Oulad Zarrad

أولاد زراد

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

Population, 2024: 13,243
Since 2014: +8.3%from 12,233 in 2014
Density: 69.9people per km², 189.4 km²
Households: 2,765
Rank: 538538th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 43 in its province

Next door in Oulad Hassoune Hamri, 24.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 96.7%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Souaken. Read French: 24.8% here, 22.5% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.9% here, 32.1% there; aged 65 and over: 7.3% here, 7.7% there.

Compare it with Souaken

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

43026

How it changed

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

Oulad Zarrad +8.3%

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: 38.7%aged 10 and over47.0% in 201448.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.3%8.7% in 201451.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.0%aged 15 and over44.4% in 20146.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.85children per woman2.56 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.8%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.7%of settled households87.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Zarrad: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.9%
2.0%	70–74	2.3%
2.7%	65–69	2.6%
3.4%	60–64	3.4%
3.8%	55–59	3.7%
4.7%	50–54	4.7%
6.3%	45–49	6.2%
6.4%	40–44	6.4%
6.5%	35–39	5.9%
7.0%	30–34	6.5%
6.8%	25–29	6.8%
7.0%	20–24	7.4%
9.1%	15–19	9.4%
11.9%	10–14	11.3%
11.5%	5–9	10.9%
8.7%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.2%
Tamazight0.3%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French24.8%
English6.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot34.6%
Doesn’t travel to work26.6%
Bike or motorcycle18.7%
Taxi4.7%
Another way4.1%
Private car4.0%
Informal transport3.9%
Bus1.6%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Animal0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 47.0%aged 10 and over38.7% in 202458.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.7%18.3% in 202441.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.4%aged 15 and over40.0% in 20246.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.56children per woman1.85 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people2.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.9people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 87.7%of settled households96.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Zarrad: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	2.2%
1.2%	70–74	1.6%
1.3%	65–69	1.6%
2.6%	60–64	2.8%
3.2%	55–59	2.8%
3.8%	50–54	4.0%
4.0%	45–49	3.9%
5.6%	40–44	5.6%
7.3%	35–39	7.6%
6.7%	30–34	7.5%
8.0%	25–29	7.2%
9.9%	20–24	8.4%
11.1%	15–19	10.8%
10.8%	10–14	11.1%
10.1%	5–9	10.8%
12.6%	0–4	12.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.3%
Hassania0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only51.1%
Arabic and French41.0%
Arabic, French and English7.6%
Other combinations0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.8%
Works at home21.7%
Bike or motorcycle6.9%
Taxi6.6%
Bus6.0%
Another way5.6%
Not stated4.0%
Private car2.4%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood46.9%
At home21.7%
No fixed place12.8%
Another province7.6%
Another commune4.0%
Not stated3.9%
Another in the commune2.9%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing29.6%
Farm and fishing labour28.9%
Labouring and small trades15.9%
Crafts and skilled trades8.8%
Trade and broking6.8%
Clerical work4.5%
Machine operating4.4%
Not classified0.6%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%
Technicians0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma77.6%
Primary16.6%
Lower secondary4.1%
Upper secondary1.5%
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: 19714.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12764.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1711.3 per business
Public services: 43
Associations: 27in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce67.7%
Services21.3%
Industry7.1%
Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person78.0%
2 to 318.9%
4 to 93.1%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later33.1%
2011–201947.2%
2001–201013.4%
1991–20003.9%
1981–19901.6%
1956–19800.8%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Zarrad’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 1 fraction, with 13,242 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

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أولاد زرادOulad Zarrad18 douars · 13,242 people
أولاد الݣرنOulad el Garn	In parts	570	2,397	2.2	1.7	5.4
الدزوز أولاد رحالDzouz Od Rahal	Grouped	125	626	0.9	2.0	4.0
أولاد اعمرOulad Amor	Grouped	188	931	0.5	0.8	4.2
أولاد بوحمادOuled Bouhmad	In parts	546	2,709	0.6	1.6	1.8
أولاد طلحةOulad Talha	Grouped	115	562	1.3	1.3	5.8
اعزيب بن الخنشرAzib Ben El Khancher	Grouped	12	60	—	—	—
اكتاوةEl Ktaoua	Grouped	287	1,310	1.9	1.9	7.8
لعبادلة لبيشاتLaabadla Labouichate	Grouped	85	444	0.6	2.0	2.6
لعبادلة بلعروسيLaabadla Bel Laaroussi	Grouped	111	546	1.1	3.0	5.0
أولاد العونيOulad el Aouni	Grouped	111	526	0.8	1.9	4.6
ازراردةZrarda	Grouped	71	285	1.4	1.5	4.8
لݣواسمةKouisma	Grouped	176	760	1.9	1.9	6.7
انزالة لݣواسمةNzala Kouisma	Grouped	21	119	—	—	—
انزالة أولاد العونيNzala Oulad El Aouni	Grouped	68	368	0.9	1.7	6.2
انزالة لعبادلةNzala Leabadla	Grouped	8	51	—	—	—
انزالة اكتاوةNzalat Ktaoua	Grouped	99	485	0.5	1.6	7.1
اعزيب اقديدراتAzib Akdidrat	Grouped	20	108	—	—	—
انزالة ادريدNzala Adrid	Grouped	152	955	0.9	1.5	3.3

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: 07.191.11.33
As digits: 071911133
Slug: oulad-zarrad
Record: /api/communes/07.191.11.33.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.191.11.33/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.191.11.33/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.191.11.33/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.191.11.33/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.191.11.33/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.191.11.33/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2881856

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