Casablanca

الدار البيضاء

Préfecture in the région of Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
3,218,036
Since 2014
−4.2%
Households
909,829
Communes
2
Area
217 km²
CasablancaMéchouar de Casablanca

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

Most populous
Casablanca 3,215,935
Shrank the most
Méchouar de Casablanca −20.6%
Densest
Casablanca 14,836 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
12.3%aged 10 and over17.2% in 201417.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
19.0%18.9% in 201419.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.6%aged 15 and over52.4% in 201427.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.55children per woman1.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.5%of settled households93.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Casablanca: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over4.1%
3.2%70–743.2%
4.2%65–694.5%
5.4%60–645.9%
5.6%55–596.0%
6.3%50–546.5%
6.4%45–496.7%
6.9%40–447.1%
6.9%35–397.0%
7.3%30–347.3%
7.2%25–297.2%
7.4%20–247.2%
7.7%15–197.0%
8.3%10–147.5%
7.7%5–96.9%
6.2%0–45.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.6%
  • Tachelhit8.7%
  • Tamazight1.8%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.3%
  • French70.8%
  • English28.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot25.8%
  • Private car22.7%
  • Taxi16.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.6%
  • Employer’s transport8.5%
  • Bus8.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,091,326
Standing empty
21.7%10.7% vacant11.0% a second home
Precarious
5.9%5.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
97.8%97.6% on the water mains98.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.2%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment55.0%
  • Modern house34.5%
  • Slum or basic house5.0%
  • Villa3.4%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Other0.8%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years43.4%
  • 20 to 49 years40.3%
  • 50 years or more16.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
151,56147.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
147,44097.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
714,2314.8 per business
Public services
2,685
Associations
1,436in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.6%
  • Services34.1%
  • Industry13.6%
  • Construction2.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person40.5%
  • 2 to 341.0%
  • 4 to 913.2%
  • 10 to 494.3%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.1%
  • 2011–201930.9%
  • 2001–201024.3%
  • 1991–200010.7%
  • 1981–19905.8%
  • 1956–19804.6%
  • Before 19561.7%

Communes

CommuneTypePopulation, 2024Since 2014Per km²
Casablancaurban3,215,935−4.2%14,836
Méchouar de Casablancaurban2,101−20.6%4,963

In the data

Code
06.141
As digits
06141
Record
/api/provinces/06.141.json
Communes
/api/provinces/06.141/communes/page/1.json
Boundary
/api/provinces/06.141/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/provinces/06.141/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/provinces/06.141/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/provinces/06.141/housing.json

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