Jamaat Shaim

جمعة سحيم

Urban commune in the province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
11,865
Since 2014
+5.5%from 11,251 in 2014
Density
252people per km², 47 km²
Households
2,915
Rank
609609th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 25 in its province

Next door in Lahdar, 0.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 96.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 76.0% to 96.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bouarfa. Can’t read or write: 20.6% here, 20.8% there; higher education: 10.4% here, 11.7% there; running water: 96.9% here, 98.9% there.

Compare it with Bouarfa

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

46100

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Jamaat Shaim.

Jamaat Shaim +5.5%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

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

Can’t read or write
20.6%aged 10 and over24.6% in 201428.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
38.7%18.5% in 201453.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.2%aged 15 and over46.0% in 201420.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.88children per woman2.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.9%of settled households76.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Jamaat Shaim: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over3.1%
2.8%70–742.5%
3.8%65–693.3%
4.8%60–644.5%
4.8%55–595.0%
5.7%50–545.8%
6.3%45–496.8%
6.2%40–446.4%
6.3%35–396.4%
6.5%30–346.4%
6.5%25–297.4%
8.0%20–248.3%
8.9%15–198.9%
10.7%10–149.6%
9.7%5–98.7%
7.3%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit1.2%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French55.4%
  • English16.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.3%
  • Private car14.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.6%
  • Employer’s transport3.1%
  • Bus3.0%
  • Taxi2.9%
  • Informal transport2.6%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,507
Standing empty
22.8%16.5% vacant6.3% a second home
Precarious
0.6%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.1%94.3% on the water mains95.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house98.3%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Apartment0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%
  • Rural-type0.2%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years20.3%
  • 20 to 49 years73.4%
  • 50 years or more6.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
94379.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
87692.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,4471.7 per business
Public services
60
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.9%
  • Services29.2%
  • Industry12.6%
  • Construction4.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person65.3%
  • 2 to 329.3%
  • 4 to 94.7%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.2%
  • 2011–201931.6%
  • 2001–201018.9%
  • 1991–20009.6%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19806.5%
  • Before 19560.7%

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.431.01.09
As digits
074310109
Slug
jamaat-shaim
OpenStreetMap
2827836
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("jamaat-shaim");

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