Sidi Hajjaj

سيدي حجاج

Rural commune in the cercle of Ben Ahmed Janoubia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 22,360
Since 2014: +7.9%from 20,732 in 2014
Density: 133people per km², 168.3 km²
Households: 4,566
Rank: 269269th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 46 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 Hajjaj.

Sidi Hajjaj +7.9%

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: 35.1%aged 10 and over48.4% in 201444.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 38.4%9.0% in 201448.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.1%aged 15 and over42.9% in 20143.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.90children per woman3.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 2.1%of settled households7.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Hajjaj: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.6%	75 and over	3.5%
2.0%	70–74	2.3%
2.8%	65–69	3.0%
4.2%	60–64	3.8%
4.3%	55–59	3.7%
4.9%	50–54	4.8%
5.5%	45–49	5.5%
6.4%	40–44	6.5%
5.9%	35–39	6.5%
5.9%	30–34	6.2%
6.7%	25–29	5.8%
7.5%	20–24	7.5%
9.4%	15–19	9.0%
11.1%	10–14	11.7%
11.9%	5–9	11.2%
8.9%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.4%
Tachelhit0.6%
Tamazight0.2%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French33.8%
English7.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot42.9%
Bus10.1%
Bike or motorcycle8.9%
Private car7.1%
Taxi4.3%
Employer’s transport1.1%

Can’t read or write: 48.4%aged 10 and over35.1% in 202460.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.0%38.4% in 202431.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.9%aged 15 and over31.1% in 20245.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.06children per woman1.90 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.2%of people5.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.1people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 7.9%of settled households2.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Hajjaj: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.4%	75 and over	2.5%
1.4%	70–74	1.9%
1.7%	65–69	1.9%
2.5%	60–64	3.1%
3.2%	55–59	3.2%
4.7%	50–54	4.3%
4.7%	45–49	4.3%
5.6%	40–44	4.9%
6.5%	35–39	6.3%
7.5%	30–34	7.5%
7.6%	25–29	7.6%
8.7%	20–24	9.0%
10.2%	15–19	9.0%
10.4%	10–14	10.5%
10.7%	5–9	10.9%
12.3%	0–4	13.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.9%
Arabic only39.2%
Arabic, French and English10.5%
Other combinations2.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.1%
Taxi20.1%
Bike or motorcycle5.8%
Private car3.5%
Bus3.0%
Employer’s transport0.1%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood45.0%
No fixed place22.8%
Another province10.4%
Another commune9.3%
Another in the commune6.4%
At home2.7%
Somewhere else0.4%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing22.1%
Crafts and skilled trades21.1%
Labouring and small trades19.7%
Farm and fishing labour16.7%
Trade and broking11.0%
Clerical work5.5%
Machine operating1.9%
Managers and senior professionals0.9%
Not classified0.7%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma73.2%
Primary17.4%
Lower secondary6.4%
Upper secondary2.1%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
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: 2119.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7736.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1732.2 per business
Public services: 112
Associations: 22in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce79.2%
Industry13.0%
Services7.8%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person75.3%
2 to 318.2%
4 to 92.6%
10 to 493.9%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later15.6%
2011–201940.3%
2001–201023.4%
1991–200010.4%
1981–19906.5%
1956–19803.9%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 06.461.13.33
As digits: 064611333
Slug: sidi-hajjaj
Record: /api/communes/06.461.13.33.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.461.13.33/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.461.13.33/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.461.13.33/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.461.13.33/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2880012

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