Ouled M'hamed

أولاد امحمد

Rural commune in the cercle of Ben Ahmed Chamalia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
9,081
Since 2014
−10.9%from 10,187 in 2014
Density
26people per km², 348.8 km²
Households
2,091
Rank
806806th most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 46 in its province

Next door in Sidi Dahbi, 50.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 51.4% to 97.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: M'qam Tolba. Running water: 0.9% here, 5.2% there; higher education: 1.9% here, 1.0% there; Darija: 98.6% here, 98.2% there.

Compare it with M'qam Tolba

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'hamed.

Ouled M'hamed −10.9%

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
51.5%aged 10 and over55.9% in 201461.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.0%2.6% in 201420.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over59.6% in 20141.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.48children per woman2.56 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.9%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled M'hamed: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over4.9%
2.5%70–743.5%
3.5%65–693.3%
5.4%60–645.0%
4.2%55–594.0%
5.0%50–545.2%
6.8%45–496.4%
5.6%40–446.3%
5.6%35–396.5%
5.8%30–345.7%
6.0%25–296.2%
7.1%20–246.6%
8.5%15–198.8%
10.9%10–149.9%
10.5%5–910.0%
8.7%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French50.7%
  • English7.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work36.0%
  • Taxi7.7%
  • Informal transport5.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.5%
  • Private car3.4%
  • Animal1.6%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Employer’s transport0.6%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Tram0.1%
  • Train0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11612.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2622.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
552.1 per business
Public services
78
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce92.3%
  • Industry3.8%
  • Services3.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.2%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 493.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later7.7%
  • 2011–201923.1%
  • 2001–201057.7%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19803.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled M'hamed’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 9 fractions, with 9,081 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد الزيرك1Oulad Ezzirk2 douars · 792 people
أولاد الحنيفي (الدفيلات)Oulad El Hanifi (Eddfilat)Dispersed1917872.33.015.8
أولاد الحسن التويرسةOulad Lahsen EttouyrsaDispersed15———
أولاد عتو الوطىOulad Attou Louta4 douars · 1,328 people
أولاد بومعيزةOulad Bou MaïzaIn parts1154790.93.210.1
أولاد العافيةOulad El AafiaIn parts732711.53.07.4
أولاد الكروميةOulad El KarrumiyaIn parts923730.72.24.1
أولاد بوعزة بن امحمد الوطىOulad Bouazza Ben M'hamed LoutaDispersed522052.12.44.9
الخطواتEl Khtouat3 douars · 1,353 people
أولاد بومعيزةOulad BoumaizaIn parts1666871.53.219.2
أولاد العافيةOulad El AafiaIn parts1034641.63.218.0
أولاد بوعزة بن امحمد الكشادةOulad Bouazza Ben M'hamed El KechadaGrouped442021.41.914.6
أولاد شعيب (الوطى)Oulad Chaib (Louta)3 douars · 1,109 people
أولاد شعيبOulad ChaybIn parts1406162.62.48.0
أولاد بوعزيزOulad BouazzaIn parts431881.63.19.1
الݣويطاتEl GouytatIn parts833050.82.311.0
سيدي غريبSidi Ghrib3 douars · 1,057 people
أولاد صالحOulad SalahIn parts1396413.02.716.0
أولاد العابدOulad LabedIn parts582863.02.918.0
أولاد حمو بن الشرقيOulad Hammou Ben CherkiIn parts29130———
بني معطي (أولاد الزيرك2 سابقا)Bni Mati (ex Oulad Ezzirk)2 douars · 1,162 people
بني معطىBeni MaatiGrouped2099492.83.615.8
العزاعزةEl AzazaGrouped442134.74.732.1
أولاد الزيرك 3Oulad Ezzirek 35 douars · 1,757 people
أولاد الحسنOulad LahcenIn parts994422.02.82.8
أولاد العسريOulad LasriGrouped512264.13.75.0
أولاد بن يحياOulad Ben YahyaGrouped964771.53.13.1
أولاد محمد معروفيOulad Mohamed MaaroufiIn parts642935.22.05.1
أولاد الحنيفي الوطىOulad El Hanifi LoutaDispersed733190.92.83.0
أولاد شعيب الغابةOulad Chaib El Ghaba3 douars · 489 people
الݣويطات البصيلةEl Gouytat El BsilaDispersed351605.76.015.4
أولاد شعيب سيدي المعطيOulad Chaib Sidi El MaatiDispersed552122.91.06.2
أولاد شعيب شعبة الحبشOulad Chaib Chaaba El HbechDispersed24117———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 34 people
الغنانشةEl GhnanchaDispersed1234———

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
06.461.11.23
As digits
064611123
Slug
ouled-m-hamed-064611123
OpenStreetMap
2822792
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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