Zaouiat Cheikh

زاوية الشيخ

Urban commune in the province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
25,088
Since 2014
−1.2%from 25,388 in 2014
Density
3,575people per km², 7 km²
Households
7,304
Foreign residents
4
Rank
228228th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 22 in its province

Where it is

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

Sidi JaberOuled GnaouOuled M'barekFoum OudiOuled YaichOuled YoussefOuled Said LouedFoum El AnceurBéni MellalTaghzirtTanoughaBoutferdaTizi N'islyAghbalaAit Oum El BekhtNaourDir El KsibaEl KsibaKasba TadlaGuettayaSemguet

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Zaouiat Cheikh.

Zaouiat Cheikh −1.2%

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
31.0%aged 10 and over36.3% in 201440.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
42.9%27.3% in 201455.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.5%aged 15 and over40.9% in 201415.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.76children per woman1.89 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people7.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.4people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.3%of settled households92.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouiat Cheikh: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over4.5%
3.8%70–743.4%
4.4%65–694.3%
6.0%60–646.4%
5.2%55–595.7%
5.9%50–546.5%
6.3%45–497.6%
6.8%40–447.8%
6.0%35–396.8%
6.0%30–346.4%
5.3%25–296.0%
6.6%20–246.8%
8.1%15–197.0%
9.9%10–148.3%
8.9%5–97.2%
6.7%0–45.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.1%
  • Tamazight43.9%
  • Tachelhit13.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French58.2%
  • English17.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.8%
  • Private car8.1%
  • Bus3.6%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
9,072
Standing empty
21.4%13.5% vacant7.8% a second home
Precarious
3.2%1.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
84.2%95.7% on the water mains94.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.9%
  • Traditional house3.6%
  • Slum or basic house1.6%
  • Rural-type0.9%
  • Apartment0.7%
  • Other0.7%
  • Villa0.6%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years45.0%
  • 20 to 49 years48.7%
  • 50 years or more6.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,07542.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
99292.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,5071.5 per business
Public services
68
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.3%
  • Services29.9%
  • Industry17.2%
  • Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.2%
  • 2 to 324.6%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.8%
  • 2011–201936.9%
  • 2001–201017.1%
  • 1991–200010.2%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19560.2%

In the data

Code
05.091.01.13
As digits
050910113
Slug
zaouiat-cheikh
Record
/api/communes/05.091.01.13.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.091.01.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/05.091.01.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.091.01.13/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.091.01.13/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.091.01.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2882844
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zaouiat-cheikh");

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