Oulad Si Bouhya

أولاد سي بوحيى

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Bennour, province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 18,535
Since 2014: +1.9%from 18,198 in 2014
Density: 107people per km², 172.9 km²
Households: 3,850
Rank: 341341st most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 25 in its province

Next door in Sidi Bennour, 96.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.6%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 56.5% to 40.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Daoud. Running water: 18.9% here, 10.7% there; Darija: 99.0% here, 98.9% there; higher education: 3.9% here, 4.1% there.

Compare it with Oulad Daoud

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

24374

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Oulad Si Bouhya.

Oulad Si Bouhya +1.9%

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: 45.3%aged 10 and over51.8% in 201457.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.2%3.2% in 201424.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.3%aged 15 and over56.5% in 20148.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.20children per woman2.41 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.3%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 18.9%of settled households24.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Si Bouhya: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	4.1%
3.6%	70–74	3.3%
3.6%	65–69	3.5%
4.7%	60–64	5.3%
3.7%	55–59	4.4%
5.4%	50–54	5.6%
6.5%	45–49	6.1%
6.9%	40–44	6.5%
6.4%	35–39	6.1%
5.7%	30–34	5.8%
6.1%	25–29	5.8%
6.5%	20–24	6.5%
8.2%	15–19	8.6%
10.7%	10–14	10.5%
10.9%	5–9	10.1%
7.7%	0–4	7.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French44.5%
English10.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot49.8%
Animal12.5%
Doesn’t travel to work10.6%
Private car8.8%
Taxi6.7%
Bus3.8%
Employer’s transport2.7%
Bike or motorcycle2.3%
Informal transport1.7%
Another way1.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 51.8%aged 10 and over45.3% in 202465.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 3.2%15.2% in 20245.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 56.5%aged 15 and over40.3% in 202430.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 90.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.41children per woman2.20 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people6.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 24.4%of settled households18.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Oulad Si Bouhya: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	3.1%
1.9%	70–74	2.2%
2.1%	65–69	1.9%
4.2%	60–64	3.6%
4.1%	55–59	4.0%
5.0%	50–54	5.1%
4.2%	45–49	4.8%
5.3%	40–44	6.4%
6.7%	35–39	6.4%
7.6%	30–34	7.2%
7.9%	25–29	7.1%
8.3%	20–24	8.0%
9.4%	15–19	9.6%
10.7%	10–14	10.7%
9.5%	5–9	9.4%
10.2%	0–4	10.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit0.0%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only45.7%
Arabic and French44.6%
Arabic, French and English9.3%
Other combinations0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.5%
Works at home15.4%
Another way12.1%
Taxi6.7%
Not stated3.4%
Private car3.1%
Bike or motorcycle1.7%
Bus1.5%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood64.7%
At home15.4%
No fixed place8.5%
Another province3.6%
Not stated3.4%
Another commune3.0%
Another in the commune1.3%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour47.2%
Farming and fishing33.1%
Trade and broking6.1%
Crafts and skilled trades4.7%
Clerical work3.2%
Labouring and small trades3.1%
Machine operating1.1%
Not classified0.8%
Managers and senior professionals0.5%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma77.3%
Primary14.8%
Lower secondary4.9%
