Sidi Jaber

سيدي جابر

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

Population, 2024: 20,455
Since 2014: +0.1%from 20,432 in 2014
Density: 218people per km², 93.8 km²
Households: 4,306
Foreign residents: 4
Rank: 300300th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 22 in its province

Next door in Béni Mellal, 94.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 43.2%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 58.8% to 84.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Badhaj. Aged 0 to 14: 25.8% here, 25.9% there; aged 65 and over: 11.2% here, 11.8% there; running water: 84.8% here, 97.2% there.

Compare it with Sidi Badhaj

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

23602

How it changed

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

Sidi Jaber +0.1%

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: 31.4%aged 10 and over35.5% in 201442.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 33.2%14.0% in 201440.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.3%aged 15 and over44.7% in 20148.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.54children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 84.8%of settled households58.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Jaber: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	4.0%
2.9%	70–74	3.2%
4.3%	65–69	4.4%
5.3%	60–64	6.3%
5.2%	55–59	5.6%
6.0%	50–54	6.3%
5.9%	45–49	7.0%
6.0%	40–44	6.8%
6.1%	35–39	5.8%
6.0%	30–34	6.0%
5.8%	25–29	6.4%
6.7%	20–24	6.4%
8.5%	15–19	8.0%
10.4%	10–14	8.8%
10.0%	5–9	8.6%
7.4%	0–4	6.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tamazight4.9%
Tachelhit4.2%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic100.0%
French48.4%
English10.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle30.4%
On foot27.2%
Bus10.7%
Doesn’t travel to work10.5%
Employer’s transport8.3%
Private car7.7%
Taxi3.0%
Another way1.0%
Informal transport0.8%
Animal0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 35.5%aged 10 and over31.4% in 202447.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.0%33.2% in 202438.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.7%aged 15 and over36.3% in 202412.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.13children per woman1.54 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 58.8%of settled households84.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Jaber: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	2.6%
1.7%	70–74	1.9%
1.8%	65–69	2.1%
3.5%	60–64	3.6%
4.6%	55–59	4.4%
5.8%	50–54	6.6%
5.1%	45–49	5.8%
6.4%	40–44	7.1%
6.6%	35–39	8.2%
6.8%	30–34	8.1%
7.7%	25–29	6.9%
9.3%	20–24	7.8%
9.3%	15–19	8.1%
8.9%	10–14	8.4%
9.0%	5–9	9.0%
10.7%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tachelhit4.1%
Tamazight3.7%
Tarifit1.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French51.4%
Arabic only34.2%
Arabic, French and English12.7%
Other combinations1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot48.5%
Bike or motorcycle25.0%
Private car5.4%
Taxi5.1%
Bus4.6%
Another way4.4%
Not stated3.8%
Works at home2.5%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood55.9%
No fixed place14.8%
Another commune11.1%
Another in the commune9.0%
Not stated3.7%
Another province2.6%
At home2.5%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour37.7%
Crafts and skilled trades17.5%
Farming and fishing17.1%
Labouring and small trades9.2%
Clerical work6.1%
Trade and broking5.3%
Machine operating3.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.9%
Technicians1.2%
Not classified1.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma62.7%
Primary22.5%
Lower secondary10.5%
Upper secondary3.1%
DEUG or Licence1.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Sidi Jaber’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 1,424
Standing empty: 23.8%11.9% vacant11.9% a second home
Precarious: 2.2%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 98.7%98.5% on the water mains97.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 6.5%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house96.5%
Other1.8%
Traditional house0.8%
Villa0.4%
Slum or basic house0.3%
Rural-type0.1%
Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years32.8%
20 to 49 years66.6%
50 years or more0.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 47023.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 38581.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6211.6 per business
Public services: 77
Associations: 8in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.8%
Services22.6%
Industry18.2%
Construction4.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person68.8%
2 to 326.0%
4 to 93.9%
10 to 491.3%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later43.1%
2011–201936.4%
2001–201013.2%
1991–20003.6%
1981–19901.8%
1956–19801.8%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Sidi Jaber

