Sidi El Mekki

سيدي المكي

Rural commune in the cercle of Berrechid, province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
9,476
Since 2014
+6.2%from 8,920 in 2014
Density
69.7people per km², 136 km²
Households
2,306
Foreign residents
4
Rank
775775th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 22 in its province

Next door in Berrechid, 98.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 6.8% to 51.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: M'tioua. Read French: 37.0% here, 37.2% there; Darija: 99.2% here, 98.4% there; aged 65 and over: 8.9% here, 8.0% there.

Compare it with M'tioua

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Sidi El Mekki +6.2%

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
32.8%aged 10 and over42.9% in 201441.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.1%18.1% in 201430.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.3%aged 15 and over44.8% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.25children per woman2.26 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.5%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
51.4%of settled households6.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi El Mekki: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.4%75 and over3.3%
2.4%70–742.9%
3.5%65–693.2%
4.7%60–644.6%
4.3%55–594.5%
5.6%50–545.7%
6.3%45–495.9%
6.2%40–446.2%
6.6%35–397.2%
6.9%30–346.5%
6.7%25–297.0%
7.9%20–247.2%
8.0%15–198.7%
11.1%10–149.8%
9.7%5–99.1%
7.7%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit1.9%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French37.0%
  • English6.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle28.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work22.6%
  • On foot15.1%
  • Taxi11.7%
  • Private car10.0%
  • Employer’s transport7.6%
  • Informal transport2.5%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11011.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7870.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
8,101103.9 per business
Public services
31
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.4%
  • Industry38.5%
  • Services14.1%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person41.0%
  • 2 to 310.3%
  • 4 to 921.8%
  • 10 to 4914.1%
  • 50 and over12.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.8%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–201026.9%
  • 1991–20006.4%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19561.3%

Douars

Sidi El Mekki’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 4 fractions, with 9,473 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد علالOulad Allal8 douars · 5,408 people
دوار زاوية سيدي المكيDouar Zaouia Sidi El MekkiGrouped2078501.01.21.4
دوار الديابنةDouar EddyabnaDispersed1224951.14.111.1
دوار أولاد البصريDouar Oulad El BsriDispersed1907801.52.68.0
دوار الحدادةDouar HaddadaGrouped1083991.43.39.2
دوار الزعارةDouar EzzaaraDispersed1161———
دوار اولاد علالDouar Oulad AllalIn parts3651,5101.52.67.1
دوار لكريناتDouar GourinatDispersed1194892.42.912.6
دوار كريكيحDouar KrikihDispersed2028241.12.312.9
اولاد حجاج 1Oulad Hajjaj 14 douars · 1,372 people
لميمناتLamimnatGrouped28106———
الصوافةEssouafaGrouped762560.23.06.3
العلوليينEl AlouliineGrouped622400.32.86.7
اولاد سيدي ادريسOulad Sidi DrissDispersed1957701.12.89.6
اولاد حجاج 2Oulad Hajjaj 23 douars · 1,605 people
اولاد ابريكOulad BraykGrouped1446441.42.22.4
اولاد بن عبوOulad Ben AbbouGrouped2159381.11.73.6
الشياتEcchyatGrouped623———
أولاد حجاج 3Oulad Hajjaj 36 douars · 1,088 people
أولاد عباسOulad AbbasGrouped361701.33.04.0
لعرارمةLaararmaGrouped1560———
الزعارطةEzzaartaGrouped313———
لحساسنةLahsanaDispersed1039———
لعيايطةLaayaytaDispersed1747351.92.06.1
لكدادمةLaqdadmaGrouped1871———

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
06.117.05.29
As digits
061170529
Slug
sidi-el-mekki
OpenStreetMap
2821549
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-el-mekki");

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