Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed

سيدي يوسف بن احمد

Rural commune in the cercle of Sefrou, province of Sefrou, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 13,748
Since 2014: +11.2%from 12,362 in 2014
Density: 94.9people per km², 144.9 km²
Households: 3,513
Foreign residents: 5
Rank: 507507th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 23 in its province

Next door in Sefrou, 98.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 33.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 61.5% to 89.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Majjat. Running water: 89.2% here, 89.2% there; household size: 3.9 here, 4.1 there; higher education: 3.4% here, 3.7% there.

Compare it with Majjat

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 Youssef Ben Ahmed.

Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed +11.2%

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: 38.7%aged 10 and over46.3% in 201448.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 27.5%9.5% in 201417.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.1%aged 15 and over43.3% in 201411.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.29children per woman2.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.0%of people7.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 89.2%of settled households61.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	3.0%
2.9%	70–74	2.6%
3.7%	65–69	3.5%
5.0%	60–64	5.1%
4.8%	55–59	4.5%
6.6%	50–54	5.6%
6.0%	45–49	6.6%
7.0%	40–44	7.2%
6.2%	35–39	7.3%
5.3%	30–34	6.2%
5.0%	25–29	6.0%
5.8%	20–24	6.1%
9.0%	15–19	8.1%
10.9%	10–14	9.9%
10.0%	5–9	9.9%
8.3%	0–4	8.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija95.2%
Tamazight47.5%
Tachelhit1.0%
Hassania0.3%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French47.7%
English10.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot39.3%
Doesn’t travel to work17.5%
Taxi13.1%
Informal transport7.9%
Private car7.3%
Employer’s transport6.8%
Bike or motorcycle4.3%
Bus3.6%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.3%aged 10 and over38.7% in 202458.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.5%27.5% in 202419.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.3%aged 15 and over37.1% in 202413.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.78children per woman2.29 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.0%of people7.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 61.5%of settled households89.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	2.3%
1.8%	70–74	1.9%
2.2%	65–69	1.8%
3.7%	60–64	3.3%
4.2%	55–59	4.0%
5.1%	50–54	5.7%
4.9%	45–49	4.9%
6.6%	40–44	6.6%
6.5%	35–39	6.7%
7.5%	30–34	8.1%
6.7%	25–29	8.0%
8.1%	20–24	8.3%
9.2%	15–19	8.7%
9.4%	10–14	9.4%
9.7%	5–9	9.6%
11.6%	0–4	10.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tamazight54.7%
Tachelhit1.8%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French50.1%
Arabic only40.1%
Arabic, French and English8.3%
Other combinations1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.1%
Taxi17.7%
Works at home9.4%
Bus5.9%
Another way2.9%
Not stated2.9%
Private car2.7%
Bike or motorcycle2.0%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood51.2%
Another commune24.0%
At home9.4%
No fixed place6.1%
Another in the commune3.3%
Another province3.0%
Not stated2.6%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades25.0%
Labouring and small trades25.0%
Farm and fishing labour20.2%
Farming and fishing15.4%
Clerical work4.6%
Trade and broking4.6%
Machine operating3.6%
Managers and senior professionals0.6%
Not classified0.6%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma70.6%
Primary19.1%
Lower secondary7.0%
Upper secondary2.5%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
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: 24918.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 17971.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3592.0 per business
Public services: 59
Associations: 11in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce57.0%
Services20.7%
Industry20.1%
Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person79.9%
2 to 315.1%
4 to 93.9%
10 to 490.6%
50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later45.8%
2011–201933.0%
2001–201012.3%
1991–20007.8%
1981–19900.6%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.6%

Douars

Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 6 fractions, with 13,748 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
سيدي يوسفSidi Youssef2 douars · 2,571 people
أعوين مزدوIaouine Ou Mezdou	In parts	261	992	0.6	3.2	5.9
سيدي يوسفSidi Youssef	In parts	382	1,579	0.0	1.2	2.6
آيت الطالبAit Taleb4 douars · 1,931 people
مزدغة الجرفMezdigha Jorf	Grouped	103	358	0.1	2.9	14.3
موجوMoujou	Grouped	216	797	0.8	1.5	2.7
آيت فاسكةAit Faska	In parts	188	655	0.3	3.0	9.9
اللويةEllouia	Grouped	32	121	0.0	2.8	13.4
لكلاتLaklat4 douars · 2,327 people
لݣلاتLaglat	Dispersed	106	477	1.0	2.1	5.1
عين القاضي التحتيةAin Elkadi Tahtiya	Grouped	135	565	1.0	1.1	2.0
إمشلفنMichlifene	In parts	54	198	0.9	2.1	6.9
آيت الطالبAit Taleb	In parts	285	1,087	0.0	0.9	2.5
تجنات آيت الحاج عليTajnat Ait El Haj Ali2 douars · 543 people
تجناتTajnat	Grouped	119	399	0.0	1.0	16.9
آيت الحاج عليAit El Haj Ali	Grouped	39	144	0.0	0.9	14.7
صنهاجةSanhaja3 douars · 5,819 people
صنهاجةSanhaja	In parts	808	3,315	0.1	0.7	1.4
بوخرفانBou Kharfane	In parts	376	1,496	0.0	1.0	1.5
تجزأة العاليةTajzaa Laalya	Grouped	253	1,008	0.0	1.0	3.0
آيت ابراهيمAit Brahim2 douars · 557 people
آيت إبراهيمAit Brahim	In parts	140	498	0.0	1.9	9.2
آيت دبابAit Debbab	Grouped	16	59	—	—	—

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: 03.451.07.11
As digits: 034510711
Slug: sidi-youssef-ben-ahmed
Record: /api/communes/03.451.07.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.451.07.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.451.07.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.451.07.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.451.07.11/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.451.07.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2808835

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