Sidi Boumoussa

سيدي بوموسى

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Teima, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 23,160
Since 2014: +37.1%from 16,894 in 2014
Density: 478people per km², 48.4 km²
Households: 5,558
Foreign residents: 4
Rank: 255255th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 89 in its province

Next door in Oulad Teima, 94.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 38.1%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.6% to 38.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Cheggag. Running water: 97.3% here, 95.3% there; aged 65 and over: 7.3% here, 7.3% there; read French: 55.0% here, 53.0% there.

Compare it with Ain Cheggag

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

83383

How it changed

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

Sidi Boumoussa +37.1%

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: 26.5%aged 10 and over33.9% in 201434.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 21.4%12.1% in 201434.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.8%aged 15 and over42.9% in 201410.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman2.35 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.3%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.3%of settled households97.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Boumoussa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	3.0%
1.8%	70–74	2.0%
2.8%	65–69	2.7%
4.1%	60–64	4.0%
4.4%	55–59	4.4%
6.3%	50–54	6.0%
6.7%	45–49	6.8%
7.1%	40–44	7.5%
6.5%	35–39	7.1%
6.7%	30–34	7.4%
6.5%	25–29	6.9%
6.7%	20–24	7.2%
9.0%	15–19	8.3%
11.0%	10–14	10.1%
10.1%	5–9	9.3%
7.9%	0–4	7.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.1%
Tachelhit22.3%
Tamazight2.9%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French55.0%
English17.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle40.3%
On foot18.4%
Employer’s transport13.8%
Private car10.3%
Taxi6.4%
Doesn’t travel to work5.2%
Bus3.3%
Animal1.1%
Another way0.7%
Informal transport0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 33.9%aged 10 and over26.5% in 202445.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.1%21.4% in 202422.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.9%aged 15 and over41.8% in 202411.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.35children per woman2.04 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people6.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 97.4%of settled households97.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Boumoussa: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.6%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
1.8%	65–69	1.8%
2.6%	60–64	3.0%
3.6%	55–59	3.1%
5.4%	50–54	5.0%
5.7%	45–49	5.5%
7.6%	40–44	7.0%
7.5%	35–39	7.8%
7.8%	30–34	8.1%
7.5%	25–29	8.2%
7.7%	20–24	8.7%
8.9%	15–19	8.3%
8.7%	10–14	8.9%
9.7%	5–9	9.6%
11.4%	0–4	10.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tachelhit15.6%
Tamazight0.6%
Hassania0.6%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.1%
Arabic only37.3%
Arabic, French and English14.0%
Other combinations1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle40.0%
On foot20.5%
Taxi9.5%
Private car9.2%
Another way5.8%
Bus4.4%
Employer’s transport4.1%
Works at home3.2%
Not stated3.1%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood30.5%
Another commune27.7%
No fixed place15.5%
Another province10.8%
Another in the commune8.4%
Not stated3.3%
At home3.2%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour29.8%
Crafts and skilled trades22.6%
Labouring and small trades12.9%
Clerical work8.3%
Trade and broking7.5%
Farming and fishing6.6%
Machine operating6.1%
Managers and senior professionals2.8%
Technicians1.9%
Not classified1.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma63.3%
Primary22.0%
Lower secondary8.5%
Upper secondary4.1%
DEUG or Licence2.0%
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: 44519.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 35680.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7832.2 per business
Public services: 61
Associations: 28in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce67.4%
Services14.0%
Industry12.1%
Construction6.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person82.3%
2 to 310.4%
4 to 93.9%
10 to 492.8%
50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later55.3%
2011–201935.4%
2001–20105.9%
1991–20002.2%
1981–19900.8%
1956–19800.3%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Boumoussa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 1 fraction, with 23,140 people. 20 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
أولاد الكورةOulad El Koura13 douars · 23,140 people
الدويويرDouiouir	Grouped	354	1,652	0.1	0.5	5.4
الحماداتEl Hmadat	Grouped	566	2,271	0.3	1.4	2.7
عين صادقAin Sadq	Grouped	718	2,865	0.7	1.3	3.2
أولاد عليوةOulad Alioua	Grouped	337	1,372	0.5	1.3	5.0
أيت ساسيAit Sassi	Grouped	131	575	0.4	2.3	3.7
سعيدSaïd	Grouped	459	1,794	0.0	0.1	4.5
الكلالشةEl Glalcha	Grouped	203	800	1.1	1.3	5.3
تيوزنيكينTewznikine	Grouped	238	983	1.2	2.5	6.1
عريضArid	Grouped	133	559	1.0	1.1	2.7
سيدي بوموسىSidi Boumoussa	Grouped	1,367	5,764	1.0	1.3	2.5
أيت بومصروفAit Bou Mesref	Grouped	121	534	2.7	2.8	4.5
أيت عبادAït Aabad	Grouped	141	603	3.0	3.0	5.0
عين شعيبAïn Chaïb	Grouped	790	3,368	0.2	0.9	2.4

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 09.541.05.27
As digits: 095410527
Slug: sidi-boumoussa
Record: /api/communes/09.541.05.27.json
Boundary: /api/communes/09.541.05.27/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/09.541.05.27/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/09.541.05.27/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/09.541.05.27/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/09.541.05.27/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/09.541.05.27/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2835873

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