Sidi Laaroussi

سيدي لعروسي

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

Population, 2024
10,604
Since 2014
−14.2%from 12,357 in 2014
Density
43.8people per km², 242 km²
Households
2,512
Rank
697697th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 57 in its province

Next door in Laamamra, 0.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 63.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 10.8% to 63.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zaouiat Sidi Ben Hamdoun. Read French: 32.8% here, 29.8% there; aged 65 and over: 12.0% here, 11.4% there; Darija: 99.8% here, 99.4% there.

Compare it with Zaouiat Sidi Ben Hamdoun

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 Laaroussi.

Sidi Laaroussi −14.2%

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
50.5%aged 10 and over59.7% in 201458.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.6%3.1% in 201438.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.6%aged 15 and over48.2% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.99children per woman3.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.2%of people6.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
63.6%of settled households10.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Laaroussi: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.1%75 and over5.1%
3.0%70–743.2%
3.7%65–693.8%
3.9%60–644.3%
5.2%55–594.6%
5.0%50–545.5%
5.5%45–495.5%
5.2%40–445.5%
5.8%35–395.7%
5.5%30–345.1%
6.0%25–294.2%
6.8%20–245.9%
9.3%15–1911.0%
12.0%10–1412.7%
10.4%5–910.0%
7.7%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.8%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French32.8%
  • English5.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot41.3%
  • Informal transport15.5%
  • Animal10.2%
  • Bus10.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.1%
  • Taxi4.7%
  • Private car2.3%
  • Train0.8%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
35533.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14942.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1911.3 per business
Public services
190
Associations
16in premises of their own
Weekly souks
3counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.4%
  • Services22.8%
  • Industry16.8%
  • Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.5%
  • 2 to 320.1%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.8%
  • 2011–201932.9%
  • 2001–201024.2%
  • 1991–200014.1%
  • 1981–19908.1%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Laaroussi’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 35 douars in 6 fractions, with 10,604 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
النجومEnnjoum3 douars · 1,214 people
زاوية سيدي العروسيZaouia Sidi LaroussiIn parts1175251.62.14.7
الرزيݣاتEl RzigatIn parts612414.41.65.9
الطرياتEtteriyatIn parts1124487.32.47.5
سكياطSkyat5 douars · 2,172 people
زاوية سكياطZaouia SkyatIn parts874020.70.914.2
الزرايبEzzerayebIn parts772911.12.212.2
أيت عليAit AliIn parts602633.81.66.8
بيت اللهBeit AllahIn parts964093.91.72.7
النواعمةNouaamaIn parts2038076.21.69.0
مرزوݣMerzoug4 douars · 1,419 people
الحفرةEl HofraIn parts461514.02.034.0
القليعة (مرزوݣ)Kliaa (Merzoug)In parts753173.60.331.3
الدشرةEddachraIn parts984241.01.38.9
تارنوشتTarnouchtIn parts1455273.01.38.8
سيدي العروسيSidi Laroussi11 douars · 3,047 people
الشروقاتChrouqatIn parts783321.21.31.4
القليعة (النجوم)Kliaa (Ennjoum)In parts24127———
الهواكيرLehouakirIn parts583381.72.319.2
الزويتيناتZouitinateGrouped592753.11.98.6
الجوادرةEjjouadraIn parts542363.32.710.1
المساعدةLemsaadaIn parts973721.72.915.6
البراهميةEl BrahmiaIn parts713114.41.710.6
السݣيراتSkaratIn parts431763.13.215.5
أيت صالحAit SalahIn parts542344.71.95.8
الشويفاتChouifatIn parts692452.62.75.7
ازراركةZrargaIn parts1024013.02.129.7
أولاد جرارOulad Jerrar9 douars · 2,473 people
العراباتLaarabatIn parts803418.23.513.0
الرحاحلةRehahlaIn parts562442.95.410.4
لݣريباتLagribatIn parts7428810.22.814.3
السوالمةEssoualmaIn parts1516927.22.313.4
الرݣارݣةRegragaGrouped472137.32.312.9
القسيماتQsimatIn parts1357———
المقدمينLemqadmiyineIn parts653206.53.012.6
الشباناتChbanatIn parts482347.33.514.4
العبابسةEl AababsaGrouped2384———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune3 douars · 279 people
السواسيEssouassiGrouped401603.12.031.1
العزازنةEl AzaznaGrouped2397———
العروباتEl AroubatGrouped622———

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
07.211.03.43
As digits
072110343
Slug
sidi-laaroussi
OpenStreetMap
2821069
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-laaroussi");

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