Ras El Ain Chaouia

رأس العين الشاوية

Rural commune in the cercle of Ben Ahmed Janoubia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
14,244
Since 2014
−3.4%from 14,747 in 2014
Density
86people per km², 165.7 km²
Households
3,134
Rank
483483rd most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 46 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi El AidiBouguargouhSidi AbdelkrimM'gartoOuled M'hamedSidi DahbiLakhzazraGdanaOulad SaidMzouraAin Dorbane-LahlafOued NaanaaSettatOulad ChbanaLahouazaOulad FreihaKhemisset ChaouiaMachraa Ben AbbouSidi Mohammed Ben RahalAin BlalDar ChaffaiSidi Ahmed El KhadirOulad AmerLaqraqraMeskouraOulad Fares El HallaEl BoroujBni YagrineBni KhlougToualetOulad SghirGuisserRimaSidi BoumehdiSgamnaOulad FaresMrizigueSidi HajjajMniaaOulad M'rahLouladN'khilaOulad Bouali NouajaMzamza JanoubiaBen Ahmed

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ras El Ain Chaouia.

Ras El Ain Chaouia −3.4%

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
37.7%aged 10 and over47.7% in 201448.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.0%9.3% in 201432.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.3%aged 15 and over44.9% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.16children per woman1.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.2%of people3.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
55.9%of settled households34.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ras El Ain Chaouia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over5.1%
3.5%70–743.8%
3.2%65–693.8%
4.4%60–644.6%
4.2%55–594.3%
5.6%50–545.1%
6.8%45–496.0%
6.3%40–446.9%
6.1%35–396.5%
5.8%30–346.4%
6.1%25–295.7%
6.8%20–246.5%
9.3%15–198.3%
9.9%10–1410.0%
10.2%5–99.5%
7.8%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French39.5%
  • English10.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.5%
  • Taxi10.9%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Bus1.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,116
Standing empty
26.6%13.8% vacant12.8% a second home
Precarious
12.5%6.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
88.2%89.7% on the water mains92.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
17.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house73.7%
  • Traditional house7.3%
  • Slum or basic house6.5%
  • Apartment6.3%
  • Rural-type5.3%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years22.6%
  • 20 to 49 years36.7%
  • 50 years or more40.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
33423.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
23470.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3381.4 per business
Public services
98
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.1%
  • Services26.1%
  • Industry17.5%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.5%
  • 2 to 326.5%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.2%
  • 2011–201929.1%
  • 2001–201011.1%
  • 1991–20009.4%
  • 1981–199010.7%
  • 1956–19804.3%
  • Before 19561.3%

Urban centres

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

Ras El Ain3,561

In the data

Code
06.461.13.25
As digits
064611325
Slug
ras-el-ain-chaouia
Record
/api/communes/06.461.13.25.json
Boundary
/api/communes/06.461.13.25/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/06.461.13.25/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.461.13.25/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/06.461.13.25/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.461.13.25/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2879954
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ras-el-ain-chaouia");

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