Ouled Salah

أولاد صالح

Urban commune in the province of Nouaceur, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
51,621
Since 2014
+243.4%from 15,031 in 2014
Density
269people per km², 191.8 km²
Households
13,524
Foreign residents
151
Rank
100100th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 5 in its province

Next door in Sidi El Mekki, 2.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 77.5%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 7.9% to 77.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Melloul. Can’t read or write: 17.8% here, 19.1% there; higher education: 11.9% here, 11.7% there; in the labour force: 45.9% here, 44.3% there.

Compare it with Ait Melloul

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 Salah.

Ouled Salah +243.4%

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
17.8%aged 10 and over30.4% in 201424.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.9%15.6% in 201418.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.9%aged 15 and over47.2% in 201420.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.34children per woman2.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.9%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.4%of settled households39.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Salah: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.7%75 and over2.2%
2.0%70–741.9%
2.7%65–692.6%
3.6%60–643.9%
3.9%55–593.7%
5.6%50–544.6%
6.5%45–496.0%
7.8%40–447.2%
7.7%35–398.2%
7.7%30–348.6%
6.9%25–297.8%
6.6%20–247.3%
7.9%15–197.5%
10.2%10–149.8%
10.2%5–99.6%
8.9%0–49.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit7.6%
  • Tamazight1.9%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French59.3%
  • English21.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car24.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.2%
  • On foot18.0%
  • Bus18.0%
  • Employer’s transport9.2%
  • Taxi4.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.5%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Train0.6%
  • Tram0.2%
  • Animal0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
18,177
Standing empty
52.1%42.2% vacant9.9% a second home
Precarious
0.2%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.6%97.8% on the water mains97.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.3%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house78.2%
  • Apartment20.1%
  • Villa1.2%
  • Traditional house0.2%
  • Other0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years100.0%
  • 20 to 49 years0.0%
  • 50 years or more0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,34426.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,23191.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
14,14111.5 per business
Public services
99
Associations
14in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.3%
  • Services26.8%
  • Industry20.5%
  • Construction4.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person37.0%
  • 2 to 341.9%
  • 4 to 98.0%
  • 10 to 498.1%
  • 50 and over5.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later64.1%
  • 2011–201920.1%
  • 2001–20108.2%
  • 1991–20005.5%
  • 1981–19901.4%
  • 1956–19800.6%
  • Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

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

Victoria33,185

Douars

The villages and hamlets of Ouled Salah’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 1 fraction, with 18,436 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اكروطةAkrouta18 douars · 18,436 people
اولاد عامرOulad AmiraDispersed2711,1410.81.411.2
التوامةTouamaDispersed572371.23.510.8
الجوالةJouallaDispersed1345390.81.811.5
الحسيناتLahssinateDispersed2439190.71.25.4
العبدسلاميينAl AbdessalamiyyineDispersed2399081.02.44.1
اولاد علي بن ابراهيمOulad Ali Ben BrahimDispersed2119911.03.211.0
اولاد سليمانOulad SlimaneDispersed2731,2141.02.44.7
اولاد عزوزOulad AzzouzDispersed1495930.82.35.1
الهواورةLahouaouraDispersed6862,6381.01.92.3
الجوابرJouaberDispersed2401,0381.12.35.6
العمامرةLamamraGrouped5722,2480.22.41.4
تجزئة الجماعةLotissement El JmaaIn parts481890.02.90.3
تجزئة ميسانLotissement MissaneGrouped3921,4300.81.18.3
تجزئة النورLotissement NourGrouped2801,1553.71.614.0
تجزئة الخيرLotissement El KheirGrouped3691,2701.12.67.2
كروطةKroutaGrouped3981,6841.01.46.0
الجوابرJouaberGrouped421641.02.83.5
العمامرةLaamamraGrouped2678———

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
06.385.01.05
As digits
063850105
Slug
ouled-salah
OpenStreetMap
2522563
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-salah");

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