Sidi Smail

سيدي اسماعيل

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Smail, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 32,694
Since 2014: +13.8%from 28,733 in 2014
Density: 185people per km², 176.8 km²
Households: 7,419
Foreign residents: 23
Rank: 167167th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 27 in its province

Next door in Ouled Hcine, 6.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 50.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 32.7% to 50.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Skhour Rhamna. Darija: 99.3% here, 99.3% there; read French: 54.7% here, 51.2% there; aged 65 and over: 8.4% here, 8.8% there.

Compare it with Skhour Rhamna

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

24402

How it changed

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

Sidi Smail +13.8%

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: 35.1%aged 10 and over45.4% in 201445.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.7%5.6% in 201435.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.8%aged 15 and over55.4% in 20146.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.21children per woman2.63 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.2%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 50.1%of settled households32.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Smail: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	3.3%
2.5%	70–74	2.6%
2.8%	65–69	3.3%
3.6%	60–64	3.9%
3.5%	55–59	4.0%
4.7%	50–54	4.8%
5.9%	45–49	5.3%
6.5%	40–44	6.6%
6.8%	35–39	6.7%
6.7%	30–34	6.4%
6.9%	25–29	6.4%
7.7%	20–24	7.2%
9.1%	15–19	8.7%
10.9%	10–14	10.5%
10.7%	5–9	10.6%
9.3%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.3%
Tachelhit2.3%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French54.7%
English14.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.3%
Bike or motorcycle10.7%
Taxi7.2%
Doesn’t travel to work7.2%
Private car7.0%
Informal transport6.8%
Employer’s transport2.7%
Animal2.3%
Bus0.8%
Another way0.8%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 45.4%aged 10 and over35.1% in 202459.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.6%19.7% in 20248.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 55.4%aged 15 and over39.8% in 202428.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.63children per woman3.21 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.5%of people6.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 32.7%of settled households50.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Smail: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.6%
1.5%	70–74	1.9%
1.7%	65–69	1.9%
3.6%	60–64	3.3%
3.6%	55–59	3.6%
4.1%	50–54	5.0%
4.1%	45–49	4.5%
5.7%	40–44	5.6%
6.4%	35–39	6.1%
7.7%	30–34	7.5%
7.7%	25–29	8.1%
8.8%	20–24	8.9%
9.6%	15–19	9.2%
10.9%	10–14	10.5%
10.3%	5–9	10.2%
11.9%	0–4	11.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit1.4%
Tamazight0.3%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French52.9%
Arabic only31.7%
Arabic, French and English14.4%
Other combinations0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.3%
Taxi7.2%
Works at home6.1%
Another way5.2%
Bike or motorcycle4.8%
Private car4.3%
Bus3.7%
Not stated3.3%
Employer’s transport1.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood54.2%
No fixed place13.4%
Another in the commune12.8%
At home6.1%
Another province5.7%
Another commune4.1%
Not stated3.3%
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 labour32.6%
Farming and fishing20.1%
Labouring and small trades15.5%
Crafts and skilled trades12.9%
Clerical work6.7%
Trade and broking6.1%
Machine operating2.9%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Technicians0.9%
Not classified0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma72.0%
Primary16.4%
Lower secondary7.2%
Upper secondary3.2%
DEUG or Licence1.1%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 2,396
Standing empty: 26.5%14.1% vacant12.4% a second home
Precarious: 3.5%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 55.0%87.8% on the water mains91.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.6%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house89.3%
Villa2.9%
Apartment2.7%
Rural-type2.4%
Traditional house1.6%
Slum or basic house0.6%
Other0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years62.4%
20 to 49 years32.1%
50 years or more5.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 88126.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 67276.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,3532.0 per business
Public services: 182
Associations: 27in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.4%
Services28.6%
Industry11.8%
Construction3.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person45.4%
2 to 346.9%
4 to 97.4%
10 to 490.1%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later27.4%
2011–201939.4%
2001–201018.0%
1991–20009.5%
1981–19903.0%
1956–19802.7%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Sidi Smail

