Ben M'sick

ابن مسيك

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

Population, 2024: 207,252
Households: 56,209
Arrondissements: 2

People and homes

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

Can’t read or write: 14.5%aged 10 and over19.4% in 201420.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.4%21.7% in 201426.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.5%aged 15 and over50.3% in 201422.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.53children per woman1.79 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.7people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 99.0%of settled households95.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben M'sick: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.8%	75 and over	5.3%
3.5%	70–74	3.7%
4.6%	65–69	5.2%
5.7%	60–64	6.5%
5.9%	55–59	6.6%
6.7%	50–54	7.0%
6.5%	45–49	6.8%
6.8%	40–44	6.9%
6.5%	35–39	6.5%
7.0%	30–34	6.4%
7.0%	25–29	6.5%
7.8%	20–24	7.0%
7.7%	15–19	6.9%
7.8%	10–14	7.3%
7.2%	5–9	6.5%
5.5%	0–4	5.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.9%
Tachelhit9.7%
Tamazight1.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French66.1%
English22.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot30.7%
Taxi18.6%
Private car14.6%
Bus11.0%
Bike or motorcycle8.9%
Employer’s transport8.8%

Can’t read or write: 19.4%aged 10 and over14.5% in 202427.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 21.7%23.4% in 202431.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.3%aged 15 and over42.5% in 202428.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 98.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.79children per woman1.53 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 95.3%of settled households99.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ben M'sick: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.5%
1.7%	70–74	2.3%
2.2%	65–69	2.5%
4.3%	60–64	4.3%
5.3%	55–59	5.6%
6.1%	50–54	6.9%
6.4%	45–49	7.0%
7.3%	40–44	7.4%
7.4%	35–39	7.5%
8.5%	30–34	7.8%
8.8%	25–29	8.0%
9.1%	20–24	8.4%
7.6%	15–19	7.3%
7.3%	10–14	6.9%
7.1%	5–9	6.9%
8.0%	0–4	7.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tachelhit10.5%
Tamazight0.7%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French49.9%
Arabic only24.4%
Arabic, French and English23.5%
Other combinations2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot31.4%
Taxi19.4%
Bus15.1%
Private car13.0%
Bike or motorcycle6.7%
Employer’s transport6.5%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another commune30.4%
Their own neighbourhood19.9%
Another province19.1%
No fixed place17.1%
Another in the commune6.7%
At home2.4%
Somewhere else0.8%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades31.0%
Clerical work20.5%
Labouring and small trades17.2%
Trade and broking9.3%
Managers and senior professionals6.9%
Machine operating6.3%
Technicians6.1%
Not classified2.4%
Farming and fishing0.2%
Farm and fishing labour0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma40.5%
Primary23.7%
Lower secondary21.5%
Upper secondary9.4%
DEUG or Licence4.0%
Master’s or doctorate1.0%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 61,427
Standing empty: 16.4%8.3% vacant8.1% a second home
Precarious: 3.3%2.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 97.8%98.4% on the water mains99.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 6.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house68.9%
Apartment27.1%
Slum or basic house2.5%
Other0.7%
Traditional house0.4%
Villa0.3%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years19.2%
20 to 49 years44.9%
50 years or more35.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 8,26039.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7,99796.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 17,8782.2 per business
Public services: 172
Associations: 91in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce47.0%
Services33.2%
Industry17.7%
Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person44.4%
2 to 344.5%
4 to 99.8%
10 to 491.2%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later24.6%
2011–201925.8%
2001–201021.5%
1991–200012.6%
1981–19907.5%
1956–19807.4%
Before 19560.6%

Arrondissements

Arrondissement	Population, 2024
Ben-M'sick	105,612
Sbata	101,640

In the data

Code: 06.141.01.60
As digits: 061410160
Record: /api/provinces/06.141.01.60.json
Census figures: /api/provinces/06.141.01.60/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/06.141.01.60/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/06.141.01.60/housing.json

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