Moulay Rachid

مولاي رشيد

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

Population, 2024: 457,033
Households: 119,536
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: 16.8%aged 10 and over20.9% in 201422.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.5%20.2% in 201425.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.6%aged 15 and over50.2% in 201422.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.83children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.6%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 98.2%of settled households95.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Rachid: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.6%	75 and over	3.7%
2.7%	70–74	2.7%
3.9%	65–69	4.0%
5.1%	60–64	5.6%
5.4%	55–59	5.7%
6.2%	50–54	6.4%
6.5%	45–49	6.7%
7.0%	40–44	7.0%
6.8%	35–39	6.6%
7.2%	30–34	7.1%
7.0%	25–29	7.1%
7.5%	20–24	7.6%
8.1%	15–19	7.4%
8.9%	10–14	8.2%
8.3%	5–9	7.6%
6.9%	0–4	6.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit6.6%
Tamazight1.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French59.7%
English19.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot30.7%
Taxi17.5%
Private car13.0%
Bike or motorcycle11.8%
Bus10.8%
Employer’s transport8.2%

Can’t read or write: 20.9%aged 10 and over16.8% in 202428.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.2%22.5% in 202429.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.2%aged 15 and over43.6% in 202427.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.10children per woman1.83 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people4.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 95.7%of settled households98.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Moulay Rachid: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.0%	75 and over	2.6%
1.4%	70–74	1.7%
1.7%	65–69	1.9%
3.5%	60–64	3.3%
4.8%	55–59	4.7%
6.0%	50–54	6.2%
6.2%	45–49	6.4%
7.1%	40–44	7.3%
7.5%	35–39	7.8%
8.3%	30–34	8.2%
8.2%	25–29	8.2%
8.8%	20–24	8.7%
8.1%	15–19	8.0%
8.2%	10–14	7.8%
8.5%	5–9	8.0%
9.6%	0–4	9.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit7.1%
Tamazight0.8%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French49.6%
Arabic only28.0%
Arabic, French and English20.5%
Other combinations1.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot30.4%
Taxi18.1%
Bus14.9%
Private car11.9%
Bike or motorcycle9.1%
Employer’s transport6.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another commune29.5%
Their own neighbourhood21.2%
No fixed place17.3%
Another province15.7%
Another in the commune9.7%
At home2.3%
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 trades34.2%
Labouring and small trades19.6%
Clerical work17.4%
Trade and broking9.8%
Managers and senior professionals5.7%
Machine operating5.5%
Technicians5.1%
Not classified2.4%
Farm and fishing labour0.2%
Farming and fishing0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma45.2%
Primary24.4%
Lower secondary18.7%
Upper secondary7.9%
DEUG or Licence3.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.7%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 130,712
Standing empty: 14.3%6.9% vacant7.4% a second home
Precarious: 10.9%10.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 98.6%97.7% on the water mains97.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 15.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house57.8%
Apartment30.3%
Slum or basic house10.3%
Villa0.7%
Other0.5%
Traditional house0.3%
Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years30.9%
20 to 49 years63.9%
50 years or more5.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 16,98837.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 16,54497.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 62,8613.8 per business
Public services: 284
Associations: 160in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce49.8%
Services28.0%
Industry19.9%
Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person48.5%
2 to 337.8%
4 to 910.3%
10 to 492.9%
50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later31.4%
2011–201931.3%
2001–201017.8%
1991–20009.2%
1981–19906.3%
1956–19803.8%
Before 19560.2%

Arrondissements

Arrondissement	Population, 2024
Moulay Rachid	245,139
Sidi Othmane	211,894

In the data

Code: 06.141.01.70
As digits: 061410170
Record: /api/provinces/06.141.01.70.json
Census figures: /api/provinces/06.141.01.70/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/06.141.01.70/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/06.141.01.70/housing.json

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