Ouled Yaich

أولاد إيعيش

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

Population, 2024: 25,785
Since 2014: −6.2%from 27,476 in 2014
Density: 178people per km², 144.7 km²
Households: 6,189
Foreign residents: 5
Rank: 223223rd most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 22 in its province

Next door in Béni Mellal, 94.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 13.3%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Gdana. In the labour force: 31.6% here, 30.6% there; aged 65 and over: 11.9% here, 11.7% there; running water: 86.6% here, 85.1% there.

Compare it with Gdana

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

23502

How it changed

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

Ouled Yaich −6.2%

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: 35.4%aged 10 and over42.0% in 201443.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.9%14.3% in 201434.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.6%aged 15 and over40.6% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.95children per woman2.62 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 86.6%of settled households81.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Yaich: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.7%	75 and over	4.2%
3.3%	70–74	3.1%
5.2%	65–69	4.3%
5.2%	60–64	5.7%
5.3%	55–59	5.3%
5.9%	50–54	6.3%
6.2%	45–49	7.0%
5.8%	40–44	6.4%
5.6%	35–39	5.8%
4.8%	30–34	6.1%
4.7%	25–29	6.2%
5.6%	20–24	6.6%
8.5%	15–19	7.9%
11.5%	10–14	9.6%
10.8%	5–9	8.6%
7.9%	0–4	6.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.3%
Tachelhit2.4%
Tamazight0.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French50.1%
English10.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot36.3%
Bike or motorcycle26.5%
Doesn’t travel to work12.6%
Private car6.5%
Informal transport5.1%
Employer’s transport4.3%
Taxi3.3%
Bus2.5%
Another way2.1%
Animal0.8%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 42.0%aged 10 and over35.4% in 202453.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.3%20.9% in 202436.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.6%aged 15 and over31.6% in 202410.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.62children per woman1.95 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 81.8%of settled households86.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Yaich: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	3.2%
2.0%	70–74	1.8%
2.1%	65–69	2.0%
3.6%	60–64	3.4%
5.0%	55–59	4.2%
5.2%	50–54	5.9%
5.1%	45–49	5.4%
6.3%	40–44	6.7%
6.1%	35–39	7.5%
6.3%	30–34	7.4%
6.6%	25–29	7.6%
7.8%	20–24	8.8%
9.1%	15–19	8.7%
9.6%	10–14	7.7%
9.6%	5–9	8.6%
12.4%	0–4	11.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.6%
Tamazight2.4%
Tachelhit1.8%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French54.6%
Arabic only30.3%
Arabic, French and English13.1%
Other combinations2.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot53.0%
Bike or motorcycle20.1%
Taxi7.4%
Private car5.7%
Another way4.8%
Not stated3.1%
Works at home2.8%
Bus1.8%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood56.1%
No fixed place18.5%
Another in the commune9.5%
Another commune7.4%
Not stated3.2%
At home2.8%
Another province1.3%
Somewhere else1.3%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour34.5%
Farming and fishing20.5%
Crafts and skilled trades13.9%
Labouring and small trades10.9%
Clerical work6.8%
Trade and broking5.4%
Machine operating3.4%
Managers and senior professionals2.4%
Technicians1.2%
Not classified1.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma65.0%
Primary20.8%
Lower secondary10.1%
Upper secondary2.8%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 3,052
Standing empty: 22.3%18.1% vacant4.3% a second home
Precarious: 6.6%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 28.7%95.0% on the water mains95.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 8.2%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house87.5%
Traditional house5.7%
Rural-type5.2%
Slum or basic house0.9%
Other0.6%
Villa0.1%
Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years45.7%
20 to 49 years42.0%
50 years or more12.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 63824.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 49777.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,0292.1 per business
Public services: 120
Associations: 21in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce52.1%
Services32.8%
Industry12.5%
Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person66.2%
2 to 328.2%
4 to 93.8%
10 to 491.4%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later38.0%
2011–201937.0%
2001–201015.9%
1991–20006.0%
1981–19902.2%
1956–19800.8%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Ouled Yaich

9,681

Douars

Ouled Yaich’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 5 fractions, with 16,104 people. Another 9,681 live in Ouled Yaich, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
اولاد يعيشOulad Aich5 douars · 1,048 people
أيت العربي بومعيزAit Larbi Boumaiz	Dispersed	26	97	—	—	—
اولاد اعمر السغماريةOulad Amer Essaghmaria	Dispersed	5	22	—	—	—
أيت العربي بن الزرݣيAit Larbi Ben Ezzergui	Grouped	126	505	1.0	3.0	2.0
أيت الماجدي بن الزرݣيAit El Majdi Ben Ezzergui	Grouped	82	362	0.1	3.2	2.4
لعجامة بن الزرݣيLajema Ben Ezzergui	Dispersed	15	62	—	—	—
البزازةEl Bzaza12 douars · 4,667 people
الرحيليةErrhilia	Dispersed	1	6	—	—	—
اولاد عرفةOulad Arfa	Dispersed	43	210	1.2	2.1	2.0
أولاد حمامةOulad Hamama	Grouped	336	1,421	0.7	1.4	1.4
أولاد لغلامOulad Laghlam	Grouped	144	646	1.1	1.9	1.9
أولاد حماديOulad Hmida	Dispersed	129	580	0.7	1.8	1.8
كحيلاتKhilat	Grouped	79	369	0.9	2.1	2.3
مهيلاتMhilat	Dispersed	155	609	0.9	1.7	1.7
معازةMaaza	Dispersed	34	170	0.3	0.4	0.7
مهبلةMehbla	Dispersed	42	186	1.3	2.0	2.6
بوخيمةBoukhima	Dispersed	27	121	—	—	—
حاسيHassi	Dispersed	19	69	—	—	—
تݣرارت بزازةTagrart Bzaza	Dispersed	57	280	3.7	4.0	4.0
الزوائرEzzouayr8 douars · 8,451 people
اولاد سيمورOulad Si Mour	Grouped	316	1,376	0.8	1.8	3.5
اولاد موسىOulad Moussa	Grouped	347	1,353	1.3	1.7	2.4
اولاد يحيىOulad Yahya	Grouped	310	1,304	0.6	2.0	3.7
اولاد داودOulad Daoud	Grouped	123	529	0.7	1.9	3.9
اولاد امباركOulad Mbarek	Grouped	402	1,708	0.5	2.1	4.4
النشيطEnnchit	Dispersed	168	821	1.3	4.7	6.9
الحمارLehmar	Dispersed	77	348	2.3	6.0	9.2
السعيدانية ݣفايEssaidaniat Gfay	Dispersed	214	1,012	0.3	1.9	3.9
لقراقب فياضKrakeb Fyad5 douars · 1,140 people
لقراقبKrakeb	Grouped	160	703	0.5	1.7	4.3
لمليعبLamlib	Dispersed	14	62	—	—	—
تݣرارت القراقبTagrart El Karakb	Dispersed	23	99	—	—	—
أيت الماجديAit El Majdi	Grouped	65	253	1.0	2.1	2.7
لعجامةLajema	Grouped	8	23	—	—	—
الخامسة السعيدانيةEl Khamsa Essaidania2 douars · 798 people
الخامسةEl Khamsa	Dispersed	44	170	1.0	2.0	2.8
السعيدانيةEssaidania	Dispersed	147	628	0.5	2.6	3.4

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: 05.091.03.07
As digits: 050910307
Slug: ouled-yaich
Record: /api/communes/05.091.03.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.091.03.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.091.03.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.091.03.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/05.091.03.07/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.091.03.07/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.091.03.07/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.091.03.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882585

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