Occidental Mindoro recorded 138.3 thousand housing units in 2020

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), a total of 138,269 housing units were listed in the province of Occidental Mindoro. Of this total, 125,023 housing units were occupied by households / household population as of 01 May 2020.  Between 2020 CPH and 2015 Census of Population (PopCen), the total number of housing units went up by 19,505 or 16.4 percent. Moreover, a total of 33,892 housing units or 32.5 percent were added from the reported 104,377 housing units in 2010. (Figure 1 and Table A)

Between census years 2020 and 2015, the number of occupied housing units increased by 14,748 or 13.4 percent. In 1960, the reported total number of occupied housing units was 14,782, that is, 11.8 percent of the number of occupied housing units in the province in the 2020 CPH. (Figure 2 and Table B)

Occupancy rate was posted at 90.4 percent

In the province of Occidental Mindoro, the occupancy rate or the ratio of the total occupied housing units to the total number of housing units in 2020 was posted at 90.4 percent. This was 2.7 percentage point higher than the MIMAROPA Region’s 87.8 percent occupancy rate. The province’s occupancy rate five years ago was higher at 92.9 percent. This means that there were more vacant housing units in 2015 than in 2020. (Table 1)

Among its municipalities, Calintaan posted the highest occupancy rate of 95.3 percent in 2020. Rizal ranked second with 93.2 percent occupancy rate. Meanwhile, the lowest occupancy rate was recorded in the Lubang at 84.9 percent. (Table 1)

San Jose had the greatest number of occupied housing units

The top three municipalities with the largest population sizes are also the top three municipalities in terms of number of occupied housing units. San Jose had the highest number of occupied housing units in the province at 36,916. Said municipality had 29.5 percent share of the total occupied housing units in the province. (Table 1)

Sablayan ranked second with 21,209 occupied housing units (17.0%), and Mamburao came in third with 11,317 occupied housing units (9.1%). Meanwhile, Looc which had the smallest population size in the province, recorded the least number of occupied housing units at 2,093 (1.7%). (Table 1)

There were 101 households per 100 occupied housing units in the province

A total of 126,627 households were recorded in the province in 2020. This translates to an average of 101 households in every 100 occupied housing units, which was at par with the MIMAROPA Region’s ratio in 2020 and the province’s reported ratio five years ago. (Table 2)

Across the province, Sablayan and Santa Cruz recorded the highest ratio of 102 households for every 100 occupied housing units. Moreover, these municipalities exceeded the provincial ratio of 101 households per 100 occupied housing units. Meanwhile, the municipalities of Abra de Ilog and Looc had the lowest ratio of 100 households per 100 occupied housing units. (Table 2 and Table B)

Relative to the ratio in 2015, four (4) municipalities in Occidental Mindoro posted an increase in their ratio of number of households per 100 occupied housing units. These include Sablayan, Calintaan, Magsaysay and Rizal. On the other hand, the municipalities of Abra de Ilog, Looc, Lubang, and Paluan exhibited a decline in the ratio of households per 100 occupied housing units. (Table 2 and Table B)

There were 4.2 persons per occupied housing units

On the average, there were 4.2 persons per occupied housing unit in Occidental Mindoro. This was lower than the estimated 4.4 persons recorded in 2015. (Figure 3, Table C and Table D)

Across the province, Magsaysay and Paluan posted the highest ratio of 4.4 persons respectively, for every occupied housing unit. This was followed by Rizal with a ratio of 4.1 persons per occupied housing unit. These municipalities had their household population to occupy housing unit ratio higher than Occidental Mindoro’s ratio. Meanwhile, Looc and Lubang had the lowest ratio of 3.7 and 3.8 persons per occupied housing unit, respectively. (Figure 3 and Table C)

The statistics presented in this Special Release were based on the information provided by the household respondents or any responsible member who provided answers to the questions and gave information about the characteristics of the housing units.

(SGD) LENI R. RIOFLORIDO
Regional Director

MLLM / RRL / RVDL