Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

سيدي علي بن حمدوش

Rural commune in the cercle of Azemmour, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 38,169
Since 2014: +8.5%from 35,182 in 2014
Density: 291people per km², 131.1 km²
Households: 8,795
Foreign residents: 9
Rank: 136136th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 27 in its province

Next door in Azemmour, 98.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 36.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 32.0% to 52.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Settout. In the labour force: 42.8% here, 42.0% there; aged 65 and over: 7.6% here, 8.0% there; Darija: 99.0% here, 95.3% there.

Compare it with Oulad Settout

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

24112

How it changed

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

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche +8.5%

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: 34.9%aged 10 and over45.0% in 201443.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.4%10.9% in 201431.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.8%aged 15 and over49.4% in 201412.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.12children per woman2.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 52.0%of settled households32.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.9%
2.1%	70–74	2.4%
3.0%	65–69	2.7%
4.2%	60–64	4.2%
4.0%	55–59	4.2%
4.9%	50–54	5.0%
6.5%	45–49	6.0%
6.8%	40–44	6.7%
6.8%	35–39	7.1%
6.8%	30–34	6.8%
6.7%	25–29	6.5%
7.5%	20–24	7.6%
9.1%	15–19	9.2%
10.7%	10–14	10.4%
10.1%	5–9	10.1%
8.6%	0–4	8.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit2.6%
Tamazight0.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French48.5%
English11.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot45.7%
Taxi14.8%
Employer’s transport10.5%
Bike or motorcycle9.0%
Doesn’t travel to work7.7%
Private car5.9%
Bus2.7%
Informal transport2.6%
Another way0.6%
Animal0.4%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 45.0%aged 10 and over34.9% in 202455.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.9%23.4% in 202425.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.4%aged 15 and over42.8% in 202416.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.52children per woman2.12 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 32.0%of settled households52.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.8%	75 and over	2.1%
1.6%	70–74	1.8%
1.6%	65–69	1.5%
2.8%	60–64	2.9%
3.7%	55–59	3.3%
4.8%	50–54	4.8%
4.7%	45–49	4.8%
5.8%	40–44	6.0%
7.3%	35–39	6.6%
7.7%	30–34	7.8%
8.2%	25–29	8.8%
9.7%	20–24	9.2%
9.2%	15–19	9.4%
10.1%	10–14	9.6%
10.0%	5–9	10.5%
11.2%	0–4	10.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit2.1%
Tamazight0.2%
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 French45.9%
Arabic only41.9%
Arabic, French and English11.6%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot62.2%
Taxi14.4%
Bike or motorcycle4.7%
Private car4.4%
Another way3.7%
Bus3.1%
Employer’s transport2.9%
Not stated2.6%
Works at home1.9%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood57.8%
No fixed place15.1%
Another commune12.6%
Another in the commune5.5%
Another province3.7%
Not stated2.6%
At home1.9%
Somewhere else0.7%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour37.6%
Crafts and skilled trades16.5%
Farming and fishing13.2%
Labouring and small trades11.5%
Trade and broking7.2%
Clerical work6.3%
Machine operating4.7%
Managers and senior professionals1.3%
Technicians1.1%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma70.1%
Primary19.4%
Lower secondary7.1%
Upper secondary2.7%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 3,990
Standing empty: 31.8%16.2% vacant15.5% a second home
Precarious: 0.3%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 94.9%92.3% on the water mains90.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 0.5%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house88.9%
Apartment9.1%
Traditional house0.9%
Villa0.8%
Slum or basic house0.2%
Rural-type0.0%
Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years60.0%
20 to 49 years39.5%
50 years or more0.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 87923.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 74084.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,7212.3 per business
Public services: 126
Associations: 13in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.2%
Services24.6%
Industry8.0%
Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person48.1%
2 to 341.9%
4 to 98.6%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later41.4%
2011–201932.3%
2001–201018.5%
1991–20004.6%
1981–19901.5%
1956–19801.8%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

11,077

Douars

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 5 fractions, with 27,039 people. Another 11,077 live in Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche, its urban centre, which has no douars. 53 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
المزاويرEl Mzaouyr12 douars · 5,298 people
اولاد المحركOulad Mharik	Grouped	75	338	1.0	3.0	3.8
الريوسةRyoussa	Grouped	121	570	1.2	1.3	6.2
ايت موخاAït Mokhkha	Grouped	84	383	1.2	1.5	6.1
الدشرةAd Dachra	Grouped	42	174	1.6	1.8	7.0
السرادنيةSradniya	Grouped	140	651	1.9	1.8	7.2
محيمدات الوطاMhimdat El Outa	Grouped	147	728	1.4	1.6	8.4
محيمدات الوادMhimdat al Oued	Grouped	136	636	2.3	2.7	11.5
زاوية مولاي الصديقZaouiat Moulay Essadiq	Grouped	47	229	1.0	3.0	9.0
ايت واجوAit Wajou	Grouped	31	191	3.3	4.4	14.6
ايت الشيخAit Cheikh	Grouped	162	778	3.7	2.7	13.7
العزاوزةEl Aazazua	Grouped	49	215	3.6	2.0	14.4
التريعاتTriaat	Grouped	98	405	3.3	2.9	15.4
الولجةLoulja11 douars · 8,508 people
بني عامرBni Ameur	Grouped	81	375	1.7	2.2	12.8
ايت الرخىAit Rkha	Grouped	316	1,485	1.0	2.5	12.8
المساعدةMsada	Grouped	165	782	1.5	2.3	11.2
اولاد العمريOulad Amri	Grouped	122	582	2.0	1.7	11.9
ايت تاحمدةAït Tahamda	Grouped	74	329	2.2	2.3	12.6
الدابوزيةDabouziya	Grouped	111	557	1.3	1.4	10.6
الشكاكرةChekakra	Grouped	11	58	—	—	—
الحجاجEl Hajjaj	Grouped	348	1,645	0.5	1.7	8.1
الكوارةLkouara	Grouped	263	1,250	0.6	1.5	7.4
اولاد سيدي فارسOulad Sidi Fares	Grouped	236	995	0.7	2.0	8.6
الهواشمةLchouachma	Grouped	93	450	0.6	0.7	4.4
سيدي احميدةSidi Hmida4 douars · 6,897 people
التويساتTouissat	Grouped	225	1,046	0.4	2.4	5.4
سيدي احميدةSidi Hmida	Grouped	373	1,501	0.1	0.8	2.9
الكواهيLkouahi	Grouped	527	2,296	0.6	1.5	6.7
تاكورانتTagourant	Grouped	445	2,054	0.7	1.9	10.4
اولاد حبيOulad Hbi3 douars · 6,055 people
اولاد حبيOulad Hbi	Grouped	271	1,217	1.1	0.9	3.0
البكارةEl Bekara	Grouped	160	791	0.9	1.1	3.9
سيدي حموSidi Hammou	Grouped	1,000	4,047	0.6	0.9	1.9
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 281 people
اولاد العيساويOulad Elissawi	Dispersed	60	281	0.1	0.1	12.0

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: 06.181.03.11
As digits: 061810311
Slug: sidi-ali-ben-hamdouche
Record: /api/communes/06.181.03.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.03.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.03.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.03.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/06.181.03.11/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.03.11/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.181.03.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.03.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 3549781

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