Sidi Ouassay
سيدي وساي
Rural commune in the cercle of Belfaâ-Massa, province of Chtouka-Aït Baha, Souss-Massa.
- Population, 2024
- 10,050
- Since 2014
- +10.6%from 9,087 in 2014
- Density
- 116people per km², 86.9 km²
- Households
- 2,748
- Foreign residents
- 69
- Rank
- 740740th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 22 in its province
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lakhsas. Darija: 28.7% here, 30.7% there; household size: 3.6 here, 3.8 there; read French: 59.3% here, 54.8% there.
One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.
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 Ouassay.
Sidi Ouassay +10.6%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 23.9%aged 10 and over31.5% in 201437.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 16.7%13.1% in 201421.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.2%aged 15 and over44.0% in 201411.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.28children per woman2.33 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.6%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 90.1%of settled households88.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7% | 75 and over | 5.2% | ||
| 3.1% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 4.0% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.4% | 60–64 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.8% | 55–59 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.8% | 45–49 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.3% | 40–44 | 8.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.3% | 30–34 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.7% | 25–29 | 5.4% | ||
| 7.5% | 20–24 | 6.6% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 7.1% | ||
| 8.6% | 10–14 | 8.9% | ||
| 7.9% | 5–9 | 8.2% | ||
| 6.2% | 0–4 | 5.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 31.5%aged 10 and over23.9% in 202446.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.1%16.7% in 202423.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.0%aged 15 and over42.2% in 202414.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 98.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.33children per woman1.28 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.6%of people4.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 88.6%of settled households90.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0% | 75 and over | 4.7% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.9% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.9% | 45–49 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.1% | 40–44 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.6% | 35–39 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.6% | 30–34 | 8.8% | ||
| 7.5% | 25–29 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.9% | 20–24 | 6.3% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 8.5% | ||
| 7.4% | 10–14 | 8.4% | ||
| 9.0% | 5–9 | 7.3% | ||
| 9.1% | 0–4 | 8.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 25625.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 18672.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2941.6 per business
- Public services
- 55
- Associations
- 15in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Sidi Ouassay’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 2 fractions, with 9,939 people. 111 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| سيدي وسايSidi Ouassay4 douars · 8,313 people | ||||||
| أغبالوAghbalou | In parts | 1,391 | 4,892 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| تكمي الجديدTigmi Ljdid | Grouped | 538 | 1,976 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| إملالنImallalen | Grouped | 182 | 685 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| ثلاث أنكارفTalat Ongarf | In parts | 195 | 760 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| المنطقة الساحليةZone Essahlia4 douars · 1,626 people | ||||||
| سيدي بينزارنsidi binzarn | Grouped | 77 | 291 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| سيدي الرباطSidi Rabat | Grouped | 117 | 344 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 8.7 |
| سيدي وسايSidi Ouassay | Grouped | 116 | 438 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 11.8 |
| أغريمزaghremze | Grouped | 132 | 553 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
09.163.05.31- As digits
091630531- Slug
sidi-ouassay- Census figures
/api/communes/09.163.05.31/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.163.05.31/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.163.05.31/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/09.163.05.31/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2832946
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("sidi-ouassay");