Oulad Sbih

أولاد صبيح

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Ahl El Ghaba, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
6,513
Since 2014
−1.6%from 6,616 in 2014
Density
93.2people per km², 69.9 km²
Households
1,533
Rank
1,0561,056th most populous of 1,503 communes35th of 43 in its province

Next door in Jbiel, 62.7% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 30.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 18.0% to 35.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Boumaiz. Unemployment: 35.8% here, 32.1% there; aged 65 and over: 8.0% here, 7.8% there; running water: 79.0% here, 87.2% there.

Compare it with Boumaiz

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

43016

How it changed

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

Oulad Sbih −1.6%

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
36.4%aged 10 and over45.8% in 201446.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
35.8%18.0% in 201444.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.7%aged 15 and over43.8% in 20146.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.25children per woman2.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
79.0%of settled households94.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Sbih: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.9%
2.6%70–742.5%
2.5%65–693.2%
3.5%60–643.4%
3.4%55–593.4%
5.3%50–544.7%
6.2%45–496.2%
6.7%40–446.5%
5.9%35–397.1%
6.3%30–346.7%
5.8%25–297.0%
6.4%20–246.8%
9.5%15–198.9%
12.6%10–1411.6%
12.9%5–911.3%
8.2%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French30.2%
  • English5.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle48.8%
  • On foot23.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.7%
  • Informal transport5.9%
  • Taxi4.7%
  • Private car3.0%
  • Animal2.3%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11617.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7867.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1311.7 per business
Public services
26
Associations
12in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce67.9%
  • Industry20.5%
  • Services6.4%
  • Construction5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person76.9%
  • 2 to 312.8%
  • 4 to 99.0%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.5%
  • 2011–201942.3%
  • 2001–201014.1%
  • 1991–20005.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Sbih’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 4 douars in 1 fraction, with 6,512 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد اصبيحOulad Sbih4 douars · 6,512 people
أولاد حشادOuled HachadIn parts2511,0580.41.53.5
أولاد عليOulad AliIn parts3561,6720.82.22.0
أولاد حمزةOulad HamzaIn parts7573,1201.11.84.7
أولاد رحوOulad RahouGrouped1696620.00.64.1

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.191.11.29
As digits
071911129
Slug
oulad-sbih
OpenStreetMap
2881857
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulad-sbih");

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