Béni Mellal

بني ملال

Province in the région of Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 580,327
Since 2014: +5.4%
Households: 150,397
Communes: 22
Area: 4,369 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Béni Mellal 209,594
Grew the most: Foum Oudi +32.9%
Shrank the most: Naour −10.2%
Densest: Béni Mellal 4,062 people per km²

People and homes

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

Can’t read or write: 28.6%aged 10 and over35.1% in 201436.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 27.3%16.3% in 201435.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.9%aged 15 and over44.1% in 201414.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.73children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 90.3%of settled households81.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Béni Mellal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.2%	75 and over	3.7%
3.0%	70–74	2.7%
4.2%	65–69	3.7%
5.3%	60–64	5.4%
5.1%	55–59	5.2%
5.8%	50–54	6.3%
6.1%	45–49	6.9%
6.5%	40–44	6.9%
6.3%	35–39	6.6%
6.1%	30–34	6.9%
5.6%	25–29	6.6%
6.5%	20–24	7.2%
8.5%	15–19	7.8%
10.6%	10–14	9.2%
9.7%	5–9	8.5%
7.6%	0–4	6.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija91.1%
Tamazight29.9%
Tachelhit7.6%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French61.4%
English21.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot48.3%
Private car13.8%
Bike or motorcycle13.3%
Taxi5.0%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Bus4.1%

Can’t read or write: 35.1%aged 10 and over28.6% in 202445.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.3%27.3% in 202432.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.1%aged 15 and over37.9% in 202417.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.13children per woman1.73 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 81.7%of settled households90.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Béni Mellal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	2.8%
1.9%	70–74	1.9%
2.0%	65–69	1.9%
3.8%	60–64	3.4%
4.7%	55–59	4.1%
5.6%	50–54	5.9%
5.3%	45–49	5.9%
6.2%	40–44	7.0%
6.6%	35–39	7.7%
6.9%	30–34	7.7%
7.4%	25–29	7.8%
8.6%	20–24	8.8%
9.3%	15–19	8.8%
9.5%	10–14	8.6%
9.1%	5–9	8.3%
10.5%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija90.0%
Tamazight32.6%
Tachelhit5.6%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French48.0%
Arabic only27.1%
Arabic, French and English19.4%
Other combinations5.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot57.7%
Bike or motorcycle11.6%
Private car9.6%
Taxi7.1%
Bus3.3%
Employer’s transport1.8%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood40.5%
Another in the commune24.5%
No fixed place18.4%
Another commune6.6%
At home3.1%
Another province3.0%
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 trades19.2%
Farm and fishing labour18.8%
Labouring and small trades15.8%
Farming and fishing11.9%
Clerical work10.8%
Trade and broking8.5%
Managers and senior professionals7.2%
Machine operating3.7%
Technicians2.9%
Not classified1.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma56.9%
Primary21.4%
Lower secondary12.4%
Upper secondary5.9%
DEUG or Licence2.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.7%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 128,702
Standing empty: 28.1%16.9% vacant11.2% a second home
Precarious: 1.6%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 84.7%93.7% on the water mains93.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 2.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house82.0%
Apartment11.6%
Villa3.1%
Traditional house1.7%
Slum or basic house0.6%
Other0.6%
Rural-type0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years58.5%
20 to 49 years35.1%
50 years or more6.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 22,27638.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 19,53387.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 40,9752.1 per business
Public services: 2,218
Associations: 525in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 24counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce52.2%
Services30.3%
Industry14.9%
Construction2.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person62.5%
2 to 330.3%
4 to 95.8%
10 to 491.3%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.1%
2011–201936.3%
2001–201014.9%
1991–20008.2%
1981–19903.3%
1956–19802.1%
Before 19560.1%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Béni Mellal	urban	209,594	+8.8%	4,062
Kasba Tadla	urban	48,172	+1.8%	2,460
Dir El Ksiba	rural	25,851	+13.1%	89.5
Ouled Yaich	rural	25,785	−6.2%	178
Zaouiat Cheikh	urban	25,088	−1.2%	3,575
Foum El Anceur	rural	24,232	+31.6%	132
Ouled M'barek	rural	21,636	+9.4%	283
Sidi Jaber	rural	20,455	+0.1%	218
Taghzirt	rural	20,023	+0.4%	99.9
El Ksiba	urban	19,964	−0.2%	3,402
Foum Oudi	rural	16,256	+32.9%	178
Ouled Youssef	rural	14,247	−2.4%	97.6
Tanougha	rural	13,773	+7.7%	143
Ouled Said Loued	rural	13,441	−6.3%	44.4
Aghbala	rural	13,373	+4.6%	30
Ouled Gnaou	rural	13,366	+5.1%	296
Guettaya	rural	13,153	−8.8%	55.6
Tizi N'isly	rural	12,547	+5.3%	32.9
Semguet	rural	8,167	−9.2%	30.4
Boutferda	rural	7,952	+7.6%	13.2
Ait Oum El Bekht	rural	7,863	−4.1%	19
Naour	rural	5,389	−10.2%	20.3

In the data

Code: 05.091
As digits: 05091
Record: /api/provinces/05.091.json
Communes: /api/provinces/05.091/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/05.091/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/05.091/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/05.091/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/05.091/housing.json

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