Sidi Rahal

سيدي رحال

Urban commune in the province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
10,276
Since 2014
+3.7%from 9,906 in 2014
Density
890people per km², 11.5 km²
Households
2,340
Foreign residents
1
Rank
729729th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 43 in its province

Next door in Zemrane, 1.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 62.5%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad M'rah. Running water: 99.6% here, 98.2% there; higher education: 8.7% here, 9.9% there; read French: 55.1% here, 59.9% there.

Compare it with Oulad M'rah

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

43350

How it changed

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

Sidi Rahal +3.7%

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
30.7%aged 10 and over36.2% in 201438.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.2%15.0% in 201423.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.6%aged 15 and over44.1% in 20149.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.12children per woman2.20 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.9%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.6%of settled households96.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Rahal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.7%
3.3%70–743.0%
4.2%65–693.6%
4.4%60–645.1%
4.9%55–594.9%
5.6%50–545.8%
7.2%45–496.6%
6.4%40–446.8%
5.7%35–396.5%
7.4%30–347.0%
6.8%25–296.3%
6.7%20–247.0%
8.9%15–198.1%
9.3%10–1410.0%
8.8%5–98.9%
7.3%0–46.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit13.3%
  • Tamazight2.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French55.1%
  • English14.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot26.6%
  • Bus22.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.3%
  • Informal transport12.3%
  • Private car7.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Taxi5.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,887
Standing empty
20.7%11.2% vacant9.5% a second home
Precarious
1.0%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
62.0%97.3% on the water mains95.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
0.9%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house73.3%
  • Traditional house24.5%
  • Apartment0.7%
  • Rural-type0.7%
  • Villa0.5%
  • Other0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.2%
  • 20 to 49 years30.4%
  • 50 years or more12.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
29528.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
22475.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3111.4 per business
Public services
60
Associations
11in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.9%
  • Services32.1%
  • Industry10.7%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.1%
  • 2 to 313.8%
  • 4 to 93.1%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.4%
  • 2011–201929.5%
  • 2001–201013.4%
  • 1991–20006.7%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19808.9%
  • Before 19561.3%

Figures that stand out

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

The share of businesses founded before 1956 is 1.3%, against 0.1% across its province.

Across the 2 communes it borders, the median is 0.4%. Zemrane is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.191.01.07
As digits
071910107
Slug
sidi-rahal
OpenStreetMap
2881877
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-rahal");

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