Sidi Rahal Chatai

سيدي رحال الشاطئ

Urban commune in the province of Berrechid, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
34,431
Since 2014
+66.9%from 20,628 in 2014
Density
452people per km², 76.2 km²
Households
9,604
Foreign residents
37
Rank
157157th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 22 in its province

Next door in Lamharza Essahel, 4.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 35.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 28.5% to 83.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Larache. Can’t read or write: 21.3% here, 18.4% there; in the labour force: 45.5% here, 46.5% there; apartments: 11.9% here, 12.7% there.

Compare it with Larache

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 Rahal Chatai.

Sidi Rahal Chatai +66.9%

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
21.3%aged 10 and over29.6% in 201428.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.0%14.2% in 201425.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.5%aged 15 and over50.2% in 201419.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.21children per woman2.85 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
83.1%of settled households28.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Rahal Chatai: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.9%75 and over2.5%
2.2%70–742.3%
3.7%65–693.5%
4.2%60–644.6%
4.3%55–594.8%
5.0%50–545.3%
6.0%45–496.0%
7.2%40–447.1%
7.1%35–397.1%
7.7%30–347.7%
6.8%25–297.2%
6.9%20–247.7%
8.3%15–197.9%
10.0%10–149.1%
10.1%5–99.0%
8.7%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit5.7%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French56.7%
  • English18.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot32.8%
  • Taxi26.5%
  • Private car16.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.4%
  • Employer’s transport3.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
  • Bus2.2%
  • Informal transport1.0%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Tram0.1%
  • Train0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Sidi Rahal Chatai’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
24,804
Standing empty
62.2%7.0% vacant55.2% a second home
Precarious
16.5%15.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
65.9%90.8% on the water mains89.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
59.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment47.4%
  • Modern house24.4%
  • Slum or basic house15.0%
  • Villa11.2%
  • Rural-type1.1%
  • Traditional house0.5%
  • Other0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years85.0%
  • 20 to 49 years14.6%
  • 50 years or more0.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,00629.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
94694.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,9252.0 per business
Public services
45
Associations
15in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.9%
  • Services33.3%
  • Industry12.6%
  • Construction5.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person53.5%
  • 2 to 338.4%
  • 4 to 96.9%
  • 10 to 491.1%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later45.6%
  • 2011–201938.3%
  • 2001–201010.7%
  • 1991–20003.9%
  • 1981–19900.2%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households living in a basic house or a slum is 39.4%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 3 communes it borders, the median is 9.1%. Sahel Oulad H'riz is furthest from it, at 0.5%.

In 2014 it was 27.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was one point.

Among urban communes of over 20,000 people, it's in the top 5%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.117.01.13
As digits
061170113
Slug
sidi-rahal-chatai
OpenStreetMap
2806134
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-rahal-chatai");

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