Ouled M'barek

أولاد امبارك

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

Population, 2024
21,636
Since 2014
+9.4%from 19,774 in 2014
Density
283people per km², 76.5 km²
Households
5,228
Foreign residents
3
Rank
280280th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 22 in its province

Next door in Afourar, 57.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 7.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.8% to 32.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sabaa Aiyoun. Can’t read or write: 27.1% here, 26.2% there; read French: 54.9% here, 60.0% there; running water: 87.8% here, 81.8% there.

Compare it with Sabaa Aiyoun

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 M'barek.

Ouled M'barek +9.4%

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
27.1%aged 10 and over32.2% in 201435.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.0%13.8% in 201443.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.4%aged 15 and over42.7% in 201412.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.82children per woman1.72 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.7%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
87.8%of settled households87.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled M'barek: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.6%
3.0%70–742.4%
4.1%65–694.0%
5.2%60–645.2%
5.1%55–594.8%
6.3%50–546.4%
6.3%45–497.1%
5.8%40–447.0%
5.4%35–396.3%
5.5%30–346.2%
5.4%25–296.4%
6.9%20–247.0%
8.8%15–197.8%
11.1%10–1410.1%
10.5%5–98.9%
8.1%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tamazight11.3%
  • Tachelhit6.8%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French54.9%
  • English14.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot32.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle30.4%
  • Private car9.0%
  • Bus7.1%
  • Taxi6.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.8%
  • Employer’s transport5.2%
  • Informal transport1.6%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,392
Standing empty
20.6%14.2% vacant6.4% a second home
Precarious
1.6%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
8.5%86.0% on the water mains92.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house89.0%
  • Traditional house8.1%
  • Apartment1.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.9%
  • Rural-type0.4%
  • Other0.4%
  • Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years53.4%
  • 20 to 49 years42.5%
  • 50 years or more4.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
62829.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
53785.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,2242.3 per business
Public services
66
Associations
25in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.9%
  • Services24.4%
  • Industry18.6%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person69.3%
  • 2 to 323.5%
  • 4 to 95.0%
  • 10 to 491.9%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.0%
  • 2011–201930.0%
  • 2001–201013.2%
  • 1991–20008.9%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ouled M'barek14,832

Douars

Ouled M'barek’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 5 fractions, with 6,804 people. Another 14,832 live in Ouled M'barek, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد امباركOuled M'barek3 douars · 445 people
اولاد بن اعريف أمسيونOulad Ben Arif AmissiouneGrouped1863———
اولاد بوهندةOulad BouhandaGrouped413———
اولاد اعريبة أولاد مباركOulad Aribat Oulad MbarekGrouped913690.22.83.1
دايDay8 douars · 2,322 people
اوززيفAouzzifGrouped843940.01.02.0
الرحامنةRehamnaGrouped341580.01.02.0
لقصرLaksarGrouped462060.01.02.8
احراشHrachGrouped562220.02.14.7
اولاد اعريبة دايOulad Aribat DayGrouped1887761.51.85.2
الديكسEddikesGrouped1460———
سرغينSerghineGrouped29132———
بوعدودBoudoudGrouped853740.62.84.6
اولاد موسىOulad Moussa1 douar · 1,001 people
أولاد أيوب الشرقيينOulad Youb EcharqiyineIn parts2331,0011.81.52.5
الظهرة 1Eddahrat 11 douar · 1,284 people
الظهرة 1Eddahrat 1Grouped3251,2840.61.56.6
الظهرة 2Eddahrat 21 douar · 1,752 people
الظهرة 2Eddahrat 2Grouped3911,7520.50.96.3

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
05.091.03.05
As digits
050910305
Slug
ouled-m-barek
OpenStreetMap
2882581
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-m-barek");

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