Sidi Aissa Ben Ali

سيدي عيسى بن علي

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Moussa Charquia, province of Fquih Ben Salah, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 24,503
Since 2014: −4.2%from 25,563 in 2014
Density: 321people per km², 76.3 km²
Households: 5,558
Foreign residents: 5
Rank: 239239th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 16 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 36.6% to 84.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Boutayeb. In the labour force: 33.2% here, 34.2% there; running water: 84.1% here, 81.5% there; Darija: 99.0% here, 99.7% there.

Compare it with Sidi Boutayeb

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Sidi Aissa Ben Ali.

Sidi Aissa Ben Ali −4.2%

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: 33.7%aged 10 and over39.9% in 201443.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 29.2%9.3% in 201425.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.2%aged 15 and over41.8% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman2.26 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 84.1%of settled households36.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Aissa Ben Ali: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	3.9%
2.8%	70–74	2.7%
4.0%	65–69	3.7%
5.4%	60–64	5.2%
4.6%	55–59	5.0%
5.9%	50–54	6.0%
5.7%	45–49	6.5%
6.1%	40–44	6.1%
6.1%	35–39	5.7%
5.3%	30–34	6.7%
5.4%	25–29	7.0%
6.2%	20–24	6.5%
8.5%	15–19	7.6%
12.2%	10–14	10.3%
10.8%	5–9	10.0%
8.5%	0–4	7.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit2.6%
Tamazight1.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic100.0%
French47.0%
English9.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle30.5%
On foot21.1%
Doesn’t travel to work15.5%
Employer’s transport13.7%
Private car10.1%
Taxi4.2%
Bus2.8%
Another way0.7%
Animal0.6%
Informal transport0.5%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.9%aged 10 and over33.7% in 202452.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.3%29.2% in 202432.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.8%aged 15 and over33.2% in 20247.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.26children per woman2.04 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 36.6%of settled households84.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Aissa Ben Ali: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.5%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
1.6%	65–69	1.9%
3.4%	60–64	3.2%
4.2%	55–59	3.8%
5.2%	50–54	5.5%
5.0%	45–49	5.2%
6.1%	40–44	7.0%
6.5%	35–39	7.1%
7.0%	30–34	7.5%
8.1%	25–29	7.5%
8.9%	20–24	9.4%
9.2%	15–19	9.3%
8.9%	10–14	8.0%
9.3%	5–9	8.4%
13.0%	0–4	11.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tamazight1.6%
Tachelhit1.5%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French54.7%
Arabic only31.1%
Arabic, French and English13.3%
Other combinations0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.3%
Bike or motorcycle23.4%
Another way7.2%
Private car6.9%
Taxi6.6%
Works at home4.0%
Not stated2.7%
Bus2.0%
Employer’s transport0.7%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood59.5%
No fixed place17.4%
Another in the commune6.5%
Another commune5.2%
At home4.0%
Another province3.3%
Not stated2.7%
Somewhere else1.4%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour37.9%
Farming and fishing20.3%
Crafts and skilled trades13.5%
Labouring and small trades8.8%
Trade and broking6.6%
Clerical work6.3%
Machine operating2.5%
Managers and senior professionals1.9%
Not classified1.2%
Technicians1.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma65.1%
Primary21.9%
Lower secondary9.0%
Upper secondary2.7%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
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: 63626.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 50879.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7691.5 per business
Public services: 92
Associations: 36in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.1%
Services27.2%
Industry12.2%
Construction6.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person72.0%
2 to 323.2%
4 to 94.5%
10 to 490.2%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later40.2%
2011–201938.8%
2001–201011.4%
1991–20005.9%
1981–19902.6%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Aissa Ben Ali’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 5 fractions, with 24,502 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
النكارLangar1 douar · 5,152 people
النكارLangar	In parts	1,130	5,152	0.1	1.4	3.1
اولاد امراحOulad Mrah5 douars · 7,126 people
الدعادعةDaadaa	Grouped	377	1,554	0.5	1.2	1.1
اولاد اعمرOulad Aamar	In parts	443	1,894	0.3	0.9	2.9
اولاد خنشةOulad Khancha	Grouped	262	1,160	0.2	1.1	1.8
الفجاكنةLafjagna	Grouped	516	2,110	0.1	1.2	1.0
الكواهيةEl Kouahia	Grouped	87	408	0.0	1.0	4.0
أولاد اسميدةOulad Smida6 douars · 8,362 people
بني عونBeni Aoun	Grouped	221	1,005	0.2	0.9	3.3
مصلةMasla	In parts	303	1,436	0.1	1.3	6.0
أولاد اسميدةOulad Smida	Grouped	242	1,162	0.4	1.1	2.3
العين الزرقاءEl Ain Ezzerka	In parts	433	1,945	0.2	0.8	2.2
حواصHouas	Grouped	341	1,532	0.2	3.3	5.9
قصر الدروةKsar Deroua	Grouped	307	1,282	0.0	0.1	7.9
أولاد زهرةOulad Zahra2 douars · 2,456 people
أولاد زهرةOulad Zahra	In parts	321	1,453	0.2	0.6	1.2
أولاد اجبيرOulad Jbir	In parts	235	1,003	0.3	1.3	2.2
مركز سيدي عيسىCentre Sidi Aissa2 douars · 1,406 people
الحي الاداريHay El Adari	Grouped	312	1,283	0.2	0.7	1.6
الحبيلاتEl Hbilat	Grouped	28	123	—	—	—

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: 05.255.05.11
As digits: 052550511
Slug: sidi-aissa-ben-ali
Record: /api/communes/05.255.05.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.255.05.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.255.05.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.255.05.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.255.05.11/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.255.05.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882563

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