Sidi Yahia El Gharb

سيدي يحيى الغرب

Urban commune in the province of Sidi Slimane, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
39,946
Since 2014
+5.2%from 37,979 in 2014
Density
3,086people per km², 12.9 km²
Households
8,666
Foreign residents
11
Rank
131131st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 11 in its province

Where it is

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

KceibyaM'saadaOuled H'cineSfafaaBoumaizDar Bel AmriAzgharOuled Ben HammadiAmeur ChamaliaSidi Slimane

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Sidi Yahia El Gharb +5.2%

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
25.0%aged 10 and over29.5% in 201433.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.9%20.2% in 201423.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.5%aged 15 and over48.9% in 201419.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.42children per woman2.27 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
87.0%of settled households80.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Yahia El Gharb: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over2.9%
2.3%70–742.5%
3.0%65–693.3%
4.1%60–644.5%
4.1%55–594.7%
5.3%50–545.1%
6.0%45–495.7%
6.9%40–446.9%
7.0%35–397.2%
7.3%30–347.5%
6.2%25–297.3%
7.1%20–247.6%
8.3%15–197.8%
11.0%10–149.5%
10.4%5–99.3%
8.8%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit1.8%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French59.2%
  • English17.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.6%
  • Employer’s transport30.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.5%
  • Private car6.0%
  • Bus4.9%
  • Taxi2.8%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
8,502
Standing empty
10.4%7.7% vacant2.7% a second home
Precarious
26.3%25.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
89.7%83.8% on the water mains86.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
43.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house67.6%
  • Slum or basic house25.4%
  • Apartment3.7%
  • Villa1.7%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Other0.8%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years55.4%
  • 20 to 49 years41.0%
  • 50 years or more3.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,59940.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,50494.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,6341.8 per business
Public services
75
Associations
20in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.1%
  • Services28.5%
  • Industry14.2%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person65.4%
  • 2 to 329.0%
  • 4 to 95.0%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.2%
  • 2011–201933.7%
  • 2001–201015.1%
  • 1991–20006.5%
  • 1981–19904.3%
  • 1956–19803.2%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Code
04.491.01.09
As digits
044910109
Slug
sidi-yahia-el-gharb
Record
/api/communes/04.491.01.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.491.01.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.491.01.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.491.01.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.491.01.09/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.491.01.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2804276
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-yahia-el-gharb");

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