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
Next door in Foqra Oulad Aameur, 0.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 55.9%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 34.0% to 55.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Foum Jemaa. Unemployment: 16.0% here, 17.7% there; Darija: 98.9% here, 98.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 27.4% here, 26.4% there.
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 Ras El Ain Chaouia.
Ras El Ain Chaouia −3.4%
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.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1% | 75 and over | 5.1% | ||
| 3.5% | 70–74 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.4% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.8% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.3% | 40–44 | 6.9% | ||
| 6.1% | 35–39 | 6.5% | ||
| 5.8% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.1% | 25–29 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 9.5% | ||
| 7.8% | 0–4 | 7.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 47.7%aged 10 and over37.7% in 202461.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.3%16.0% in 202437.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.9%aged 15 and over36.3% in 20247.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.93children per woman2.16 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.3%of people7.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 34.0%of settled households55.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 3.4% | ||
| 2.1% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 5.2% | ||
| 4.4% | 45–49 | 4.7% | ||
| 6.3% | 40–44 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.2% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.3% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.7% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.7% | 20–24 | 8.2% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 8.4% | ||
| 9.4% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.5% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 10.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
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
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
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
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Ras El Ain | 3,561 |
Douars
Ras El Ain Chaouia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,683 people. Another 3,561 live in Ras El Ain, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| القوارشة 1El Kouarchat 13 douars · 1,210 people | ||||||
| الحماودةEl Hmaouda | Dispersed | 155 | 675 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| الصوالحةEssoualha | In parts | 82 | 369 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 6.9 |
| ولاد بوزيدOulad Bouzid | Grouped | 39 | 166 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| أولاد سي عيسىOulad Si Aissa5 douars · 4,542 people | ||||||
| أولاد عمي علالOulad Aami Allal | In parts | 299 | 1,448 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| أولاد عمي الطالبOulad Aami Taleb | In parts | 161 | 943 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 11.9 |
| أولاد عمي الفاسيOulad Aami El Fassi | Dispersed | 119 | 745 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 10.8 |
| العمامرةLaamamra | In parts | 168 | 934 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
| أولاد عمي سعيد السهيبOulad Aami Said S'Haeb | In parts | 115 | 472 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| البهالةBahala5 douars · 2,873 people | ||||||
| أولاد سيدي عبد اللهOulad Sidi Abdallah | Dispersed | 253 | 1,029 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| أولاد السي موسىOulad Si Moussa | In parts | 59 | 237 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 8.1 |
| أولاد سي اعليOulad Si Ali | In parts | 106 | 391 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| الفضالاتLafdalate | In parts | 40 | 142 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 8.9 |
| الشعيباتChaibate | In parts | 246 | 1,074 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 11.1 |
| القوارشة 2El Kouarchat 22 douars · 859 people | ||||||
| أولاد العامريOulad Laamri | Dispersed | 74 | 334 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 7.2 |
| أولاد ريوOulad Riou | In parts | 119 | 525 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| العوناتAwnat1 douar · 1,199 people | ||||||
| العونات إسلانAwnat Islane | In parts | 267 | 1,199 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
06.461.13.25- As digits
064611325- Slug
ras-el-ain-chaouia- 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
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ras-el-ain-chaouia");