Sidi Yacoub

سيدي يعقوب

Rural commune in the cercle of Fetouaka, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 18,868
Since 2014: +10.6%from 17,054 in 2014
Density: 119people per km², 158.4 km²
Households: 3,549
Rank: 335335th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 44 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Sidi Yacoub +10.6%

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: 41.5%aged 10 and over52.2% in 201451.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.1%5.5% in 201445.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.4%aged 15 and over43.2% in 20141.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.71children per woman3.01 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.3people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.3%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Yacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.0%	75 and over	2.8%
2.7%	70–74	1.8%
2.6%	65–69	2.7%
3.4%	60–64	4.3%
3.2%	55–59	3.7%
4.0%	50–54	4.4%
4.9%	45–49	5.1%
6.0%	40–44	5.9%
6.1%	35–39	6.9%
7.4%	30–34	6.6%
7.9%	25–29	6.8%
9.0%	20–24	7.1%
9.5%	15–19	9.7%
11.0%	10–14	11.8%
10.3%	5–9	11.2%
8.9%	0–4	9.3%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit81.2%
Darija45.5%
Tamazight17.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.3%
French38.8%
English7.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.7%
Bus16.4%
Private car4.0%
Taxi2.6%
Bike or motorcycle2.3%
Employer’s transport0.8%

Can’t read or write: 52.2%aged 10 and over41.5% in 202463.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.5%11.1% in 202414.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.2%aged 15 and over38.4% in 20247.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.01children per woman1.71 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.9%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.3people on average5.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.3%of settled households96.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Yacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.9%	75 and over	2.5%
1.7%	70–74	1.4%
2.2%	65–69	1.3%
3.7%	60–64	2.6%
3.1%	55–59	3.2%
3.6%	50–54	4.5%
3.8%	45–49	4.1%
4.3%	40–44	5.2%
5.6%	35–39	5.9%
6.3%	30–34	6.6%
7.2%	25–29	8.1%
8.6%	20–24	9.0%
9.7%	15–19	9.9%
12.2%	10–14	10.9%
11.3%	5–9	11.8%
13.8%	0–4	13.0%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.4%
Darija49.3%
Tamazight0.3%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.2%
Arabic only30.5%
Other combinations15.5%
Arabic, French and English3.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.6%
Bus19.7%
Taxi3.3%
Private car2.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Employer’s transport0.2%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood36.6%
No fixed place24.2%
Another province24.1%
Somewhere else5.5%
Another commune4.8%
Another in the commune0.9%
At home0.9%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades30.9%
Crafts and skilled trades25.7%
Farming and fishing19.7%
Farm and fishing labour12.5%
Trade and broking4.5%
Clerical work2.6%
Machine operating2.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.9%
Not classified0.5%
Technicians0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma82.3%
Primary13.9%
Lower secondary2.6%
Upper secondary0.7%
DEUG or Licence0.4%
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: 30015.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 14147.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1651.2 per business
Public services: 125
Associations: 34in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce80.9%
Industry9.2%
Services8.5%
Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person86.5%
2 to 312.1%
4 to 91.4%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later27.7%
2011–201950.4%
2001–20108.5%
1991–20009.2%
1981–19902.8%
1956–19801.4%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 05.081.13.17
As digits: 050811317
Slug: sidi-yacoub
Record: /api/communes/05.081.13.17.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.13.17/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.13.17/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.13.17/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.13.17/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887283

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