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

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.3% to 96.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Aadel. Household size: 5.3 here, 5.4 there; Darija: 45.5% here, 40.2% there; unemployment: 11.1% here, 12.9% there.

Compare it with Ait Aadel

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

22312

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Doesn’t travel to work18.9%
Bus16.4%
Informal transport7.1%
Private car4.0%
Taxi2.6%
Bike or motorcycle2.3%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Another way0.7%
Animal0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Another way9.4%
Taxi3.3%
Not stated3.1%
Private car2.0%
Works at home0.9%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

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%
Not stated3.0%
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

More business figures

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%

Douars

Sidi Yacoub’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 59 douars in 5 fractions, with 18,868 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت معلاAit Maalla22 douars · 8,461 people
تمليلتTimlilte	Grouped	149	868	1.2	1.6	3.0
أيت دبوAit Dbou	Grouped	32	147	1.0	1.1	2.9
أيت حيدةAit Hayda	Grouped	95	440	1.2	1.2	3.1
سيدي يعقوبSidi Yacoub	Grouped	158	805	1.0	1.4	1.4
أيت ناصر أوحدوAit Nacer ou-Haddou	Grouped	123	709	1.0	1.0	1.0
إݣرامانIgourramane	Grouped	85	456	0.6	1.1	1.1
تحتاشتTahtacht	Grouped	22	113	—	—	—
أيت أݣزغارAit Gzaghar	Grouped	38	180	0.0	3.0	3.0
أمشكوكAmchkouk	Grouped	70	417	1.0	2.3	2.3
أورزAourz	Grouped	126	651	3.1	1.3	4.2
أيت علي أناصرAït-Ali-ou-Nacer	Grouped	65	348	2.8	2.5	2.9
أيت عبد اللهAït Abdallah	Grouped	86	387	4.0	2.0	4.3
أنبدAnnbad	Grouped	127	615	4.8	1.8	4.8
أيت أحمد أناصرAit Hmad Ou Naser	Grouped	72	370	3.4	1.1	3.4
إيد عليId Ali	Grouped	47	236	5.0	0.8	5.0
أيت وعزيزAit Wàziz	Grouped	72	373	5.0	1.1	5.0
أيت لحسنAit Lahsen	Grouped	55	283	4.9	1.4	5.0
سيدي بوجمعةSidi Boujemaa	Grouped	71	408	5.0	3.0	5.0
أيت بوحدودAit Bouhdoude	Grouped	40	169	4.0	1.0	4.0
تيزي نايت بركةTizi N'ait Barka	Grouped	66	332	4.0	0.7	4.0
تزروفتTazrouft	Grouped	9	35	—	—	—
أيت سعيدAit Said	Grouped	25	119	—	—	—
سورنSourn8 douars · 2,602 people
أيت موسىAit Moussa	Grouped	25	182	—	—	—
أيت امهاوتAit M"haoute	Grouped	27	136	—	—	—
إغرمIghram	Grouped	93	496	1.0	2.0	20.1
أيت ميمونAit Mimoun	Grouped	30	179	1.0	1.0	20.0
أيت ويورAit Ouaiour	Grouped	137	709	1.0	1.6	20.9
وادلوسOuadlous	Grouped	39	211	12.5	2.0	34.7
أبادوAbadou	Grouped	82	433	3.0	2.9	6.0
إݣرفيتنAgarfitene	Grouped	41	256	4.0	1.0	6.0
أيت وحمانAit Ouhmane9 douars · 2,882 people
إغرم أغبالوIghrem Aghbalou	Grouped	43	229	0.2	0.1	2.5
ايت أوزانيفAit Ouzanif	Grouped	21	96	—	—	—
أيت وحمانAit Ouhmane	Grouped	208	1,164	0.9	1.6	9.9
أغوليد نوعزيAghoulid-n-Ouazzi	Grouped	30	180	0.4	1.3	11.8
أيت الطالبAit At Taleb	In parts	110	575	1.8	3.3	10.5
أحربيلAharbil	Grouped	13	59	—	—	—
تمازارتTamazart	Grouped	41	232	2.8	0.2	6.0
أسامرAssammar	Grouped	1	2	—	—	—
أيت بلقاسمAït Belgassem	Grouped	62	345	1.0	0.7	3.5
أيت اهدىAit Ihda11 douars · 2,919 people
الزاوية الفوقانيةZaouiat Foukaniya	Grouped	56	305	1.0	1.0	26.0
أيت اهدىAit Ihda	Grouped	100	497	1.5	1.0	25.5
أيت حمو أحمادAït Hammou Hmed	Grouped	49	232	3.0	2.0	13.0
ايكوزولنIgouzouln	Grouped	40	190	3.0	2.0	13.0
أغوليد نايت مسعودAgholide Nait Massouade	Grouped	71	376	1.0	1.0	23.0
تاوريرتTaourirte	Grouped	27	127	—	—	—
إݣرنيتIgrnit	Grouped	41	227	1.3	2.1	12.4
تاغيةTarhiya	Grouped	22	116	—	—	—
الصورSour	Grouped	57	324	0.5	0.7	24.3
تلا لحكيمTala Lahkim	Grouped	75	450	1.0	3.0	8.0
تمرسالتTamersalt	Grouped	15	75	—	—	—
أيت منصورAit Mansour9 douars · 2,004 people
أيت مالكAit Malek	Grouped	21	98	—	—	—
أيت محليAit Mhalli	Grouped	9	48	—	—	—
أيت حميAit Himmi	Grouped	47	230	1.0	1.0	8.1
إخرازنIkharrazen	Grouped	39	262	1.0	1.0	7.0
أيت حقيAit Haki	Grouped	11	56	—	—	—
أيت منصورAit Mansour	Grouped	106	606	1.1	1.6	7.0
أدميمAdmim	Grouped	82	431	1.0	1.0	7.0
أفايكوAfaykou	Grouped	23	167	—	—	—
تيزي نايت صالحTizi N'ait Salah	Grouped	22	106	—	—	—

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

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

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
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.081.13.17/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.081.13.17/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887283

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