Sidi Boulkhalf

سيدي بولخلف

Rural commune in the cercle of Oultana, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 16,229
Since 2014: +3.9%from 15,625 in 2014
Density: 94.9people per km², 171 km²
Households: 3,028
Rank: 406406th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 44 in its province

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 Boulkhalf.

Sidi Boulkhalf +3.9%

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: 43.1%aged 10 and over59.4% in 201455.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.2%3.1% in 20146.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.4%aged 15 and over43.8% in 20141.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.25children per woman3.63 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.4people on average7.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 87.1%of settled households30.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Boulkhalf: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.2%	75 and over	1.6%
2.3%	70–74	1.8%
2.6%	65–69	2.1%
3.5%	60–64	4.1%
3.2%	55–59	3.4%
3.3%	50–54	4.9%
4.5%	45–49	4.8%
5.0%	40–44	5.7%
5.8%	35–39	6.0%
7.4%	30–34	6.5%
8.2%	25–29	6.5%
9.0%	20–24	7.1%
10.2%	15–19	9.7%
11.7%	10–14	12.7%
11.1%	5–9	11.9%
10.0%	0–4	11.1%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit98.1%
Darija34.9%
Tamazight1.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.1%
French29.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.3%
English5.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bus17.7%
On foot16.4%
Bike or motorcycle2.4%
Private car2.3%
Employer’s transport0.7%
Taxi0.0%

Can’t read or write: 59.4%aged 10 and over43.1% in 202473.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 3.1%20.2% in 202439.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.8%aged 15 and over37.4% in 20241.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 90.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.63children per woman3.25 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people4.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.2people on average5.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 30.0%of settled households87.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Boulkhalf: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	1.3%
1.1%	70–74	1.4%
1.5%	65–69	1.2%
2.6%	60–64	2.4%
3.0%	55–59	2.3%
4.0%	50–54	4.3%
3.6%	45–49	4.0%
4.0%	40–44	4.8%
5.1%	35–39	5.4%
6.3%	30–34	6.5%
7.9%	25–29	7.7%
10.0%	20–24	9.7%
10.4%	15–19	10.3%
11.9%	10–14	12.2%
12.7%	5–9	12.5%
13.9%	0–4	14.1%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.3%
Darija13.2%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only51.6%
Arabic and French45.7%
Arabic, French and English2.0%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bus42.6%
On foot40.0%
Taxi4.7%
Bike or motorcycle0.6%
Private car0.5%
Employer’s transport0.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province36.3%
Their own neighbourhood28.8%
No fixed place27.5%
Another commune3.7%
Another in the commune0.9%
Somewhere else0.6%
At home0.2%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades34.8%
Farm and fishing labour21.4%
Farming and fishing18.6%
Labouring and small trades17.9%
Machine operating2.3%
Clerical work2.2%
Trade and broking2.0%
Not classified0.5%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%
Technicians0.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma85.8%
Primary12.3%
Lower secondary1.3%
Upper secondary0.5%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 21413.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8539.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 981.2 per business
Public services: 96
Associations: 33in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce72.9%
Industry20.0%
Services4.7%
Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person85.9%
2 to 314.1%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.9%
2011–201951.8%
2001–201012.9%
1991–20008.2%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 05.081.15.15
As digits: 050811515
Slug: sidi-boulkhalf
Record: /api/communes/05.081.15.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.15.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.15.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.15.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.15.15/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887326

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-boulkhalf");

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