Ouled Zidane

أولاد زيدان

Rural commune in the cercle of El Gara, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
6,554
Since 2014
+1.9%from 6,434 in 2014
Density
59.3people per km², 110.6 km²
Households
1,525
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,0541,054th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 22 in its province

Next door in Kasbat Ben Mchich, 76.8% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 35.3%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Khatazakane. Running water: 2.0% here, 2.1% there; unemployment: 11.2% here, 9.4% there; read French: 35.3% here, 30.8% there.

Compare it with Khatazakane

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 Zidane.

Ouled Zidane +1.9%

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
32.3%aged 10 and over39.2% in 201442.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
11.2%5.2% in 201437.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.9%aged 15 and over44.8% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.70children per woman1.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.5%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.0%of settled households2.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ouled Zidane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over5.2%
3.2%70–743.1%
4.2%65–693.4%
5.0%60–645.5%
4.7%55–594.9%
5.9%50–545.4%
6.9%45–496.4%
6.6%40–446.8%
6.3%35–397.0%
6.1%30–346.0%
5.8%25–295.2%
6.8%20–246.1%
8.1%15–197.9%
9.8%10–149.9%
9.3%5–99.9%
7.9%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit2.8%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French35.3%
  • English6.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot47.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work17.4%
  • Private car13.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.4%
  • Taxi5.9%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Informal transport0.4%
  • Bus0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9013.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6572.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1372.1 per business
Public services
25
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce66.2%
  • Industry27.7%
  • Services6.2%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.2%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 4 to 93.1%
  • 10 to 493.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.6%
  • 2011–201923.1%
  • 2001–201026.2%
  • 1991–200010.8%
  • 1981–19904.6%
  • 1956–198010.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled Zidane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,554 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
المعاتكةEl Maataka4 douars · 1,388 people
أولاد الشعيبيةOulad ChaaybiaDispersed622331.31.37.2
الحارتAl HartGrouped512271.12.56.7
أولاد حريزOulad HrizDispersed903651.32.67.6
أولاد الطاهرOulad at TaharDispersed1225631.42.38.2
أولاد زيدانOuled Zidane8 douars · 3,010 people
أولاد قاسمOulad QassamDispersed1254701.31.61.8
الڭنانةLag-nanaDispersed743094.01.64.2
أولاد العرابيOulad al ArabiDispersed1124632.23.74.4
لحرارتةLahrartaDispersed642621.51.71.8
أولاد يحيOulad YahiaDispersed1867621.72.73.9
أولاد ميرةOulad MiraDispersed1134111.52.33.8
أولاد السيدOulad as SiyyidDispersed582741.41.94.5
العطشانةAl AtchanaDispersed1759———
أولاد القرةOulad El Kra4 douars · 2,156 people
أولاد المعطيOulad al MatiDispersed833561.03.04.3
أولاد عزوزOulad AzzouzDispersed1004751.12.66.8
أولاد العربيOulad al ArbiDispersed783531.13.47.8
أولاد بوشعيبOulad BouchaybDispersed1909721.95.711.7

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
06.117.08.21
As digits
061170821
Slug
ouled-zidane
OpenStreetMap
2822697
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ouled-zidane");

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