Oulad Yaacoub

أولاد يعكوب

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

Population, 2024: 6,791
Since 2014: −4.9%from 7,143 in 2014
Density: 70.1people per km², 96.9 km²
Households: 1,547
Rank: 1,0301,030th most populous of 1,503 communes34th of 43 in its province

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 Yaacoub.

Oulad Yaacoub −4.9%

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: 36.0%aged 10 and over48.3% in 201444.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 57.2%5.0% in 201445.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.3%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman2.73 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.7%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.3%of settled households61.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Yaacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.8%	75 and over	3.0%
2.3%	70–74	2.5%
3.3%	65–69	3.2%
4.6%	60–64	4.1%
5.1%	55–59	3.6%
4.8%	50–54	5.2%
5.9%	45–49	6.3%
5.8%	40–44	7.0%
6.0%	35–39	5.0%
4.8%	30–34	6.5%
5.5%	25–29	6.5%
5.6%	20–24	6.1%
11.0%	15–19	9.3%
12.6%	10–14	12.2%
11.5%	5–9	11.6%
8.4%	0–4	8.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tachelhit0.6%
Hassania0.2%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French10.2%
English1.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle32.0%
On foot25.8%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Private car4.7%
Taxi3.6%
Bus0.3%

Can’t read or write: 48.3%aged 10 and over36.0% in 202460.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.0%57.2% in 202420.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.1%aged 15 and over31.3% in 20243.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.73children per woman2.04 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.4%of people6.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 61.6%of settled households97.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Yaacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.3%	75 and over	2.5%
1.8%	70–74	2.0%
1.6%	65–69	1.6%
3.0%	60–64	2.8%
3.2%	55–59	3.3%
4.8%	50–54	4.4%
4.6%	45–49	3.9%
5.7%	40–44	5.8%
6.7%	35–39	7.1%
6.7%	30–34	8.1%
7.0%	25–29	6.7%
8.0%	20–24	9.2%
10.1%	15–19	9.1%
9.6%	10–14	8.4%
11.8%	5–9	11.2%
13.1%	0–4	14.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French48.5%
Arabic only41.2%
Arabic, French and English9.8%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot72.7%
Bike or motorcycle12.8%
Bus2.7%
Private car2.4%
Taxi2.4%
Employer’s transport0.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood75.3%
No fixed place6.0%
Another commune5.7%
Another province4.5%
Somewhere else4.5%
Another in the commune1.9%
At home1.0%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour44.9%
Farming and fishing26.3%
Labouring and small trades9.3%
Crafts and skilled trades9.2%
Clerical work4.1%
Trade and broking4.0%
Machine operating1.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%
Technicians0.2%
Not classified0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma74.9%
Primary16.9%
Lower secondary6.3%
Upper secondary1.4%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
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: 13219.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8765.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1241.4 per business
Public services: 33
Associations: 12in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce70.1%
Services16.1%
Industry13.8%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person83.9%
2 to 311.5%
4 to 94.6%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later33.3%
2011–201934.5%
2001–201018.4%
1991–200011.5%
1981–19902.3%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 07.191.11.31
As digits: 071911131
Slug: oulad-yaacoub
Record: /api/communes/07.191.11.31.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.191.11.31/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.191.11.31/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.191.11.31/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.191.11.31/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2881953

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