20.5 percent households in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro own other land

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), 4,372 households or 20.5 percent of the total 21,322 households in Pinamalyan, 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 37 barangays of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, Barangay Sabang had the highest proportion of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with 69.4 percent or 480 households. It was followed by Barangay Ranzo with 54.4 percent or 124 households, and Barangay Banilad with 40.3 percent or 201 households. Moreover, Barangay Pambisan Munti reported 39.0 percent or 110 households and Barangay Anoling with 34.6 percent or 169 households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy.

Meanwhile, Barangay Bangbang had the lowest proportion of households with at least one type of land owned other than the land they occupy with 4.8 percent or 13 households in Pinamalyan, Oriental Mindoro.

14.9 percent households in Pinamalyan, Oriental Mindoro own agricultural land/s

Of the total 21,322 households, 3,185 (14.9 percent) were reported to own agricultural land/s. Households that owned other residential land/s recorded with 1,921 (9.0 percent) while households that owned agricultural land/s acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), as agrarian reform beneficiary reached 220 households (1.0 percent) and only 6 households (0.03 percent) owned other types of lands.

Barangays that own residential lands in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

Barangay Marfrancisco posted the highest number of households that own other residential lands, with 239 households or 12.4 percent of the total 1,921 households that own residential lands in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay Cacawan with 113 households (5.9 percent), Barangay Ranzo with 111 households (5.8 percent), Barangay Zone II with 107 households (5.6 percent), and Barangay Wawa with 85 (4.4 percent) of the total households that own residential lands.

Meanwhile, Barangay Bangbang with 8 households (0.4 percent) recorded the least number of households that own residential land in Pinamalyan, Oriental Mindoro.

Barangays that own agricultural lands in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

Barangay Sabang had the highest number of households that own agricultural lands with 454 households or 14.3 percent of the total number of households that own agricultural land in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay Banilad with 184 households (5.8 percent), Barangay Pili with 166 households (5.2 percent), Barangay Marfrancisco with 149 households (4.7 percent) and Barangay Nabuslot with 130 households (4.1 percent).

Ownership of agricultural lands was least in the Barangay of Bangbang with 6 households (0.2 percent) in of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro.

Barangays that own agricultural lands acquired through CARP in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

The highest number of households that own agricultural lands acquired through the CARP in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro was registered in the Barangay Bacungan with 22 households or 10.0 percent. It was followed by the Barangays Lumambayan and Guinhawa with 18 households (8.2 percent), each, and Barangays Malaya and Marfrancisco with 17 households (7.7 percent), each.

Meanwhile, Barangays Bangbang, Buli, Calingag, Maliangcog, Maningcol, Palayan, Zone III, Quinaibigan, Ranzo and Sta. Maria recorded with one households, each, that owned agricultural lands acquired through CARP.

Barangays that own other types of land in Pinamalyan, Oriental Mindoro

The number of households that own other types of land was highest in Barangay Zone IV with 2 households (33.3 percent) owning other types of land in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro. Other types of land include those used for commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes. This was followed by Barangays Marfrancisco, Papandayan, Zone II and Zone I with 1 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).