Sidi Moussa Ben Ali

سيدي موسى بن علي

Rural commune in the cercle of Zenata, préfecture of Mohammadia, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
12,973
Since 2014
+13.4%from 11,445 in 2014
Density
205people per km², 63.3 km²
Households
3,149
Foreign residents
8
Rank
547547th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 6 in its préfecture

Next door in Bni Yakhlef, 85.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 8.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 78.1% to 90.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Souk Sebt Ouled Nemma. Can’t read or write: 26.0% here, 27.2% there; running water: 90.6% here, 95.1% there; Darija: 98.5% here, 98.6% there.

Compare it with Souk Sebt Ouled Nemma

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Moussa Ben Ali.

Sidi Moussa Ben Ali +13.4%

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
26.0%aged 10 and over34.2% in 201436.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.7%17.3% in 201429.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.1%aged 15 and over44.4% in 201412.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.53children per woman3.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.0%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.6%of settled households78.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Moussa Ben Ali: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.9%
2.5%70–742.9%
3.1%65–693.4%
4.4%60–644.4%
4.6%55–594.9%
5.8%50–545.7%
6.9%45–496.0%
6.1%40–447.0%
6.4%35–396.7%
6.8%30–346.8%
6.9%25–296.5%
7.4%20–248.1%
8.6%15–197.7%
9.9%10–149.1%
9.6%5–98.9%
8.2%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit3.3%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French48.8%
  • English8.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot28.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle27.4%
  • Taxi13.4%
  • Private car13.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.1%
  • Employer’s transport6.9%
  • Bus2.7%
  • Train0.3%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
25119.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
21585.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9444.4 per business
Public services
36
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce41.9%
  • Services28.4%
  • Industry27.9%
  • Construction1.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person49.3%
  • 2 to 330.7%
  • 4 to 913.5%
  • 10 to 494.7%
  • 50 and over1.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.3%
  • 2011–201935.8%
  • 2001–201014.9%
  • 1991–20003.7%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Moussa Ben Ali’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 12,972 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لعثامنةLaatamna4 douars · 8,851 people
لعتامنةLaatamnaIn parts5992,5630.81.32.9
موالين العرصةMoualine LaarssaIn parts5412,4490.33.55.3
مركز سيدي موسى بن عليMarkaz Sidi Moussa Ben AliGrouped8093,4120.21.31.8
اولاد سيدي حجاجOulad Sidi HajjajDispersed944271.61.82.9
ارزازقةRzazqa4 douars · 4,121 people
لقواسمةQouasmaIn parts4351,6440.63.34.6
ارزازقةRzazqaDispersed2729680.73.74.3
لمغاراتEl MgharateIn parts1184550.41.23.1
لمحاجرLamhajarIn parts2811,0541.21.83.6

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.371.03.05
As digits
063710305
Slug
sidi-moussa-ben-ali
OpenStreetMap
2522566
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