Hammam-Sousse has been known for a long time as an “agricultural village” because of its fertile land, the proximity of the water of the wells, most of its inhabitants were peasant farmers. 

The type of production varies according to the nature of the soil and the size of the piece of land. 

To the east of the village and along the coast up till the region of Sidi El Kantaoui (Kanta region), lies beaches of fine sand which were cultivated essentially with vegetables. 

Far away towards the west, in the region of El Bhaier, were practised various cultivations in small pieces of land : fruit trees such as pomegranate, mulberry, or almond tree… Barley and clover too. It should be noticed that the water of the wells here is characterised with a certain degree of salinity. 

This garden cultivation of a family type characterises all the region starting from the region of Oued El Hammam then Sidi Salem (Djinene) up to Sidi Abdelkader in the west (region known under the name of D'golf), with very cut off pieces. 

From Sidi Abdelkader and towards the south west the properties start to become larger especially in the region of El Harik. 

Other olive tree fields and fruit trees can be found in all the region. Irrigated cultivationare also practised, the wells are so numerous that there are more than one for each property. 

But today Hammam-Sousse is no longer what it used to be. In fact, given the development that the town knows concerning housing, farming fields tend to disappear giving way to stone buildings. It is the same concerning food industry affected by the extinction of farming land. In 1857 there were 14 oil mills, now there is only one.