Oulmes

اولماس

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulmes, province of Khémisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
19,579
Since 2014
+4.2%from 18,786 in 2014
Density
36.6people per km², 535.1 km²
Households
5,562
Foreign residents
3
Rank
317317th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 35 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi Allal El BahraouiAit MimouneAit SiberneAit YadineEl GanzraSfassifSidi Allal LamsadderKhémissetSidi El RhandourAit OuribelKhemis Sidi YahyaAit Bouyahia El HajjamaTifletM'qam TolbaAin Johra-Sidi BoukhalkhalAit MalekAit BelkacemMy Driss AghbalBrachouaMarchouchAin SbitRommaniJemaat Moul BladEzzhiligaLaghoualemMaazizHouderraneTiddasBouqachmirAit IkkouAit IchouSidi AbderrazakMajmaa TolbaAit Ali Ou Lahcen

How it changed

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

Oulmes +4.2%

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
35.5%aged 10 and over46.6% in 201443.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.1%19.4% in 201432.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.7%aged 15 and over47.1% in 201413.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.64children per woman2.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
83.3%of settled households72.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulmes: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over4.3%
2.8%70–742.7%
3.9%65–693.5%
4.7%60–644.9%
4.8%55–594.7%
6.1%50–546.0%
6.8%45–496.8%
7.0%40–447.7%
6.4%35–396.9%
7.0%30–346.8%
6.0%25–296.6%
7.0%20–247.5%
8.4%15–198.1%
9.7%10–149.0%
9.2%5–97.9%
7.4%0–46.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.0%
  • Tamazight55.1%
  • Tachelhit9.9%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French61.4%
  • English20.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.0%
  • Employer’s transport14.7%
  • Private car9.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.6%
  • Bus2.5%
  • Taxi1.8%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,992
Standing empty
18.3%9.0% vacant9.3% a second home
Precarious
1.0%0.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.4%97.8% on the water mains97.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house97.1%
  • Apartment0.9%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Slum or basic house0.7%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Other0.3%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years77.6%
  • 20 to 49 years21.9%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
65133.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
53181.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,5282.9 per business
Public services
105
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.7%
  • Services32.4%
  • Industry13.2%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.6%
  • 2 to 321.8%
  • 4 to 94.0%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.4%
  • 2011–201940.5%
  • 2001–20107.7%
  • 1991–20006.6%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19802.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Oulmes14,308

In the data

Code
04.291.05.11
As digits
042910511
Slug
oulmes
Record
/api/communes/04.291.05.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.291.05.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.291.05.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.291.05.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.291.05.11/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.291.05.11/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2808309
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("oulmes");

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