Sidi Yahia Ou Youssef

سيدي يحيى أيوسف

Rural commune in the cercle of Boumia, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 4,877
Since 2014: +5.2%from 4,637 in 2014
Density: 14.4people per km², 338.7 km²
Households: 1,109
Rank: 1,2141,214th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 29 in its province

Compare it with other communes

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 Yahia Ou Youssef.

Sidi Yahia Ou Youssef +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: 56.7%aged 10 and over68.1% in 201465.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.2%11.4% in 20149.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.4%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20144.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 89.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.13children per woman2.73 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 8.3%of people7.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 13.7%of settled households58.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Between the two censuses, households with running water went from 58.4% to 13.7%. A fall this large is rare, and the site keeps it out of comparisons. How these are spotted

Age

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

Sidi Yahia Ou Youssef: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.2%	75 and over	3.5%
1.8%	70–74	2.1%
3.2%	65–69	2.7%
4.1%	60–64	4.0%
2.5%	55–59	3.6%
4.1%	50–54	4.8%
5.4%	45–49	5.6%
5.9%	40–44	6.0%
7.1%	35–39	7.6%
6.5%	30–34	6.7%
6.5%	25–29	6.1%
7.1%	20–24	6.8%
9.4%	15–19	8.1%
11.5%	10–14	12.0%
11.6%	5–9	11.1%
10.0%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.3%
Darija19.9%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French40.2%
English2.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Employer’s transport35.4%
Doesn’t travel to work27.3%
On foot23.0%
Bike or motorcycle5.2%
Private car3.2%
Informal transport2.5%
Animal1.9%
Taxi1.1%
Another way0.3%
Bus0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 68.1%aged 10 and over56.7% in 202477.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.4%8.2% in 202434.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.1%aged 15 and over40.4% in 20246.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 75.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.73children per woman3.13 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.8%of people8.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 58.4%of settled households13.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Between the two censuses, households with running water went from 58.4% to 13.7%. A fall this large is rare, and the site keeps it out of comparisons. How these are spotted

Age

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

Sidi Yahia Ou Youssef: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.2%
2.3%	70–74	1.7%
2.1%	65–69	1.5%
2.7%	60–64	3.6%
3.0%	55–59	3.7%
3.9%	50–54	4.2%
4.0%	45–49	3.9%
4.9%	40–44	5.7%
5.9%	35–39	5.8%
7.0%	30–34	6.4%
8.1%	25–29	8.0%
9.9%	20–24	8.9%
9.7%	15–19	10.0%
10.9%	10–14	11.3%
10.9%	5–9	11.0%
12.5%	0–4	12.2%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.5%
Darija29.0%
Tachelhit0.0%
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 only36.8%
Arabic and French33.0%
Other combinations25.4%
Arabic, French and English4.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot69.8%
Employer’s transport9.6%
Bus7.8%
Another way4.4%
Taxi4.1%
Bike or motorcycle1.8%
Private car1.3%
Not stated0.7%
Works at home0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood81.5%
No fixed place11.3%
Another province2.9%
Another commune1.9%
Another in the commune1.4%
Not stated0.6%
At home0.5%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing34.8%
Farm and fishing labour23.4%
Crafts and skilled trades13.3%
Labouring and small trades13.3%
Trade and broking6.4%
Clerical work4.9%
Machine operating2.3%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Technicians0.5%
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 diploma87.6%
Primary10.2%
Lower secondary1.2%
Upper secondary0.6%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
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: 12425.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8467.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 841.0 per business
Public services: 39
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce57.1%
Services23.8%
Industry11.9%
Construction7.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person100.0%
2 to 30.0%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later53.6%
2011–201935.7%
2001–20109.5%
1991–20001.2%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Yahia Ou Youssef’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 6 fractions, with 4,873 people. 4 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
زاوية سيدي يحيى أويوسفZaouia Sidi Yahya Aouyousef2 douars · 474 people
زاوية سيدي يحيى ويوسفZaouia Sidi Yaha Ou Youssef	Grouped	89	380	0.2	2.4	11.2
تيحنضارTihandar	Grouped	19	94	—	—	—
بوواضيلBouadil3 douars · 514 people
بوواضيلBouadil	Grouped	86	346	1.2	1.1	50.2
بويرغيسنBou Irghissen	Grouped	6	19	—	—	—
تلات نواعرابTalat-n-Ou Arab	Grouped	37	149	4.8	0.1	5.2
إيزى عثمانIzza Otmane3 douars · 448 people
إيزى عثمانIzza Otmane	Grouped	49	184	0.5	1.2	30.2
إكورضانIgourdane	Dispersed	47	185	0.3	0.5	17.3
بويبربضنBouyberbden	Grouped	23	79	—	—	—
تقجوينTikjiouine2 douars · 1,992 people
تقجوينTikjiouine	Grouped	469	1,913	1.0	2.5	4.9
تفراوت أومرابضTafraout Aoumrabd	Dispersed	18	79	—	—	—
اساكاAssaka3 douars · 1,112 people
اساكاAssaka	Grouped	61	300	0.0	0.1	10.2
أيت شاوعليAit Chaouli	Grouped	100	561	0.2	0.2	13.5
سيدي يعقوبSidi Yacoub	Dispersed	38	251	1.3	1.6	11.1
امزاAmza2 douars · 333 people
امزاAmza	Dispersed	60	312	1.4	3.2	55.3
تكراكراTagragra	Dispersed	7	21	—	—	—

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: 08.363.05.21
As digits: 083630521
Slug: sidi-yahia-ou-youssef
Record: /api/communes/08.363.05.21.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.363.05.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.363.05.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.363.05.21/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.363.05.21/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.363.05.21/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2826606

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