Sidi Bennour

سيدي بنور

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

Population, 2024
56,201
Since 2014
+0.7%from 55,815 in 2014
Density
5,272people per km², 10.7 km²
Households
13,912
Foreign residents
35
Rank
9494th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 25 in its province

Next door in Oulad Si Bouhya, 2.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 96.8%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 79.2% to 97.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Melloul. Higher education: 11.7% here, 11.7% there; can’t read or write: 21.6% here, 19.1% there; read French: 63.2% here, 64.7% there.

Compare it with Ait Melloul

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

24350

How it changed

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

Sidi Bennour +0.7%

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
21.6%aged 10 and over28.6% in 201428.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.8%15.3% in 201425.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.7%aged 15 and over50.3% in 201419.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.85children per woman2.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.4%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.8%of settled households88.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Bennour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.6%
2.7%70–742.4%
3.0%65–693.4%
4.7%60–644.8%
4.5%55–594.3%
5.8%50–545.7%
6.0%45–496.7%
6.6%40–447.0%
6.4%35–397.0%
7.2%30–347.3%
6.9%25–297.6%
7.7%20–248.2%
8.6%15–198.3%
10.1%10–149.0%
9.6%5–98.7%
8.0%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit2.1%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French63.2%
  • English23.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.2%
  • Private car17.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.9%
  • Taxi5.8%
  • Employer’s transport4.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.2%
  • Informal transport2.5%
  • Another way1.4%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Animal0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
16,869
Standing empty
23.0%14.8% vacant8.1% a second home
Precarious
4.7%3.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
96.6%95.5% on the water mains96.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house82.2%
  • Apartment8.9%
  • Slum or basic house3.4%
  • Villa3.2%
  • Other1.1%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Rural-type0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years50.2%
  • 20 to 49 years46.4%
  • 50 years or more3.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
3,06254.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,92595.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
5,7182.0 per business
Public services
101
Associations
36in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.3%
  • Services30.4%
  • Industry16.4%
  • Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.1%
  • 2 to 334.2%
  • 4 to 97.9%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.8%
  • 2011–201940.1%
  • 2001–201020.5%
  • 1991–20008.4%
  • 1981–19903.0%
  • 1956–19805.1%
  • Before 19561.1%

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.467.01.07
As digits
064670107
Slug
sidi-bennour
OpenStreetMap
2823035
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-bennour");

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