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

Where it is

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

Ouled GnaouOuled M'barekFoum OudiOuled YaichOuled YoussefOuled Said LouedFoum El AnceurBéni MellalTaghzirtTanoughaBoutferdaTizi N'islyAghbalaAit Oum El BekhtZaouiat CheikhNaourDir El KsibaEl KsibaKasba TadlaGuettayaSemguet

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
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over4.0%
2.9%70–743.2%
4.3%65–694.4%
5.3%60–646.3%
5.2%55–595.6%
6.0%50–546.3%
5.9%45–497.0%
6.0%40–446.8%
6.1%35–395.8%
6.0%30–346.0%
5.8%25–296.4%
6.7%20–246.4%
8.5%15–198.0%
10.4%10–148.8%
10.0%5–98.6%
7.4%0–46.5%

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%

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%
  • Employer’s transport8.3%
  • Private car7.7%
  • Taxi3.0%

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

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

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 Jaber4,306

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap
2882577
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-jaber");

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