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

Where it is

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

Sidi JaberOuled GnaouOuled M'barekFoum OudiOuled YoussefOuled Said LouedFoum El AnceurBéni MellalTaghzirtTanoughaBoutferdaTizi N'islyAghbalaAit Oum El BekhtZaouiat CheikhNaourDir El KsibaEl KsibaKasba TadlaGuettayaSemguet

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
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over4.2%
3.3%70–743.1%
5.2%65–694.3%
5.2%60–645.7%
5.3%55–595.3%
5.9%50–546.3%
6.2%45–497.0%
5.8%40–446.4%
5.6%35–395.8%
4.8%30–346.1%
4.7%25–296.2%
5.6%20–246.6%
8.5%15–197.9%
11.5%10–149.6%
10.8%5–98.6%
7.9%0–46.8%

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%

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%
  • Private car6.5%
  • Employer’s transport4.3%
  • Taxi3.3%
  • Bus2.5%

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

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

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 Yaich9,681

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap
2882585
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-yaich");

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