Upper secondary2.2%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 31116.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20666.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2901.4 per business
Public services: 103
Associations: 2in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce74.3%
Services16.0%
Industry9.7%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person83.0%
2 to 312.1%
4 to 93.9%
10 to 491.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later37.4%
2011–201936.4%
2001–201012.6%
1991–20008.3%
1981–19903.4%
1956–19801.9%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Oulad Si Bouhya’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 42 douars in 7 fractions, with 18,527 people. 8 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أولاد مومنOulad Moumen9 douars · 2,784 people
الشخاشخةChekhachekha	Grouped	111	447	1.0	1.3	19.9
أولاد بوسلهامOuled Bousselham	Grouped	105	377	0.5	0.8	12.6
حروش الرملLahrouch Rmal	Grouped	131	471	1.0	1.1	19.4
أولاد الحميانيOulad El Hamiani	Grouped	122	543	1.0	1.0	16.0
أولاد سليمانOulad Slimane	Grouped	10	47	—	—	—
الصبابحةSbabha	In parts	60	257	0.5	1.5	10.4
أولاد عليOulad Ali	Grouped	52	255	0.5	1.5	12.6
أولاد الشيخ امباركOulad Cheikh M'Barek	Grouped	41	216	0.2	2.2	13.0
الشروقةChrouka	Grouped	32	171	0.0	2.2	9.2
أولاد مومن المغاريةOulad Moumen El Mgharia6 douars · 1,888 people
العميراتel Hamerat	Grouped	158	846	1.4	1.4	7.9
المقدمينLemqadmiyine	Grouped	32	150	1.0	3.0	6.0
الحدادةEl-Haddada	Grouped	103	520	1.0	1.0	8.0
المغاراتLamgharate	Grouped	34	150	0.1	1.0	6.1
الكسيراتLaksirate	Grouped	23	135	—	—	—
حروش الحمريHarrouch Lhamri	Grouped	21	87	—	—	—
أولاد سي بوحيىOulad Si Bouhya5 douars · 4,201 people
لكريشات الركLagrichat Rag	Grouped	355	1,796	0.5	0.6	0.6
القضيةAl-Kadia	Grouped	79	431	0.3	0.3	2.4
البوعيشاتBouichate	Grouped	94	480	0.6	2.1	3.8
لكريشات المرسLagrichate Al-Marss	Grouped	272	1,118	0.6	0.8	5.0
الدحامنةDhamna	Grouped	84	376	0.0	2.0	4.0
أولاد سي عبد الواحدOulad Si Abd El Ouad9 douars · 5,335 people
الزناتيتZnatit	Grouped	117	606	0.1	1.0	1.7
لعثامنةLaatamna	Grouped	102	480	1.0	1.0	13.5
أولاد عبوOuled Abbou	Grouped	265	1,361	0.4	1.0	3.4
أولاد سي عبد الواحدOulad Si Abd El Ouad	Grouped	179	965	0.9	1.2	3.0
الجديانEl-Jadiane	Grouped	118	661	0.9	1.9	18.0
أولاد سي قبابوOulad Si Kbabou	In parts	55	263	2.0	3.2	13.8
أولاد محمد بن لحسنOulad Mohamed Ben Lahcen	Grouped	130	538	1.3	2.8	3.1
أولاد بوستةOulad Bousseta	Grouped	57	247	1.0	2.6	3.3
أولاد ابراهيمOulad Brahim	Grouped	49	214	1.0	3.0	3.0
أولاد حمو سليمانOulad Hammou Slimane5 douars · 2,621 people
لمساعدةLamsaada	Grouped	77	372	0.1	1.9	4.6
أولاد حمو سليمانOulad Hammou Slimane	Grouped	178	965	0.2	0.7	4.1
لحوانتةLahouanta	Grouped	72	429	0.9	1.1	4.0
الغزلانAl-Ghizlane	Grouped	70	384	1.5	1.9	8.5
الزبيراتZbirate	In parts	86	471	2.0	2.0	10.1
أولاد ا شعيبOulad A Chaib6 douars · 1,684 people
المنادلةLamnadla	Grouped	13	59	—	—	—
لعواودةLaaouaouda	Grouped	38	170	2.2	3.6	7.3
أولاد الشعايبOulad Chaib	Dispersed	107	473	1.0	1.8	5.8
أولاد علي بن اعمارةOulad Ali Ben Amara	Grouped	57	262	2.0	2.0	4.4
أولاد ايخلفOulad Ikhlef	Grouped	86	435	3.3	1.9	8.1
لمتاربةLmatarbo	Grouped	71	285	3.0	1.0	6.8
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune2 douars · 14 people
الحفضانEl Hafdane	Grouped	2	7	—	—	—
العزابةAzzaba	Grouped	2	7	—	—	—

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 06.467.07.33
As digits: 064670733
Slug: oulad-si-bouhya
Record: /api/communes/06.467.07.33.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.467.07.33/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.467.07.33/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.467.07.33/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.467.07.33/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.467.07.33/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.467.07.33/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2823034

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