Sidi Ouaaziz

سيدي واعزيز

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Berhil, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 9,241
Since 2014: +11.1%from 8,320 in 2014
Density: 60.2people per km², 153.5 km²
Households: 2,227
Rank: 797797th most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 89 in its province

Next door in Ida-Ougoummad, 61.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 24.5%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 92.0% to 76.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Ahmed Essayeh. Read French: 24.5% here, 28.4% there; running water: 86.6% here, 95.9% there; unemployment: 17.1% here, 14.0% there.

Compare it with Sidi Ahmed Essayeh

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

83334

How it changed

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

Sidi Ouaaziz +11.1%

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: 39.3%aged 10 and over48.1% in 201453.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.1%10.3% in 201418.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.5%aged 15 and over36.1% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.11children per woman2.14 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 86.6%of settled households74.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ouaaziz: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.8%	75 and over	4.9%
3.3%	70–74	2.9%
3.3%	65–69	3.0%
3.4%	60–64	4.4%
4.6%	55–59	4.5%
6.4%	50–54	5.9%
5.8%	45–49	6.7%
6.1%	40–44	7.5%
6.6%	35–39	6.9%
6.4%	30–34	6.1%
5.9%	25–29	5.4%
6.5%	20–24	6.3%
8.8%	15–19	8.3%
10.9%	10–14	10.1%
9.3%	5–9	9.4%
8.1%	0–4	7.6%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit93.7%
Darija37.1%
Tamazight1.6%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.7%
French24.5%
English8.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot39.5%
Bike or motorcycle32.1%
Doesn’t travel to work8.9%
Bus6.2%
Private car4.6%
Taxi4.0%
Employer’s transport2.8%
Informal transport1.8%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%
Another way0.0%

