Sidi Yahya Ou Saad

سيدي يحيى أوساعد

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kbab, province of Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 6,911
Since 2014: −2.0%from 7,051 in 2014
Density: 36.1people per km², 191.7 km²
Households: 1,737
Rank: 1,0151,015th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 22 in its province

Next door in Ait Ishaq, 71.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 39.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.4% to 34.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tounfite. Darija: 36.9% here, 41.2% there; can’t read or write: 45.3% here, 42.6% there; read French: 57.7% here, 55.8% there.

Compare it with Tounfite

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

54202

How it changed

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

Sidi Yahya Ou Saad −2.0%

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: 45.3%aged 10 and over51.0% in 201455.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 34.4%13.4% in 201437.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.8%aged 15 and over42.1% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.04children per woman2.30 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.2%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 47.2%of settled households39.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Yahya Ou Saad: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.7%	75 and over	3.9%
2.7%	70–74	2.8%
3.0%	65–69	3.4%
3.7%	60–64	4.7%
3.8%	55–59	3.9%
5.4%	50–54	6.0%
6.6%	45–49	6.3%
7.6%	40–44	7.6%
7.5%	35–39	7.4%
6.7%	30–34	6.5%
6.6%	25–29	6.1%
6.9%	20–24	7.7%
8.2%	15–19	8.6%
10.2%	10–14	9.7%
9.4%	5–9	8.6%
7.9%	0–4	6.8%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.3%
Darija36.9%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.9%
French57.7%
English12.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.4%
Doesn’t travel to work24.5%
Employer’s transport12.6%
Informal transport2.8%
Private car2.7%
Bus0.8%
Animal0.8%
Bike or motorcycle0.7%
Taxi0.3%
Another way0.3%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 51.0%aged 10 and over45.3% in 202463.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.4%34.4% in 202429.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.1%aged 15 and over38.8% in 202410.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 90.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.30children per woman2.04 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.4%of people5.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 39.1%of settled households47.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Yahya Ou Saad: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	2.8%
1.9%	70–74	2.4%
2.3%	65–69	1.6%
3.0%	60–64	3.2%
2.8%	55–59	3.2%
3.6%	50–54	5.4%
3.8%	45–49	3.8%
6.1%	40–44	6.5%
7.9%	35–39	7.5%
7.1%	30–34	7.9%
9.0%	25–29	8.6%
10.1%	20–24	8.4%
11.1%	15–19	9.7%
9.8%	10–14	10.8%
8.4%	5–9	8.7%
9.6%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.9%
Darija49.0%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Other combinations72.2%
Arabic only12.4%
Arabic and French10.0%
Arabic, French and English5.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot87.8%
Employer’s transport4.3%
Not stated2.5%
Private car1.4%
Another way1.4%
Bus1.1%
Taxi1.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Works at home0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood79.6%
No fixed place8.0%
Another in the commune5.0%
Another province3.8%
Not stated2.2%
Another commune1.3%
At home0.1%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour44.7%
Farming and fishing19.6%
Labouring and small trades11.5%
Crafts and skilled trades11.2%
Clerical work3.9%
Machine operating3.4%
Trade and broking2.7%
Managers and senior professionals1.8%
Technicians0.9%
Not classified0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma72.3%
Primary16.6%
Lower secondary7.7%
Upper secondary2.6%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 13820.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8259.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1081.3 per business
Public services: 51
Associations: 5in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce50.0%
Services30.5%
Industry14.6%
Construction4.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person79.3%
2 to 319.5%
4 to 91.2%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later43.9%
2011–201937.8%
2001–20107.3%
1991–20008.5%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19801.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi Yahya Ou Saad’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,911 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
إحشتيكنIhchtikn5 douars · 4,930 people
تاولي ايت سي بوعزةTaouli Ait Si Bouazza	Grouped	209	894	1.0	0.9	4.8
مولاي يعقوبMoulay Yacoub	Dispersed	181	788	0.2	1.3	10.7
سيدي يحيى اوساعد المركزSidi Yahya Aoussad Centre	Grouped	711	2,405	0.4	0.3	23.5
أبضغيغAbdghigh	Dispersed	89	424	0.9	1.6	22.8
مادجالMadjal	Dispersed	88	419	0.1	2.3	19.1
ايت يحيى اوحمادAit Yahya Ohmad6 douars · 818 people
تسلي نترومينTasli Ntroumine	Dispersed	22	96	—	—	—
تشرشموتTacharchmout	Dispersed	19	82	—	—	—
بوتغويوتBoutghouyout	Dispersed	65	237	6.7	1.2	20.3
بوكروشBoukrouch	Dispersed	15	70	—	—	—
أدازAdaz	Dispersed	23	93	—	—	—
تيط نزدقاTit Nzdka	Dispersed	47	240	0.6	0.7	17.4
ايت علي اوحمادAit Ali Ohmad6 douars · 1,163 people
تمزرزرتTamzerzert	Dispersed	65	279	0.5	0.9	6.8
تسفلاليتTasaflalit	Dispersed	32	138	0.7	2.0	13.8
تيزي إينورارTizi Iynourar	Dispersed	27	118	—	—	—
بونوالBounoual	Dispersed	56	229	0.2	0.5	15.6
عقا سلمAkka Slem	Dispersed	55	249	1.1	0.4	15.1
شكشاونChkchaoune	Dispersed	33	150	4.4	1.3	22.6

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: 05.301.03.11
As digits: 053010311
Slug: sidi-yahya-ou-saad
Record: /api/communes/05.301.03.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.301.03.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.301.03.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.301.03.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.301.03.11/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.301.03.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.301.03.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882836

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