Khouribga

خريبكة

Province in the région of Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 525,145
Since 2014: −3.1%
Households: 132,500
Communes: 31
Area: 4,386 km²

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

Most populous: Khouribga 195,931
Grew the most: Oulad Abdoune +16.8%
Shrank the most: Rouached −25.2%
Densest: Oued Zem 5,603 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: 25.2%aged 10 and over31.3% in 201433.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 29.5%24.3% in 201441.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.2%aged 15 and over43.3% in 201414.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.93children per woman2.32 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 72.9%of settled households69.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Khouribga: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	4.4%
3.4%	70–74	3.2%
4.3%	65–69	4.2%
5.0%	60–64	5.5%
4.7%	55–59	5.1%
5.6%	50–54	5.7%
6.2%	45–49	6.5%
6.4%	40–44	6.7%
6.0%	35–39	6.5%
5.9%	30–34	6.7%
5.8%	25–29	6.4%
6.8%	20–24	7.0%
8.7%	15–19	7.8%
10.6%	10–14	9.3%
9.8%	5–9	8.6%
7.4%	0–4	6.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.2%
Tachelhit2.6%
Tamazight1.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French68.1%
English25.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.5%
Bike or motorcycle14.6%
Private car13.8%
Doesn’t travel to work10.5%
Employer’s transport7.4%
Taxi4.9%
Bus3.2%
Informal transport2.4%
Another way0.9%
Animal0.6%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 31.3%aged 10 and over25.2% in 202441.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 24.3%29.5% in 202446.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.3%aged 15 and over39.2% in 202416.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.32children per woman1.93 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 69.4%of settled households72.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Khouribga: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	3.2%
1.6%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.1%
4.0%	60–64	3.7%
4.8%	55–59	4.5%
5.3%	50–54	5.8%
5.1%	45–49	5.6%
6.0%	40–44	6.2%
6.8%	35–39	7.1%
7.2%	30–34	7.5%
7.4%	25–29	7.7%
8.6%	20–24	8.8%
9.3%	15–19	8.8%
9.4%	10–14	8.7%
9.2%	5–9	8.4%
10.9%	0–4	9.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit2.6%
Tamazight0.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.8%
Arabic only25.9%
Arabic, French and English21.2%
Other combinations2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot51.2%
Bike or motorcycle13.2%
Private car9.6%
Taxi6.9%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Works at home4.1%
Bus3.9%
Not stated3.2%
Another way2.6%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood35.7%
Another in the commune24.9%
No fixed place16.7%
Another commune10.1%
At home4.1%
Another province4.0%
Not stated3.1%
Somewhere else1.4%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades21.8%
Labouring and small trades16.7%
Clerical work13.6%
Farming and fishing12.8%
Trade and broking10.0%
Farm and fishing labour8.4%
Managers and senior professionals7.4%
Machine operating4.0%
Technicians3.5%
Not classified1.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma52.3%
Primary22.5%
Lower secondary14.9%
Upper secondary7.4%
DEUG or Licence2.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.6%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 138,468
Standing empty: 32.0%17.2% vacant14.8% a second home
Precarious: 3.2%2.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 93.7%93.1% on the water mains92.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.2%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house84.8%
Apartment6.2%
Villa3.7%
Slum or basic house2.1%
Traditional house2.0%
Other0.6%
Rural-type0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years53.0%
20 to 49 years37.7%
50 years or more9.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 19,49637.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 16,03182.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 33,5572.1 per business
Public services: 3,078
Associations: 387in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 24counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.1%
Services28.4%
Industry13.8%
Construction3.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person65.1%
2 to 327.6%
4 to 95.9%
10 to 491.1%
50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.7%
2011–201932.3%
2001–201016.3%
1991–20009.8%
1981–19904.3%
1956–19804.2%
Before 19560.3%

Douars

Khouribga’s rural communes hold 345 douars, with 150,181 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 12.3 km56.3% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 6.2 km17.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 6.5 km20.5% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 1.3 km0.2% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 2.4 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Khouribga	urban	195,931	−0.1%	5,194
Oued Zem	urban	93,776	−1.6%	5,603
Bejaad	urban	47,209	+0.7%	3,594
Oulad Abdoune	rural	15,860	+16.8%	69.7
Boulanouare	rural	15,043	−6.2%	316
Boujniba	urban	14,722	−8.2%	3,489
Hattane	urban	9,727	−8.4%	4,897
Oulad Azzouz	rural	8,983	−8.5%	39
Bni Ykhlef	rural	8,928	−10.7%	55.3
Kasbat Troch	rural	8,612	−6.3%	110
Lagfaf	rural	8,560	+0.6%	82
Oulad Boughadi	rural	8,147	−5.8%	27.5
Braksa	rural	6,948	−6.6%	42.3
Oulad Fennane	rural	6,912	−8.8%	20.2
Lagnadiz	rural	6,905	−4.5%	35.4
Bni Smir	rural	6,725	+7.8%	25.8
Bir Mezoui	rural	5,617	−8.4%	49
Maadna	rural	5,595	−10.2%	48.1
Chougrane	rural	5,591	−18.6%	29.2
Bni Zrantel	rural	5,533	−16.1%	25
M'fassis	rural	4,937	−8.8%	35.7
Oulad Aissa	rural	4,652	−20.4%	26.4
Boukhrisse	rural	4,323	−16.9%	22.3
Bni Bataou	rural	4,191	−18.0%	25.2
Ain Kaicher	rural	3,900	−15.4%	41.7
Ait Ammar	rural	3,392	−20.4%	36.7
Rouached	rural	3,353	−25.2%	18.3
Tachraft	rural	3,082	−15.2%	26.1
El Foqra	rural	2,965	−6.0%	15.4
Oulad Ftata	rural	2,552	−2.8%	34.4
Oulad Gouaouch	rural	2,474	−8.7%	18.9

In the data

Code: 05.311
As digits: 05311
Record: /api/provinces/05.311.json
Communes: /api/provinces/05.311/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/05.311/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/05.311/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/05.311/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/05.311/housing.json

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