7,311

Douars

Sidi Smail’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 38 douars in 8 fractions, with 25,383 people. Another 7,311 live in Sidi Smail, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
سيدي اسماعيلSidi Smail4 douars · 4,312 people
اولاد رحمونOulad Rahmoune	Grouped	155	718	0.0	0.8	5.3
الرواحلةRouahla	Grouped	393	1,835	0.1	0.9	3.6
اولاد سي بوشعيبOuled Si Bouchaib	Grouped	362	1,487	0.0	0.2	2.0
المكلتEl Meklt	Grouped	58	272	0.0	0.2	2.1
اولاد زاليمOulad Zalim3 douars · 1,532 people
الوراردةEl Ourarda	Grouped	187	931	1.7	2.0	14.9
العليواتAliouat	Grouped	60	240	1.3	2.6	12.2
المناصرةLamnasra	Grouped	72	361	1.2	1.3	13.6
العطاعطةEl Atata6 douars · 3,216 people
الخزاعلةKhozaala	Grouped	147	643	1.5	2.7	10.9
العمامرةLamamra	Grouped	155	642	1.1	2.6	11.6
اولاد الطالب سعيدOulad Taleb Said	Grouped	53	224	0.2	1.5	9.3
الدرارجةDrarja	Grouped	166	700	0.0	1.2	7.2
العباضلةLabadla	Grouped	191	818	0.1	1.4	10.7
اولاد احميدةOulad Hmida	Grouped	51	189	0.0	0.9	5.9
اولاد مسعود الزراولةOulad Massaoud Zeraoula6 douars · 2,359 people
بني السبعBni Sbaa	Grouped	31	165	0.2	2.8	10.4
اولاد بوغالمOulad Boughalem	Grouped	122	532	0.0	1.8	8.9
الحبيزاتLahbizate	Grouped	56	278	0.5	0.9	16.2
الشلوحةChouha	Grouped	94	493	0.9	4.2	14.7
الفضيلاتFedylate	Grouped	101	509	0.6	2.0	17.8
جرارفةJrarfa	Dispersed	68	382	0.3	2.6	13.3
البحابحةLabhabha3 douars · 3,982 people
الكدارةEl Guaddara	Grouped	475	2,080	0.6	0.9	2.0
الرحامنةRhamna	Grouped	198	910	1.4	0.4	5.8
البحابحةLabhabha	Grouped	235	992	0.0	1.0	3.1
اولاد رافعOulad Rafa6 douars · 2,472 people
الكريراتLakrirate	Dispersed	93	409	2.6	1.3	24.0
البهالةBahala	Grouped	76	365	4.8	1.5	23.0
العرابدةLarabda	Grouped	53	273	1.3	3.9	24.1
اولاد رافعOulad Rafa	Grouped	107	539	1.6	2.7	21.0
الحموشاتLam’achat	Grouped	111	487	1.6	2.0	18.4
بني عامرBni Amer	Grouped	93	399	2.2	2.1	15.3
سيدي عبد الله بن الكامل الحميداتSidi Abdellah Ben Al Kamel Lahmidate7 douars · 4,456 people
البزابزةLabzabza	Grouped	177	831	1.3	2.2	17.3
الحناصلةEl Hanasla	Grouped	48	219	2.1	3.6	21.4
سيدي عبد الله بن الكاملSidi Abdellah Ben El Kamel	Grouped	236	1,114	0.5	2.8	20.6
الحميداتLahmidate	Grouped	196	936	0.4	1.5	13.0
الشواربةChwarba	Grouped	94	539	3.9	2.2	23.9
العيايدةLaayayda	Grouped	76	330	0.1	2.6	13.7
الضبوبةEddbouba	Grouped	93	487	5.2	3.4	24.9
السواهلةSouahla3 douars · 3,054 people
الرحيلاتRhilat	Grouped	127	559	0.0	0.0	6.9
بني عجمBni Ajame	Grouped	330	1,408	0.8	1.4	4.9
السواهلةSouahla	Grouped	260	1,087	1.6	0.8	3.2

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

In the data

Files and code

Code: 06.181.09.19
As digits: 061810919
Slug: sidi-smail
Record: /api/communes/06.181.09.19.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.09.19/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.09.19/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.09.19/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/06.181.09.19/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.09.19/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.181.09.19/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.09.19/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2823019

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