Ouled Ghziyel

أولاد غزييل

Rural commune in the cercle of Ain Bni Mathar, province of Jerada, Oriental.

Population, 2024
4,656
Since 2014
−38.1%from 7,522 in 2014
Density
5.6people per km², 825.9 km²
Households
856
Rank
1,2411,241st most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 14 in its province

Next door in Mrija, 8.1% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 44.5%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 58.9% to 80.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

64123

How it changed

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

Ouled Ghziyel −38.1%

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
44.7%aged 10 and over55.1% in 201453.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
58.5%43.7% in 201423.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.6%aged 15 and over46.0% in 20141.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
91.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.17children per woman3.49 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.4people on average7.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.5%of settled households1.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Ghziyel: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over3.0%
2.6%70–742.5%
2.3%65–692.8%
2.8%60–642.9%
2.6%55–593.5%
3.5%50–544.4%
3.6%45–494.6%
3.8%40–444.8%
5.0%35–396.2%
7.2%30–345.7%
8.0%25–299.2%
8.6%20–249.7%
9.8%15–199.2%
13.4%10–1411.7%
14.1%5–911.3%
8.8%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French44.5%
  • English5.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot46.8%
  • Private car16.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.6%
  • Employer’s transport7.0%
  • Another way3.4%
  • Informal transport2.9%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Taxi0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
4710.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1736.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
211.2 per business
Public services
29
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.9%
  • Services35.3%
  • Industry11.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.4%
  • 2 to 317.6%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later5.9%
  • 2011–201982.4%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–200011.8%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled Ghziyel’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,656 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد غزيل2Oulad Ghzil5 douars · 2,560 people
أولاد موسىOulad MoussaIn parts2451,4053.82.87.5
أولاد بن يعݣوبOulad Ben YaacoubIn parts1125973.04.98.6
اجبابرة 1Jbabra 1Dispersed914882.85.413.1
اجبابرة 2Jbabra 2Dispersed938———
حسيان الديابHasiane ed DiabGrouped732———
أولاد غزيل1Oulad Ghzil6 douars · 2,096 people
الحومرHommarDispersed1889571.32.65.0
أولاد سعيد بن الحاجOulad Said Ben El HajDispersed522442.72.88.1
أولاد قدورOulad KaddourDispersed392362.72.54.3
أولاد مسعودOulad MassaoudDispersed341820.81.72.0
لݣطاياتLagtayatDispersed27140———
أولاد يوسفOulad YoussefDispersed523373.11.44.2

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
02.275.05.13
As digits
022750513
Slug
ouled-ghziyel
OpenStreetMap
2528001
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