Can’t read or write: 48.1%aged 10 and over39.3% in 202460.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.3%17.1% in 202414.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.1%aged 15 and over31.5% in 20244.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.14children per woman2.11 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.6%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 74.4%of settled households86.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Ouaaziz: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	3.5%
2.7%	70–74	2.5%
2.7%	65–69	2.5%
4.2%	60–64	3.4%
3.4%	55–59	3.6%
3.8%	50–54	4.5%
5.1%	45–49	5.2%
6.5%	40–44	6.2%
6.5%	35–39	7.0%
6.1%	30–34	8.0%
6.6%	25–29	7.7%
7.2%	20–24	8.4%
8.2%	15–19	9.4%
10.8%	10–14	9.3%
10.7%	5–9	9.4%
11.7%	0–4	9.5%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit96.0%
Darija31.9%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French46.5%
Arabic only45.0%
Arabic, French and English5.8%
Other combinations2.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot57.9%
Bike or motorcycle22.0%
Taxi4.3%
Another way3.9%
Bus3.3%
Works at home3.3%
Private car3.2%
Not stated1.7%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood60.8%
Another in the commune14.6%
No fixed place9.5%
Another commune6.1%
Another province3.6%
At home3.3%
Not stated1.7%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour29.6%
Farming and fishing18.9%
Labouring and small trades16.1%
Crafts and skilled trades15.2%
Clerical work8.2%
Trade and broking4.7%
Machine operating4.1%
Managers and senior professionals2.0%
Not classified0.9%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma77.1%
Primary17.3%
Lower secondary3.4%
Upper secondary1.2%
DEUG or Licence1.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 22224.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 6830.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1412.1 per business
Public services: 138
Associations: 16in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce67.6%
Industry14.7%
Services14.7%
Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person94.1%
2 to 31.5%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 494.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later42.6%
2011–201929.4%
2001–201014.7%
1991–20008.8%
1981–19901.5%
1956–19802.9%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Ouaaziz’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 62 douars in 2 fractions, with 9,195 people. 46 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
أيت بوبكرAit Boubker31 douars · 6,035 people
أوفتوت نيزدارAouftout n'Izder	Grouped	144	752	1.0	1.0	1.0
أوفتوت نوفلاAwftout-n-Oufalla	Grouped	40	165	0.3	0.1	1.3
إݣوركارIgorgar	Grouped	12	59	—	—	—
سطارت نايت بوبكرSetart N'ait Boubker	Grouped	38	180	0.2	1.2	1.9
تابربورتTaberbourt	Grouped	66	323	0.9	1.0	2.9
توركتTourkt	Grouped	68	252	1.1	0.1	1.4
ايت حموAït Hammou	Grouped	24	117	—	—	—
تيكمي نالعفيتTiguemmi Nalafit	Grouped	8	26	—	—	—
تشعاTouchaa	Grouped	84	379	2.0	1.0	2.0
أيت السايحAit Sayh	Grouped	81	330	0.0	0.0	3.9
أمان أوليليAmane-n-Oulili	Grouped	8	31	—	—	—
أمغازAmghaz	Grouped	21	85	—	—	—
المدادAl Mdad	Grouped	14	47	—	—	—
تامجرشتTamjercht	Grouped	20	70	—	—	—
أيت ايوبAit Youb	Grouped	24	76	—	—	—
إفريIfri	Grouped	29	117	—	—	—
تاكضاشتTagdacht	Grouped	17	62	—	—	—
تيزيرتTizirt	Grouped	12	39	—	—	—
أيت ليلتAit Lilt	Grouped	4	9	—	—	—
تضافتTadaft	Grouped	2	8	—	—	—
تيوليTiouli	Grouped	15	48	—	—	—
أيت معلا تامتمازرAit Maala Tamtmazer	In parts	2	11	—	—	—
بوسنوسBousnouss	Grouped	1	2	—	—	—
تاكلتمتTakoultimt	Grouped	45	176	6.0	1.0	17.5
إغيراIghira	Grouped	43	139	6.0	0.1	34.0
تيرستTirst	In parts	14	47	—	—	—
تاخفاختTakhfakht	In parts	18	72	—	—	—
أمكدولAmagdoul	Grouped	25	89	—	—	—
سوق الخميس سيدي واعزيزSouk Lakhmis Sidi Ouaaziz	Dispersed	541	2,252	0.2	2.4	0.3
زاوية تسيلاZaouia Tassila	Grouped	9	25	—	—	—
أيت حدوAït Haddou	Grouped	15	47	—	—	—
تُولوىTouloua31 douars · 3,160 people
تكاديرت نوضيرTagadirt Noudir	Grouped	11	46	—	—	—
أيت واشعوAit Ouachaou	Grouped	19	79	—	—	—
أيت علي أوهموAit Hammou	Grouped	55	216	0.0	0.8	5.2
أزازي نتغلامتAzazi Ntghlamt	Grouped	11	50	—	—	—
أكادير نواعربنAgadir Nouarbn	Grouped	19	80	—	—	—
أيت حليAit Ali	Grouped	22	116	—	—	—
أيت تَملدواAit Tamaldou	Grouped	19	75	—	—	—
تاغوزريفتTaghzrift	Grouped	10	57	—	—	—
أكادير ياتوينAgadir Yattouyn	Grouped	19	79	—	—	—
زاوية سيدي واعزيزZaouia Sidi Ouaziz	Grouped	34	133	1.2	1.0	3.3
أݣرݣينAgor Aguine	Grouped	41	194	2.0	2.6	5.1
أمروزAmrouz	Grouped	26	112	—	—	—
أيت حميدAït Hmid	Grouped	6	26	—	—	—
أيت إيعزاAit Iazza	Grouped	21	80	—	—	—
أيت علي تولْوىAit Ali Touloua	Grouped	27	103	—	—	—
ترݣانتTargant	Grouped	33	110	1.0	1.0	3.2
سطارت تولوىSetart Touloua	Grouped	21	92	—	—	—
أيت يوسفAit Youssef	Grouped	19	77	—	—	—
إشوخراIchoukhra	Grouped	17	62	—	—	—
بيدݣانBidguane	Grouped	12	55	—	—	—
تكاديرت نيضالانTagadirt Nidalane	Grouped	31	114	1.1	1.0	5.0
تݣنضوتTagndout	Grouped	78	331	4.0	1.0	10.0
بيدوغانBou Id-Oughane	Grouped	68	260	1.0	1.0	4.0
أورير إرݣAourir Arg	Grouped	12	46	—	—	—
أيت عامرAit Ameur	Grouped	16	57	—	—	—
تفتيتTiftit	Grouped	6	31	—	—	—
أيت سليمان إرݣAit Slimane Arg	Grouped	35	119	11.1	0.3	18.6
أيت باعزيAit Baazzi	Grouped	8	28	—	—	—
أݣدورAgdour	Grouped	34	151	12.2	0.3	16.7
ولزانOuilzane	Grouped	36	122	3.0	1.2	13.2
دو إسݣلDou Isgl	Grouped	17	59	—	—	—

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: 09.541.04.47
As digits: 095410447
Slug: sidi-ouaaziz
Record: /api/communes/09.541.04.47.json
Boundary: /api/communes/09.541.04.47/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/09.541.04.47/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/09.541.04.47/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/09.541.04.47/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/09.541.04.47/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/09.541.04.47/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2890501

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