Ouled Ayad

أولاد عياد

Urban commune in the province of Fquih Ben Salah, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
24,564
Since 2014
+3.1%from 23,818 in 2014
Density
3,826people per km², 6.4 km²
Households
5,853
Foreign residents
3
Rank
238238th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 16 in its province

Where it is

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

Bni OukilBni ChegdaleKrifateFquih Ben SalahHad BoumoussaDar Ould ZidouhOuled NacerSouk Sebt Ouled NemmaOuled BourahmouneSidi Aissa Ben AliOuled ZmamHel MerbaaBradiaSidi HammadiKhalfia

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ouled Ayad +3.1%

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
28.0%aged 10 and over36.5% in 201436.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.4%18.1% in 201433.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.9%aged 15 and over36.0% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.83children per woman2.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
86.4%of settled households79.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Ayad: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.6%
3.0%70–742.6%
4.7%65–693.5%
5.5%60–645.0%
4.9%55–595.5%
6.2%50–546.0%
6.2%45–496.4%
6.0%40–447.0%
6.2%35–396.8%
5.5%30–346.5%
5.0%25–296.2%
6.0%20–247.2%
9.1%15–198.7%
10.9%10–149.5%
10.0%5–99.2%
7.9%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit8.1%
  • Tamazight8.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French54.8%
  • English16.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot54.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle17.0%
  • Private car9.8%
  • Employer’s transport4.1%
  • Bus3.3%
  • Taxi3.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ouled Ayad’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
7,435
Standing empty
24.1%16.7% vacant7.4% a second home
Precarious
2.6%2.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
73.5%82.7% on the water mains91.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house95.3%
  • Slum or basic house2.2%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Villa0.5%
  • Apartment0.4%
  • Other0.3%
  • Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years61.2%
  • 20 to 49 years35.3%
  • 50 years or more3.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
85734.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
79592.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,3531.7 per business
Public services
46
Associations
16in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.8%
  • Services28.1%
  • Industry14.7%
  • Construction3.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.4%
  • 2 to 325.4%
  • 4 to 93.1%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.4%
  • 2011–201937.4%
  • 2001–201010.4%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
05.255.01.09
As digits
052550109
Slug
ouled-ayad
Record
/api/communes/05.255.01.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.255.01.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/05.255.01.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.255.01.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.255.01.09/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.255.01.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2882512
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-ayad");

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