Zaouiat Saiss

زاوية سايس

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Smail, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024: 11,730
Since 2014: +5.1%from 11,160 in 2014
Density: 94people per km², 124.8 km²
Households: 2,378
Foreign residents: 4
Rank: 617617th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 27 in its province

Next door in Sidi M'hamed Akhdim, 77.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 28.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 1.3% to 28.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Souk Tlet El Gharb. Household size: 4.9 here, 5.0 there; running water: 28.0% here, 35.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.0% here, 30.5% there.

Compare it with Souk Tlet El Gharb

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

24412

How it changed

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

Zaouiat Saiss +5.1%

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: 40.6%aged 10 and over51.0% in 201452.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.2%2.8% in 201421.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.8%aged 15 and over50.1% in 20143.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.23children per woman3.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.6%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 28.0%of settled households1.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouiat Saiss: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	3.6%
2.5%	70–74	2.5%
3.2%	65–69	3.1%
3.8%	60–64	4.1%
3.2%	55–59	4.0%
5.0%	50–54	4.7%
5.8%	45–49	5.6%
5.6%	40–44	5.9%
6.1%	35–39	5.8%
6.7%	30–34	5.9%
7.4%	25–29	6.2%
8.1%	20–24	7.4%
9.2%	15–19	10.1%
11.1%	10–14	10.6%
10.7%	5–9	10.9%
9.1%	0–4	9.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.1%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tamazight0.4%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French38.6%
English7.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot43.2%
Taxi11.0%
Informal transport11.0%
Bike or motorcycle8.9%
Doesn’t travel to work8.2%
Private car5.3%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Bus3.3%
Another way3.0%
Animal1.5%
Tram0.3%
Train0.0%

Can’t read or write: 51.0%aged 10 and over40.6% in 202465.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 2.8%16.2% in 20243.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.1%aged 15 and over38.8% in 202420.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.10children per woman2.23 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people6.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 1.3%of settled households28.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouiat Saiss: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	3.1%
1.6%	70–74	2.2%
1.4%	65–69	1.7%
3.6%	60–64	3.2%
3.7%	55–59	3.9%
4.2%	50–54	4.4%
3.6%	45–49	4.1%
5.4%	40–44	5.1%
6.5%	35–39	6.2%
6.2%	30–34	6.2%
7.5%	25–29	6.8%
9.2%	20–24	9.0%
10.4%	15–19	10.3%
11.3%	10–14	10.9%
11.3%	5–9	11.6%
11.9%	0–4	11.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.0%
Arabic only44.3%
Arabic, French and English8.0%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.4%
Taxi12.6%
Bike or motorcycle5.4%
Bus5.4%
Works at home5.1%
Another way4.6%
Not stated3.7%
Private car2.6%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood55.8%
No fixed place19.9%
Another province8.4%
Another commune5.4%
At home5.1%
Not stated3.6%
Another in the commune1.6%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour29.9%
Farming and fishing22.9%
Crafts and skilled trades17.4%
Labouring and small trades14.8%
Trade and broking6.4%
Clerical work3.7%
Machine operating3.7%
Not classified0.6%
Managers and senior professionals0.4%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma76.0%
Primary17.5%
Lower secondary4.8%
Upper secondary1.3%
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: 17615.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 5833.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2784.8 per business
Public services: 97
Associations: 21in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.1%
Industry22.4%
Services15.5%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person84.5%
2 to 35.2%
4 to 98.6%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over1.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.8%
2011–201951.7%
2001–201012.1%
1991–20001.7%
1981–19901.7%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Zaouiat Saiss’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 39 douars in 4 fractions, with 11,730 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
زاوية سايسZaouiat Saiss14 douars · 3,647 people
لكرادةLakrada	Grouped	48	233	1.1	1.3	4.4
لقدادرة 1Lakdadra	Dispersed	33	176	1.6	2.0	4.5
لعزاعزةLaazaaza	Grouped	45	222	1.4	1.4	8.1
لبهالةLabhala	Dispersed	27	131	—	—	—
دار الطاهر بن عبادDar Tahar Ben Abbad	Dispersed	16	74	—	—	—
اولاد صالح لغراودةOulad Salah El Gharrouda	Grouped	27	136	—	—	—
اعزيب مولاي الطاهرAzib Moulay Taher	Dispersed	16	87	—	—	—
السحيلاتShailate	Grouped	53	269	2.4	5.1	3.8
لمصالحة اولاد غالميLamsalhat Oulad Ghalmi	Grouped	135	701	2.6	2.9	18.3
زاوية لقدامرةZaouiet Kedamrah	Grouped	49	238	1.2	1.6	6.9
لميساتLamwissat	Grouped	90	424	1.2	1.3	6.2
اولاد عبد السلامOulad Abdessalam	Grouped	57	300	1.8	4.4	8.0
لكنادلةLaqnadla	Grouped	113	628	1.1	1.4	20.2
القدادرة 2Leqdadera 2	Grouped	4	28	—	—	—
اولاد الطالب الشرقيOulad Taleb Charki9 douars · 2,290 people
اولاد القايدOulad El Qaïd	Grouped	30	118	1.0	1.0	3.0
اولاد الطالب الشرقيOulad Taleb Charki	Grouped	170	911	1.1	1.2	3.2
لبصيلاتel Absailat	Dispersed	41	212	1.0	3.0	1.0
لخشاشنةLakhchachna	Grouped	38	196	1.2	2.1	3.3
اولاد سيدي علي بوغانمOulad Sidi Ali Boughanim	Grouped	58	278	1.5	1.1	4.8
اولاد صالحOulad Saleh	Grouped	22	108	—	—	—
زاوية سايسZaouiat Saiss	Grouped	49	190	1.0	1.0	2.2
اهل الريفAhl Rif	Grouped	55	222	1.0	1.1	3.3
الدروباتDroubate	Grouped	16	55	—	—	—
بني اسبعBni Asba9 douars · 2,598 people
الزوارمةZwarma	Dispersed	142	634	1.1	1.3	8.1
ليدادرةLidadra	Dispersed	57	298	1.4	2.5	6.8
لمصوبرينLamsoubrine	Dispersed	28	149	—	—	—
الصوالحة الطاهر العودSwaleh Taher El Oud	Dispersed	87	375	1.9	2.3	7.6
لحدايدLahdaid	Grouped	50	244	1.2	2.2	9.5
الحاج بلعيدEl Haj Belaid	Grouped	88	405	1.6	5.5	11.8
سيدي امحمد الطيبيSidi M'hamed Taibi	Grouped	15	65	—	—	—
لحساسنةLahssassna	Dispersed	57	265	1.0	3.0	11.6
اعزيب السانيةAzib Es-Sanya	Dispersed	36	163	1.1	3.4	8.1
لعتايتLatayt7 douars · 3,195 people
لعتايتLatayt	Grouped	60	246	1.0	1.1	6.0
لكرارطةLagrarta	Dispersed	43	222	0.9	2.3	11.5
اولاد غريOulad Daghri	Dispersed	83	432	1.0	1.5	13.5
الزراولة الدراعZraoula Draa	Dispersed	163	778	1.1	1.8	10.4
لحموزةLahmouza	Dispersed	80	436	1.2	3.2	12.8
لعبيداتLaabidate	Grouped	44	250	1.0	2.6	14.0
الزراولة الحفرةZeraoula El Hofra	Dispersed	153	831	1.2	1.9	12.4

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: 06.181.09.21
As digits: 061810921
Slug: zaouiat-saiss
Record: /api/communes/06.181.09.21.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.09.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.09.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.09.21/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.09.21/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/06.181.09.21/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.09.21/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2823029

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