Sidi Bou Othmane

سيدي بوعثمان

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

Population, 2024
12,490
Since 2014
+36.0%from 9,181 in 2014
Density
472people per km², 26.5 km²
Households
2,821
Foreign residents
2
Rank
568568th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

Ait TalebSidi MansourOulad Hassoune HamriSkhour RhamnaSidi AbdellahSidi GhanemLabrikiyneBouchaneOulad Aamer TizmarineAit HammouSidi Ali LabrahlaNzalat LaadamBourrousSidi BoubkerJaidateRas Ain RhamnaTlauhAkarmaOulad ImloulLamharraJaafraSkoura LhadraBen GuerirJbilate

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Sidi Bou Othmane +36.0%

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
22.4%aged 10 and over32.6% in 201427.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.8%10.7% in 201435.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.6%aged 15 and over45.6% in 201415.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.45children per woman2.38 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.2%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.3%of settled households94.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Bou Othmane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.7%75 and over2.1%
2.3%70–741.9%
2.6%65–692.6%
4.1%60–643.6%
3.8%55–593.7%
5.3%50–544.9%
6.0%45–496.0%
6.3%40–446.4%
7.5%35–397.3%
7.4%30–347.8%
8.2%25–297.8%
6.9%20–248.4%
9.1%15–199.0%
10.3%10–1410.2%
9.7%5–99.6%
8.6%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit4.0%
  • Tamazight3.0%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French52.8%
  • English21.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle20.0%
  • Private car11.5%
  • Bus9.2%
  • Employer’s transport8.9%
  • Taxi3.4%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,214
Standing empty
16.6%12.3% vacant4.3% a second home
Precarious
1.7%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.5%92.4% on the water mains93.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house90.7%
  • Apartment5.8%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Rural-type1.0%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years83.4%
  • 20 to 49 years15.3%
  • 50 years or more1.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
43735.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
38788.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,2983.4 per business
Public services
43
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.7%
  • Services26.9%
  • Industry16.8%
  • Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person61.2%
  • 2 to 325.6%
  • 4 to 98.3%
  • 10 to 493.6%
  • 50 and over1.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.3%
  • 2011–201935.4%
  • 2001–201015.5%
  • 1991–200010.1%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19803.9%
  • Before 19560.3%

In the data

Code
07.427.01.17
As digits
074270117
Slug
sidi-bou-othmane
Record
/api/communes/07.427.01.17.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.427.01.17/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.427.01.17/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.427.01.17/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.427.01.17/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.427.01.17/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2881813
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-bou-othmane");

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