Rouached

الرواشد

Rural commune in the cercle of Bejaad, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
3,353
Since 2014
−25.2%from 4,484 in 2014
Density
18.3people per km², 183.3 km²
Households
680
Rank
1,3571,357th most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 31 in its province

Next door in Had Bouhssoussen, 63.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.1%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 18.3% to 84.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Rouached.

Rouached −25.2%

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
48.9%aged 10 and over58.7% in 201461.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.6%1.4% in 201445.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.9%aged 15 and over44.9% in 201414.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman1.99 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.2%of people2.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.9people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.9%of settled households5.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Rouached: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over5.0%
2.9%70–742.9%
4.4%65–693.7%
5.1%60–644.4%
4.0%55–595.0%
5.4%50–545.5%
5.7%45–495.9%
5.4%40–447.0%
5.7%35–395.6%
6.3%30–345.2%
6.2%25–294.9%
6.5%20–248.2%
9.9%15–199.4%
11.0%10–1410.1%
9.6%5–99.1%
7.2%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French62.1%
  • English12.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.0%
  • Bus9.6%
  • Taxi8.0%
  • Informal transport7.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.8%
  • Animal4.6%
  • Private car2.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9227.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1415.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
201.4 per business
Public services
77
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.0%
  • Industry28.6%
  • Services21.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.1%
  • 2 to 342.9%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.9%
  • 2011–201928.6%
  • 2001–201014.3%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19807.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Rouached’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 3 fractions, with 3,353 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
السوالEssoual3 douars · 1,182 people
اسمامحةSmamehaDispersed1477411.52.28.9
لقصاطلةLaksatlaDispersed693221.92.89.7
ايت عديAït AddiDispersed20119———
أولاد سليمانOulad Slimane5 douars · 979 people
ايت العروسيAït LaroussiDispersed582871.42.77.0
لقطاطبةLagtatbaDispersed582561.83.314.8
لقدادرةLakdadraDispersed391672.71.78.2
ايت سي عليAit Si AliDispersed1881———
ايت عبد اللهAit AbdellahDispersed341884.02.112.4
أولاد كرومOulad Karroum4 douars · 1,192 people
ايت بوعزةAit BouazzaDispersed502542.22.18.7
ايت حمو يوسفAït Hamou-YoussefDispersed402033.92.316.9
ايت الحاجAit El HajDispersed683472.22.310.6
ايت قاسمAit KassemDispersed793882.12.312.8

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
05.311.03.13
As digits
053110313
Slug
rouached
OpenStreetMap
2879773
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("rouached");

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