4,306

Douars

Sidi Jaber’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 8 fractions, with 13,595 people. Another 4,306 live in Sidi Jaber, its urban centre, which has no douars. 2,554 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
اولاد عيادOulad Ayad3 douars · 678 people
تعاونية الرويشيةCoopérative Errouychia	Dispersed	51	226	0.0	2.9	6.9
تعاونية سيدي الصغيرCoopérative Sidi Sghir	Grouped	74	363	0.0	0.2	6.8
اولاد عطوOulad Atou	Dispersed	23	89	—	—	—
اولاد سي ميمونOulad Si Mimoun1 douar · 2,848 people
اولاد سي ميمونOulad Si Mimoun	In parts	656	2,848	0.4	1.3	3.5
أولاد سعيد القراقبOulad Said El Karakb2 douars · 1,228 people
القراقب 1El Karakb 1	In parts	93	476	0.0	0.9	5.5
القراقب 2El Karakb 2	In parts	147	752	0.0	0.8	5.9
العوينات الغربيةEl Aouinat Gharbia7 douars · 1,898 people
توزيع اولاد حمدانTaouzia Oulad Hamdan	Dispersed	119	498	0.0	1.7	1.7
توزيع المقاومةTouzi Muqawama	Dispersed	12	70	—	—	—
توزيع الصمعةTouzi Essoumea	Dispersed	62	283	0.0	4.8	4.9
توزيع اولاد عياد الغربيةTouzi Oulad Ayad Gharbia	Dispersed	119	492	0.2	1.6	4.4
توزيع أولاد عياد الشرقيةTouzi Oulad Ayad Charqia	Dispersed	78	300	1.0	2.8	2.8
توزيع الريافةTouzi Erryafa	Dispersed	38	160	1.3	1.5	1.5
توزيع أولاد مباركTouzi Oulad Mbarek	Dispersed	28	95	—	—	—
القرية النموذجيةEl Karia Ennmoudjia6 douars · 3,313 people
التعاونية الملوديةCoopérative El Meloudia	Dispersed	52	219	1.0	2.7	5.9
التعاونية الحافظيةCoopérative El Hafedia	Dispersed	19	84	—	—	—
التعاونية القاسميةCoopérative El Kasmia	Dispersed	31	136	1.0	1.2	6.2
القرية النموذجيةEl Karia Ennmoudjia	Grouped	541	2,215	1.0	1.0	13.2
كوماكريKoumakri	Grouped	51	198	1.3	1.1	3.8
أولاد حمدان الزاويةOulad Hamdane Zaouia	Grouped	123	461	0.5	2.3	6.2
العوينات الشماليةEl Aouinat Chamalia4 douars · 1,941 people
سيدي جابر الواليSidi Jaber El Ouali	Grouped	90	354	1.0	1.0	4.0
توزيع أولاد سعيدTouzi Oulad Said	Dispersed	79	348	1.0	1.5	2.7
توزيع مغيلةTouzi Mghila	Dispersed	146	582	0.1	2.0	3.5
البوسطEl Boust	Grouped	158	657	0.0	1.1	3.1
بوحجرBouhjare1 douar · 1,054 people
بوحجرBouhjare	Grouped	243	1,054	0.0	0.4	5.8
الحمري أولاد حمدانLhamri Oulad Hamdane2 douars · 635 people
الحمري أولاد حمدانLhamri Oulad Hamdane	Dispersed	103	441	0.3	3.6	7.3
قبالةKbala	Dispersed	38	194	0.3	5.2	6.1

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: 05.091.03.09
As digits: 050910309
Slug: sidi-jaber
Record: /api/communes/05.091.03.09.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.091.03.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.091.03.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.091.03.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/05.091.03.09/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.091.03.09/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.091.03.09/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.091.03.09/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882577

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