27.0 percent of households in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro own other land

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), 1,216 households or 27.0 percent out of 4,511 households in San Teodoro, 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 eight barangays, Barangay Caagutayan had the highest percentage of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with 54.0 percent or 358 households. It was followed by Barangay Calangatan, which had 294 households (47.6 percent), Barangay Tacligan with 136 households (22.6 percent), Barangay Calsapa with 129 household (20.6 percent), Barangay Bigaan with 105 households (18.1 percent), Barangay Ilag with 59 households (14.0 percent), while Barangay Poblacion had the fewest proportion of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy or 42 households (10.9 percent) in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro.

21.0 percent of households in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro own agricultural land/s

Of the total 4,511 households, 949 (21.0 percent) were reported to own agricultural land. A total of 381 households (8.4 percent) owned other residential land, while 63 households (1.4 percent) were agrarian reform beneficiaries who owned agricultural land acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Only two households (0.04 percent) had members who owned other types of land.

Barangay Calsapa records the biggest number of households that own residential lands

Of the total 381 households, Barangay Calsapa posted the highest number of households that own residential lands, with 81 households (21.3 percent) in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro, followed by Barangay Tacligan with 65 households (17.1 percent) and Barangay Lumangbayan with 61 households (16.0 percent) of the total households that own residential lands.

On the other hand, Barangay Calangatan with 24 households (6.3 percent) posted the fewest number of households that own residential lands in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro.

Number of households that own agricultural lands was highest in Barangay Caagutayan

Barangay Caagutayan had the highest number of households that own agricultural lands with 340 households or 35.8 percent in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay Calangatan with 282 households (29.7 percent), and Barangay Tacligan with 98 households (10.3 percent).

Meanwhile, the least number of households that own agricultural land/s in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro was found in Barangay Poblacion with 24 households or 2.5 percent.

Ownership of agricultural lands acquired through CARP is most common in Barangay Lumangbayan

The highest number of households that own agricultural lands acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro was registered in Barangay Lumangbayan with 17 households or 27.0 percent. It was followed by the Barangay Calangatan and Barangay Ilag with 10 households (15.9 percent), each.

However, Barangay Calsapa with 3 households or 4.8 percent recorded was the least number of households that own agricultural land/s acquired through CARP in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro.

Only two barangays with one household each that own other types of land

Barangay Calsapa and Barangay Lumangbayan are the only two Barangays that both owned 1 household of other types of land including those used for commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes.

The remaining barangays had no recorded households owning other types of land in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro.

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

HTD/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).