Zmamra

زمامرة

Urban commune in the province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
13,993
Since 2014
+5.4%from 13,279 in 2014
Density
1,251people per km², 11.2 km²
Households
3,413
Foreign residents
7
Rank
490490th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 25 in its province

Next door in Oulad Sbaita, 1.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 97.3%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 48.9% to 38.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rhafsai. Higher education: 13.4% here, 13.8% there; can’t read or write: 20.4% here, 20.4% there; unemployment: 12.0% here, 13.8% there.

Compare it with Rhafsai

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Zmamra +5.4%

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
20.4%aged 10 and over24.1% in 201426.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.0%14.9% in 201417.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.3%aged 15 and over48.9% in 201414.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.25children per woman2.09 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.3%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.7%of settled households93.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zmamra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.6%
2.1%70–742.3%
3.1%65–692.4%
4.7%60–644.1%
4.4%55–593.7%
5.7%50–545.6%
6.7%45–495.7%
6.8%40–447.0%
6.1%35–397.0%
7.4%30–347.7%
5.9%25–297.7%
7.2%20–248.1%
8.9%15–198.2%
10.2%10–1410.4%
10.2%5–99.5%
8.3%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit1.4%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French60.8%
  • English16.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.1%
  • Private car17.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.7%
  • Taxi7.2%
  • Informal transport3.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.8%
  • Bus1.6%
  • Another way1.5%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
5,058
Standing empty
35.1%23.1% vacant12.0% a second home
Precarious
4.4%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.1%94.1% on the water mains93.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
5.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house81.3%
  • Villa8.5%
  • Apartment5.2%
  • Rural-type3.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.8%
  • Traditional house0.6%
  • Other0.6%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years55.3%
  • 20 to 49 years37.2%
  • 50 years or more7.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,32294.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,25494.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,1591.7 per business
Public services
49
Associations
19in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.4%
  • Services27.2%
  • Industry13.6%
  • Construction6.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.6%
  • 2 to 330.5%
  • 4 to 95.2%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.8%
  • 2011–201934.8%
  • 2001–201020.2%
  • 1991–20008.4%
  • 1981–19903.2%
  • 1956–19806.5%
  • Before 19560.2%

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.467.01.09
As digits
064670109
Slug
zmamra
OpenStreetMap
2823082
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zmamra");

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