Ziaida

الزيايدة

Rural commune in the cercle of Benslimane, province of Benslimane, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
14,092
Since 2014
−3.4%from 14,581 in 2014
Density
53.1people per km², 265.5 km²
Households
3,108
Foreign residents
5
Rank
486486th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 15 in its province

Next door in Benslimane, 95.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 9.2% to 30.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lahdar. Running water: 2.7% here, 0.5% there; unemployment: 30.0% here, 29.3% there; aged 65 and over: 10.8% here, 11.1% there.

Compare it with Lahdar

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Ziaida −3.4%

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
36.2%aged 10 and over43.4% in 201447.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.0%9.2% in 201450.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.7%aged 15 and over46.5% in 20145.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.36children per woman2.21 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.0%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.7%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ziaida: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over5.5%
3.0%70–742.6%
3.5%65–693.2%
4.4%60–645.0%
4.3%55–594.4%
5.7%50–545.4%
6.7%45–496.1%
6.5%40–446.3%
6.9%35–396.6%
7.0%30–346.9%
6.3%25–296.2%
6.6%20–247.3%
8.1%15–198.5%
10.1%10–149.2%
9.3%5–99.2%
7.6%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit1.8%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French37.7%
  • English4.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.8%
  • Taxi21.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work20.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.6%
  • Private car4.7%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15611.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11070.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6866.2 per business
Public services
45
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce63.6%
  • Industry24.5%
  • Services11.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.6%
  • 2 to 315.5%
  • 4 to 910.0%
  • 10 to 498.2%
  • 50 and over2.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later53.6%
  • 2011–201925.5%
  • 2001–20108.2%
  • 1991–20004.5%
  • 1981–19902.7%
  • 1956–19803.6%
  • Before 19561.8%

Douars

Ziaida’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 5 fractions, with 14,090 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لعثامنة التيرسLaatamna Tirs8 douars · 4,568 people
اولاد وهابOuled WahabDispersed1365971.31.98.1
العرفةEl ArfaDispersed572681.42.817.3
البصاصلة التيرسLebsasla TirsDispersed1014501.82.318.9
البصاصلة الغابةEl Bsaslat el GhabaDispersed3321,5501.21.813.6
الشواوطةChouaouetGrouped341642.52.811.7
الكواملLakouamelDispersed763212.23.013.7
الغزاونة الساحلLaghzaouna SahelDispersed1817922.43.121.9
اولاد خليفة التيرسOulad Khlifa TirsGrouped964262.22.420.5
اولاد احمدOulad Ahmed7 douars · 4,691 people
اولاد عزوزOulad AzzouzDispersed2049441.82.910.2
اولاد الجيلاليOulad JilaliDispersed652953.03.815.3
اولاد دريديOulad DraydiDispersed823491.32.414.9
المساعدةMsaadaDispersed632851.21.73.5
اولاد سعادةOulad SaadaDispersed3631,6511.63.49.5
اولاد زروكOulad ZroukDispersed733482.23.911.1
اولاد يونس الزيايدةOulad Younes ZiaidaDispersed1778191.02.75.1
لعثامنة الغابةLaatamna El Ghaba2 douars · 3,148 people
اولاد خليفةOuled KhlifaIn parts4131,9002.63.421.0
القدامرةLeqdamraIn parts2741,2482.32.517.9
الدغاغية التيرسEddghaghia Tirs2 douars · 1,588 people
اولاد طرفايةOulad TarfayaIn parts1747582.24.48.8
مشاعريينLamchaariyineIn parts1898301.74.08.7
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 95 people
المودنيينLmoudnineIn parts1695———

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
06.111.03.19
As digits
061110319
Slug
ziaida
OpenStreetMap
2522583
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ziaida");

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