Ouled Ghanem

أولاد غانم

Rural commune in the cercle of El Jadida, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
27,895
Since 2014
+12.6%from 24,775 in 2014
Density
125people per km², 223.1 km²
Households
5,907
Foreign residents
1
Rank
204204th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 27 in its province

Next door in Oulad Sbaita, 19.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 73.3%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 50.7% to 37.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rissana Chamalia. Aged 0 to 14: 32.4% here, 32.4% there; unemployment: 14.7% here, 13.2% there; higher education: 3.1% here, 1.7% there.

Compare it with Rissana Chamalia

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Ouled Ghanem +12.6%

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
37.1%aged 10 and over50.7% in 201449.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
14.7%4.7% in 201440.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.2%aged 15 and over45.5% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.88children per woman2.89 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
73.3%of settled households79.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Ghanem: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over3.2%
2.5%70–742.5%
2.9%65–693.0%
3.2%60–643.9%
3.6%55–593.9%
4.7%50–544.7%
5.0%45–495.0%
5.9%40–445.7%
6.9%35–396.5%
6.8%30–346.8%
7.0%25–296.5%
7.8%20–247.1%
9.3%15–198.9%
11.3%10–1411.4%
11.3%5–911.4%
9.6%0–49.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French37.9%
  • English7.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.4%
  • Taxi11.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.0%
  • Informal transport7.1%
  • Private car6.1%
  • Employer’s transport4.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
54719.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
39672.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9512.4 per business
Public services
132
Associations
19in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.1%
  • Services29.5%
  • Industry8.1%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.2%
  • 2 to 321.7%
  • 4 to 96.8%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.9%
  • 2011–201948.2%
  • 2001–20108.1%
  • 1991–20001.3%
  • 1981–19900.3%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled Ghanem’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 3 fractions, with 27,894 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
العزيزات الشماليةLaazizate Chamalia7 douars · 9,957 people
العراباتEl ArabatGrouped1849090.10.66.9
اولاد رحوOulad RahouDispersed1497630.01.45.7
العيايطةLaayaytaDispersed894180.40.94.5
الفواضلةEl FadlaGrouped964400.82.43.9
العزيزاتLaazizateIn parts7003,3310.41.32.9
مركز اولاد غانمCentre Oulad GhanemGrouped903410.00.10.1
الرگاگدةRegagdaIn parts7943,7550.31.21.6
العزيزات الجنوبيةLaazizate Janoubia13 douars · 11,322 people
الغرباويينEl GharbaouineGrouped3031,4170.31.03.7
الملالحةEl MelalhaGrouped1466540.21.34.2
الجوامعةJouamaaDispersed693220.31.55.1
العشيشاتel AchichatGrouped3131,4930.71.65.6
الكراربةEl KrabaGrouped4291,8821.41.16.8
المجيداتLamjidatGrouped1828690.31.07.4
العواوشةLaaouaouchaDispersed1437310.21.67.6
الفرشاتEl FerchatDispersed1908520.31.07.9
زاوية سيدي احمد بن امباركZaouia Sidi Ahmed Ben MbarekGrouped521980.00.08.0
الحوزيةHaouziaDispersed2301,0090.11.59.0
الخيراتLakhirateDispersed934670.00.67.4
سيدي بونوارSidi Bou NouarGrouped613530.74.110.1
اولاد اربيعةOulad ArbiaDispersed2231,0750.51.311.8
اولاد زينةOulad Zina12 douars · 6,615 people
لعرايشLaraychGrouped381874.34.115.8
الجوامعة اولاد ابراهيمJouamaa Old BrahimIn parts683595.42.816.0
الجوامعة الدارJouamaa DarDispersed834963.54.611.0
الواطلةLoutlaDispersed572672.02.716.9
اولاد احمدOld AhmedDispersed1697630.62.423.5
الخماملةLakhmamlaIn parts763182.13.626.9
اولاد بن الشاويOld Ben ChaouiIn parts1527621.01.027.3
سيدي موسىSidi MoussaGrouped884051.21.727.6
الصوالحةEssoualhaGrouped804000.70.825.0
اولاد زينة الضايةOulad Zina DayaDispersed1879130.91.326.7
اولاد منصور الرݣيباتOulad Mansour RguibatGrouped683101.21.015.8
اولاد زينة القبةOulad Zina El QobbaIn parts3051,4352.92.825.2

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.181.05.05
As digits
061810505
Slug
ouled-ghanem
OpenStreetMap
2823055
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-ghanem");

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