Ouled Gnaou

أولاد كناو

Rural commune in the cercle of Béni Mellal, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
13,366
Since 2014
+5.1%from 12,720 in 2014
Density
296people per km², 45.2 km²
Households
3,199
Rank
533533rd most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 22 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.7% to 32.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Imour. Running water: 95.8% here, 96.8% there; read French: 38.0% here, 35.9% there; higher education: 4.0% here, 2.6% there.

Compare it with Ait Imour

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 Gnaou.

Ouled Gnaou +5.1%

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
33.1%aged 10 and over39.2% in 201442.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.1%7.7% in 201443.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.5%aged 15 and over42.3% in 20147.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.56children per woman1.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.8%of settled households85.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Gnaou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over4.2%
2.6%70–742.5%
3.4%65–693.7%
5.4%60–645.6%
5.0%55–594.6%
5.5%50–546.1%
6.7%45–496.8%
6.8%40–447.5%
5.6%35–396.9%
5.7%30–346.2%
5.2%25–296.1%
6.2%20–246.6%
9.7%15–197.7%
11.4%10–1410.4%
10.5%5–99.0%
7.6%0–46.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.0%
  • Tachelhit12.3%
  • Tamazight4.1%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French38.0%
  • English12.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle25.4%
  • Employer’s transport14.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.8%
  • Private car5.2%
  • Bus5.2%
  • Informal transport2.8%
  • Taxi2.5%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
38628.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
33887.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4891.4 per business
Public services
35
Associations
13in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.2%
  • Services26.0%
  • Industry14.2%
  • Construction0.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person74.9%
  • 2 to 321.0%
  • 4 to 93.8%
  • 10 to 490.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.7%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–201010.7%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled Gnaou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 4 fractions, with 13,357 people. 9 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لعيايطة المركزLaayayta Centre1 douar · 7,715 people
لعيايطة المركزLaayayta CentreIn parts1,8507,7150.51.61.0
اولاد بوبكرOulad Boubker4 douars · 3,086 people
اولاد بوبكرOulad BoubkerGrouped1717040.12.12.9
الطبيعةAt-TabiaGrouped2831,1560.00.03.0
اولاد نادرOulad NaderGrouped2521,0130.11.23.0
اولاد رحمونOulad RahmounGrouped512131.02.02.1
العيايطة لكتاراتEl Ayaytat Laktarat3 douars · 1,181 people
المركز الفلاحي 524Centre El Flahi 524Grouped572381.01.35.0
العيايطة لكتارات أEl Ayaytat Laktarat AGrouped1194881.03.07.8
العيايطة لكتارات بEl Ayaytat Laktarat BGrouped1074551.03.58.6
قصر الدروة قائد لمراسKsar Deroua Kayd Lmeras2 douars · 1,375 people
قائد لمراسKaid LamrassIn parts1627221.11.25.3
قصر الدروةKsar DerouaGrouped1476531.11.28.0

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.091.03.03
As digits
050910303
Slug
ouled-gnaou
OpenStreetMap
2882578
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-gnaou");

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