Aïn-Chock

عين الشق

Préfecture d’arrondissements in the région of Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 374,707
Households: 102,598
Arrondissements: 1

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 11.1%aged 10 and over16.0% in 201415.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.6%16.1% in 201416.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.8%aged 15 and over52.4% in 201427.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.49children per woman1.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.4%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.2%of settled households91.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aïn-Chock: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.3%	75 and over	3.8%
3.2%	70–74	3.0%
4.3%	65–69	4.3%
5.3%	60–64	5.7%
5.5%	55–59	5.8%
6.2%	50–54	6.4%
6.0%	45–49	6.7%
6.4%	40–44	6.9%
6.5%	35–39	6.7%
7.3%	30–34	7.5%
7.7%	25–29	7.8%
7.9%	20–24	7.7%
8.1%	15–19	7.5%
8.4%	10–14	7.7%
7.7%	5–9	6.9%
6.2%	0–4	5.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija97.4%
Tachelhit10.7%
Tamazight2.1%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.9%
French74.3%
English34.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Private car31.5%
On foot24.7%
Taxi14.0%
Bike or motorcycle8.0%
Employer’s transport7.2%
Bus6.9%

Can’t read or write: 16.0%aged 10 and over11.1% in 202422.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.1%16.6% in 202422.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 52.4%aged 15 and over45.8% in 202432.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 98.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.86children per woman1.49 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people3.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 91.9%of settled households97.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Aïn-Chock: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.4%
1.6%	70–74	1.7%
2.2%	65–69	2.2%
4.0%	60–64	3.6%
5.2%	55–59	5.0%
6.2%	50–54	6.3%
6.3%	45–49	6.6%
7.1%	40–44	7.3%
7.1%	35–39	7.7%
8.0%	30–34	8.4%
8.4%	25–29	8.4%
8.4%	20–24	8.7%
7.7%	15–19	7.6%
8.0%	10–14	7.4%
8.5%	5–9	8.1%
9.1%	0–4	8.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tachelhit12.6%
Tamazight1.0%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French46.1%
Arabic, French and English29.7%
Arabic only20.2%
Other combinations4.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Private car28.3%
On foot24.2%
Bus12.3%
Taxi11.2%
Bike or motorcycle6.7%
Employer’s transport5.4%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another commune28.2%
Their own neighbourhood18.3%
Another province16.6%
Another in the commune14.4%
No fixed place12.4%
At home5.3%
Somewhere else0.7%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades23.0%
Clerical work21.1%
Managers and senior professionals16.2%
Labouring and small trades16.0%
Trade and broking8.3%
Technicians7.2%
Machine operating4.6%
Not classified3.3%
Farming and fishing0.2%
Farm and fishing labour0.2%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma34.1%
Primary21.2%
Lower secondary21.0%
Upper secondary12.5%
DEUG or Licence6.9%
Master’s or doctorate4.3%
Not declared0.1%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 120,623
Standing empty: 17.9%8.9% vacant9.1% a second home
Precarious: 8.1%7.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 96.6%96.9% on the water mains96.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 10.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house41.4%
Apartment40.6%
Villa7.9%
Slum or basic house7.3%
Traditional house2.0%
Other0.6%
Rural-type0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years41.0%
20 to 49 years47.2%
50 years or more11.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 13,69836.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 13,27496.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 109,2198.2 per business
Public services: 276
Associations: 148in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce45.0%
Services37.2%
Industry15.3%
Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person27.0%
2 to 349.4%
4 to 915.9%
10 to 495.9%
50 and over1.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later27.1%
2011–201935.0%
2001–201023.3%
1991–20007.9%
1981–19903.8%
1956–19802.7%
Before 19560.3%

Arrondissements

Arrondissement	Population, 2024
Aïn-Chock	374,707

In the data

Code: 06.141.01.40
As digits: 061410140
Record: /api/provinces/06.141.01.40.json
Census figures: /api/provinces/06.141.01.40/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/06.141.01.40/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/06.141.01.40/housing.json

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