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

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 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	Women
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%

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%
Bike or motorcycle18.7%
Taxi4.7%
Private car4.0%
Bus1.6%
Employer’s transport1.2%

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	Women
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%

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%
Bike or motorcycle6.9%
Taxi6.6%
Bus6.0%
Private car2.4%
Employer’s transport0.1%

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%
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

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%

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap: 2881856

In JavaScript

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