmoune’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 63 douars in 9 fractions, with 31,420 people. 1,960 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
بني تامرBni Tamr8 douars · 6,167 people
الشرفةChorfa	Dispersed	77	411	1.5	1.8	4.0
لحراطةLharrata	Dispersed	356	1,869	0.4	0.8	2.7
الطلبةTolba	Dispersed	210	981	0.2	0.9	1.0
العراباتEl Arabat	Dispersed	192	929	1.2	4.1	4.4
الزهاميلZamil	Grouped	75	371	3.3	4.5	6.8
اولاد حمو عليOld Hammou Ali	Dispersed	149	778	1.4	1.5	4.3
الدحوحةDhouha	Dispersed	147	773	1.3	1.6	3.3
اولاد عبد السلامOld Abdessalam	Grouped	10	55	—	—	—
اولاد سالمOulad Salem4 douars · 2,125 people
الخوادرةLakhouadra	Grouped	108	520	1.2	1.8	5.1
لحروشةLahroucha	Dispersed	114	632	1.3	1.2	7.4
لكريطاتLagritate	Dispersed	107	503	0.2	0.7	8.5
الحرابلةLehrabla	Grouped	96	470	0.3	4.8	5.0
اولاد اعميرةOulad Amira7 douars · 4,409 people
لبغيلاتEl Brheïlat	Grouped	109	481	2.3	2.6	4.2
الزهاميلZamil	Dispersed	38	186	1.5	2.1	7.7
العسارةLaassara	Dispersed	157	875	0.4	3.8	12.9
السلامنةSlamna	Dispersed	175	889	0.4	2.1	6.5
القاراتEl Karrate	Dispersed	112	565	0.4	2.8	5.4
اولاد سيدي فارسOulad Sidi Faris	Grouped	124	506	1.1	1.7	6.0
الدخلةDakhla	Grouped	231	907	0.5	1.7	5.7
اولاد رحمونOulad Rahmoune6 douars · 4,528 people
لزروكLazrog	Dispersed	236	1,294	1.7	2.2	6.6
اولاد احميدOld Hmid	Grouped	187	1,055	1.1	1.7	4.9
لكميتاتLakmitat	Grouped	22	125	—	—	—
لحواوصLahouaouss	Grouped	151	787	2.2	2.9	7.0
المرازكةLamrazgua	Dispersed	145	824	2.4	3.4	9.4
البوعلاليينEl-Bouaalaliyine	Grouped	88	443	1.1	3.8	18.8
الجواولةEl Jouaoula9 douars · 3,787 people
اولاد بومهديOuled Boumehdi	Dispersed	193	933	0.7	2.9	4.9
اولاد التباريOuled Tibari	Grouped	85	367	0.0	0.2	4.1
لمعادكةLamaadga	In parts	251	1,292	1.2	1.5	5.6
اولاد سيدي بوعلامOld Sidi Bouaalam	Grouped	12	68	—	—	—
لخشيلعاتLakh Chilaate	Grouped	88	453	1.0	1.5	9.3
لعيايشةLayaycha	In parts	38	168	1.7	2.3	4.3
الركيوكينErrkioukine	In parts	3	15	—	—	—
الغزاونةEl Ghzaouna	Grouped	58	315	2.0	2.9	10.9
الحدادةLhaddada	Grouped	31	176	2.0	1.0	10.0
الشعبةChaba5 douars · 4,554 people
شعبة الحوالةChabat Lahwala	In parts	512	2,088	0.9	2.3	3.3
خمليشKhamliche	Dispersed	52	278	0.6	1.6	6.8
الحوانتةHwanta	Dispersed	178	761	1.4	3.8	5.5
الهبابلةEl Hbabla	Dispersed	106	523	0.6	1.0	7.4
اولاد بوحياOulad Bouhya	Dispersed	202	904	1.2	3.4	6.7
امهيولةAmhioula14 douars · 3,341 people
المشاركةEl Mecherka	Grouped	78	430	0.2	1.9	9.1
السياحSiyah	Dispersed	98	472	1.2	2.9	14.5
اولاد امحمدOulad M'hamed	Grouped	56	246	0.2	2.5	16.3
لكواهيLakouahi	Dispersed	56	223	0.3	1.8	18.7
لعباضلةLaabadla	Dispersed	57	232	0.9	2.0	15.0
البيداتBouidat	Dispersed	63	258	1.0	1.6	14.8
اولاد بوحيىOulad Bouhya	Grouped	23	100	—	—	—
الوشاشنةLouchachna	Dispersed	68	329	1.2	2.7	11.5
شرقاوةCharqaoua	Dispersed	34	175	3.1	3.1	8.1
اولاد حموOulad Hammou	Grouped	51	235	1.0	1.7	7.4
اشواودةAchouaouda	Dispersed	33	142	1.0	2.5	12.0
الكعامسةEl Kaamsa	Dispersed	54	233	1.0	1.1	5.0
امزاباتAmzabat	Grouped	21	85	—	—	—
اولاد بوداودOulad Boudaoud	Grouped	41	181	2.2	4.7	7.5
القرامشةEl Karamcha7 douars · 1,887 people
الشراقةChraqa	Grouped	32	142	0.6	3.6	25.0
المريسEl Mers	Grouped	72	346	0.0	1.4	25.0
البرابرEl Braber	Grouped	25	125	—	—	—
القدادرةLeqdadera	In parts	40	158	0.8	1.2	7.3
العمامرةLamamra	In parts	115	392	1.0	1.3	2.1
بوسدرةBoussadra	In parts	215	709	0.5	0.9	14.3
الشراقةChraqa	Grouped	3	15	—	—	—
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune3 douars · 622 people
السراغنةSraghna	Dispersed	92	436	1.0	3.1	11.1
الكدادرةGuedadra	Dispersed	18	95	—	—	—
اولاد الحاجOulad El Haj	Grouped	15	91	—	—	—

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: 06.181.07.09
As digits: 061810709
Slug: oulad-rahmoune
Record: /api/communes/06.181.07.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.07.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.07.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.07.09/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.07.09/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.181.07.09/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.07.09/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2806099

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