Ouled Youssef

أولاد يوسف

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

Population, 2024
14,247
Since 2014
−2.4%from 14,596 in 2014
Density
97.6people per km², 146 km²
Households
3,290
Rank
482482nd most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 22 in its province

Next door in Bni Smir, 5.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 90.2%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 87.2% to 97.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Ayyad. In the labour force: 32.0% here, 31.2% there; running water: 90.2% here, 94.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.7% here, 30.6% there.

Compare it with Oulad Ayyad

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 Youssef.

Ouled Youssef −2.4%

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
39.0%aged 10 and over47.5% in 201446.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.6%7.7% in 201436.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.0%aged 15 and over37.8% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.30children per woman3.27 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people6.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.2%of settled households82.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Youssef: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over3.7%
3.1%70–742.5%
3.7%65–693.5%
4.5%60–644.2%
5.0%55–594.6%
6.5%50–545.2%
6.4%45–496.5%
6.2%40–446.4%
4.7%35–397.2%
3.9%30–346.3%
3.1%25–295.6%
4.8%20–246.7%
9.4%15–199.3%
13.9%10–1411.8%
12.1%5–99.5%
9.4%0–47.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.6%
  • Tachelhit1.8%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French40.8%
  • English6.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot33.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle32.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work17.4%
  • Private car11.1%
  • Another way1.9%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Taxi0.8%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Informal transport0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
40828.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
32980.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4731.4 per business
Public services
61
Associations
18in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.9%
  • Services25.8%
  • Industry17.9%
  • Construction0.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.6%
  • 2 to 325.2%
  • 4 to 91.5%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.0%
  • 2011–201940.7%
  • 2001–201012.5%
  • 1991–20007.9%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19802.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled Youssef’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 4 fractions, with 14,233 people. 14 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد عبوOulad Abbou2 douars · 3,440 people
اولاد عبوOulad AbbouIn parts5972,5270.71.31.4
شركة بام لعيشيةChrkat Bam LaichiaGrouped2239130.10.53.2
اولاد الحمامةOulad Hmama1 douar · 5,038 people
اولاد الحمامةOulad HmamaIn parts1,1155,0380.31.82.9
أولاد بوتاتشةOulad Boutatcha1 douar · 1,724 people
أولاد بوتاتشةOulad BoutatchaGrouped4281,7240.11.21.4
أولاد بوجعود و النغامشةOulad Boujoud Ou Ennghamcha2 douars · 4,031 people
النغامشةNghamchaDispersed2329690.11.33.3
أولاد بوجعودOulad BoujoudIn parts6953,0621.02.65.4

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.091.11.03
As digits
050911103
Slug
ouled-youssef
OpenStreetMap
2882586
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-youssef");

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