21.6 percent households in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro own other land

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), 7,587 households or 21.6 percent out of 35,147 households in the City of Calapan, 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 62 barangays in the City of Calapan Oriental Mindoro, Barangay San Vicente West had the highest proportion of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with 57.3 percent or 82 households. It was followed by Barangay Sta. Maria Village with 156 households (48.9 percent), Barangay Malad with 89 households (43.4 percent), Barangay San Vicente South with 49 households (42.6 percent) and Barangay Patas with 95 households (41.1 percent), with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy.

Meanwhile, Barangay Calero had the fewest proportion of household with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with thirteen households (3.7 percent).

14.9 percent households in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro own’s other residential Land/s

Of the total 35,147 households, 5,240 households or 14.9 percent were reported to owned other residential land/s. Households that own agricultural land/s totaled 3,819 households or 10.9 percent while households that owned agricultural land/s acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), as agrarian reform beneficiary reached 339 households or 1.0 percent and 30 households (0.1 percent) had members that owned other types of land/s.

Top ten Barangays with the highest proportion of households that own residential land/s in the City of Calapan Oriental Mindoro

Of the total 5,240 households, Barangay Bulusan posted the highest proportion of households that own residential land/s with 329 or 6.3 percent in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, followed by Barangays Lumang Bayan with 288 households (5.5 percent) and Barangay Suqui with 283 households (5.4 percent). Completing the top ten, Barangay Lalud with 218 households (4.2 percent), Barangays Ilaya with 196 households and Sapul with 195 households or 3.7 percent, each,

Barangay Sto Niño with 171 households (3.3 percent), Barangay Pachoca with 168 households (3.2 percent), Barangay Camilmil with 155 households (3.0 percent) and Barangays Comunal with 138 households, Sta. Maria Village and Tibag with 134 households or 2.6 percent, each, that own residential land/s.

Meanwhile, Barangays Buhuan and Panggalaan reported the least number of households that own residential lands with one household in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.

Top ten Barangays with the highest proportion of households that own agricultural lands in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro

Barangay Camansihan had the highest proportion of households that own agricultural lands with 169 households or 4.4 percent in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay Baruyan with 165 households (4.3 percent) and Barangay Canubing II with 155 households (4.1 percent). Completing the top ten, Barangay Comunal with 144 households (3.8 percent), Barangay Balingayan with 128 households (3.4 percent), Barangay Sto Niño with 122 households and Barangay Managpi with 121 households, both with 3.2 percent, Barangay Bulusan with 118 households (3.1 percent), Barangays Canubing I and Sapul with 109 percent (2.9 percent), each, Barangays Lalud with 108 households, Bayanan II and Biga with 107 households or 2.8 percent, each, and barangay Camilmil with 101 households (2.6 percent).

On the other hand, Barangays Maidlang and Wawa recorded the least total number, with seven households which corresponds to 0.2 percent own agricultural land in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.

Barangays with the highest proportion of households’ ownership of agricultural land/s acquired through CARP in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro

The highest proportion of households that own agricultural lands acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro was registered in Barangay Baruyan with 77 households or 22.7 percent. It was followed by Barangay Managpi with 54 households (15.9 percent) and Barangay Sta. Rita with 29 households (8.6 percent). Completing the top ten, Barangay Guinobatan with 18 households (5.3 percent), Barangay Bulusan with 17 households (5.0 percent), Barangay Bayanan II with 13 households (3.8 percent), Barangay Canubing II with 10 households (2.9 percent), Barangay Tawiran with 9 households (2.7 percent), Barangay Batino with 8 households (2.4 percent) and Barangays Comunal and Sapul with 7 households (2.1 percent), each.

Meanwhile, Barangays Balite, Bayanan I, Bondoc, Calero, Lumangbayan, Mahal na Pangalan, Malamig, Nag-Iba I, Navotas, San Antonio, San Vicente Central, San Vicente East, San Vicente South, Sta. Cruz, Silonay, Suqui, and Tawagan with one household, each, that owned agricultural land/s acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.

Barangays with the number of households that own other types of land in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro

Barangay Camilmil recorded the highest total number of households that own other types of land with four households in the City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. Other lands include lands that are used for commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes. It was followed by Barangaya Batino, Buhuan and Malamig with three households, each, Barangays Comunal and Guinobatan with two households, each, and Barangays Bayanan II, Biga, Bulusan, Canubing II, Ilaya, Lalud, Lazareto, Masipit, Pachoca, Salong, Sto. Niño, Sta. Maria Village and Wawa with only one household, each.

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 the 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.

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).