Sidi Ishaq

سيدي إسحاق

Rural commune in the cercle of Essaouira, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
10,055
Since 2014
+2.9%from 9,773 in 2014
Density
94.8people per km², 106 km²
Households
2,434
Foreign residents
1
Rank
739739th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 57 in its province

Next door in Sidi Ali El Korati, 14.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 60.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 3.7% to 60.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laanoussar. Unemployment: 9.4% here, 7.6% there; higher education: 2.5% here, 1.9% there; apartments: 0.1% here, 0.1% there.

Compare it with Laanoussar

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

44134

How it changed

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

Sidi Ishaq +2.9%

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
42.1%aged 10 and over56.7% in 201448.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
9.4%8.2% in 201413.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.2%aged 15 and over47.8% in 20144.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.44children per woman3.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
60.0%of settled households3.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ishaq: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over3.9%
2.3%70–742.4%
3.4%65–693.0%
4.2%60–644.2%
3.9%55–593.7%
4.5%50–544.5%
5.6%45–495.4%
7.3%40–445.8%
6.8%35–396.4%
6.1%30–346.3%
6.1%25–296.4%
6.4%20–247.1%
8.5%15–199.0%
11.4%10–1411.2%
10.6%5–911.0%
9.1%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French42.7%
  • English11.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot41.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work19.7%
  • Informal transport12.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.5%
  • Animal5.3%
  • Bus3.9%
  • Private car3.7%
  • Another way1.8%
  • Taxi1.5%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
36035.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
24467.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3621.5 per business
Public services
105
Associations
11in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.9%
  • Services23.0%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction1.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.9%
  • 2 to 325.4%
  • 4 to 93.3%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.9%
  • 2011–201950.0%
  • 2001–201016.0%
  • 1991–20002.9%
  • 1981–19900.4%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Ishaq’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,055 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
المناصيرEl Mnassir2 douars · 2,111 people
أولاد عمرoulad aamerIn parts2511,0262.72.36.9
الحميداتLahmidateIn parts2571,0850.82.73.4
الخبابزةEl Khababza4 douars · 3,075 people
الدحامنةDhamnaGrouped1506311.21.87.3
ولاد السكوريOulad EsskouriGrouped1677041.71.46.7
القريةEl KariaIn parts3741,5103.12.36.1
سيدي بطاشSidi BettacheIn parts582300.41.06.2
اولاد الطاهرOulad Tahar5 douars · 3,142 people
العلالمةLaalalmaIn parts2741,1952.51.75.5
أولاد الطاهرOulad TaharIn parts1264941.13.03.5
العزاعزةEl AzazaGrouped733310.63.66.8
اولاد بيهOulad EbbihIn parts1195020.22.53.0
الخلاليينEl KhlaliineIn parts1536203.73.28.2
مركز سيدي إسحاقCentre Sidi Ishaq1 douar · 959 people
مركز سيدي إسحاقCentre Sidi IshaqIn parts2509590.30.90.9
لخنابةLakhnaba1 douar · 768 people
لقويدراتQouidratIn parts1827681.43.35.0

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.03.41
As digits
072110341
Slug
sidi-ishaq
OpenStreetMap
2821064
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-ishaq");

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