20.5 percent households in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro own other land

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), 2,042 households or 20.5 percent of the total 9,944 households in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro reported that they own at least one type of land apart from the land that they own/occupy at the time of the census.

Among the 13 barangays of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Barangay Baclayan had the highest proportion of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with 33.2 percent or 65 households. It was followed by Barangay Sabang with 27.8 percent or 335 households, and Barangay San Isidro with 23.0 percent or 302 households.

Meanwhile, Barangay San Antonio had the lowest proportion of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy with 6.5 percent or 12 households in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro.

15.4 percent households in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro own other residential lands

Of the total 9,944 households, 1,536 (15.4 percent) were reported to own other residential land/s. Households that owned agricultural land/s totaled to 771 (7.8 percent) while households that owned agricultural land/s acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), as agrarian reform beneficiary reached 21 (0.2 percent). Only 8 households (0.1 percent) had members that owned other types of land/s.

Barangay Sabang posts the highest number of households that own residential lands

Barangay Sabang posted the highest number of households that own residential lands, with 279 households, or 18.2 percent of the total 1,536 households that own residential lands in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay San Isidro with 238 households (15.5 percent), Barangay Poblacion with 191 households (12.4 percent), Barangay Tabinay with 153 households (10.0 percent), and Barangay Balatero with 143 (9.3 percent) of the total households that own residential land/s.

On the other hand, Barangay San Antonio recorded the fewest households that own residential lands in the municipality, with 12 households (0.8 percent) in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro.

Number of households that own agricultural lands were highest in Barangay Tabinay

The Barangay of Tabinay had the highest number of households that own agricultural lands with 118 households or 15.3 percent of the total number of households that own agricultural land in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay Dulungan, with 95 households (12.3 percent), and Barangay Poblacion with 91 households (11.8 percent).

Ownership of agricultural lands was least in Barangay San Antonio with 2 households (0.3 percent) in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro.

Ownership of agricultural lands acquired through CARP was most common in Barangay Poblacion

The highest number of households that own agricultural lands acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro was registered in Barangay Poblacion with 8 households or 38.1 percent. It was followed by the Barangay Tabinay with 6 households (28.6 percent), and Barangay Villaflor with 2 households (9.5 percent).

Barangay Sinandingan registers the biggest number of households that own other types of land

The number of households that own other types of land was highest in Barangay Sinandingan, with 3 households, or 37.5 percent of the total number of households owning other types of land in the municipality of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. Other types of land include those used for commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes. This was followed by Barangay (Aninuan, Palangan, Tabinay, Villaflor and Baclayan) with 1 household each (12.5 percent).

The statistics presented in this report were based on the information provided by the respondent or any responsible household member who may provide accurate answers to the questions and give correct information about the household. Moreover, the number of households in this report excludes households enumerated as homeless.

In the 2020 CPH, data on land ownership were collected by asking the respondents, “Does any member of this household own the following?
1. Other residential land/s;
2. Agricultural land/s;
3. Agricultural land/s acquired through Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, as an agrarian reform beneficiary;
4. Other land/s.

(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO-CANTOS, PhD
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office

JAMF

TECHNICAL NOTES

The population and housing censuses in the Philippines are conducted on a “de jure” basis, wherein a person is counted in the usual place of residence or the place where the person usually resides. The enumeration of the population and collection of pertinent data in the 2020 CPH referred to all living persons as of 01 May 2020.

For land ownership in the 2020 CPH, the respondent was asked, “Does any member of this household own the following...?” This determines if the household has any member/s who own other lands aside from the one that the household is currently occupying. The data were collected using the CPH Form 2 (Common Household Questionnaire).

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Household is a social unit consisting of a person or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit and have a common arrangement in the preparation and consumption of food.

Agricultural Land/s refers to land/s devoted to or suitable for the cultivation of the soil, planting of crops, growing of trees, raising of livestock, poultry, fish, or aquaculture production, including the harvesting of such farm products, and other farm activities and practices performed in conjunction with such farming operations by persons whether natural or juridical and not classified by law as mineral land, forest land, residential land, commercial land, and industrial land.

Residential Land/s refers to All lands that have been identified and zoned as residential through the appropriate ordinance by the Local Government Unit (LGU) having jurisdiction over the area. These include residential lands within areas zoned as mixed residential and commercial or mixed residential and industrial (Source: RA 10023, Series of 2010).

Other Residential Land refers to residential lands that the household owns other than the one they are occupying.

Other Land/s include commercial lands, industrial lands, ancestral domains, and ancestral lands. The last two categories are distinguished from Torrens Title and other tenurial instruments granted by a government agency or by the court.

Agricultural land/s, acquired through Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, Agrarian Reform Beneficiary pertains to land ownership acquired through Emancipation Patent (EP) Holder, Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA), and Homestead Patent (HP), Leasehold Contract (LC).