27.1 percent households in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro own other land

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), 3,260 households or 27.1 percent out of 12,050 households in Gloria, 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 27 Barangays of Gloria, Oriental Mindoro, Barangay Mirayan had the highest proportion of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with 56.3 percent or 189 households. It was followed by Barangay Malubay with 162 households (54.0 percent), Barangay Guimbonan with 154 households (49.7 percent), Barangay Buong Lupa with 121 households (48.6 percent) and Barangay Manguyang with 189 households (41.2 percent), with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy in the total number of barangay households.

Meanwhile, Barangay Agos had the fewest proportion of household with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with 45 households (13.8 percent).

19.2 percent households in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro own’s agricultural land/s

Of the total 12,050 households, 2,310 households or 19.2 percent were reported to own agricultural land/s. Households that owned other residential land/s totaled 1,691 households or 14.0 percent while households that owned agricultural land/s acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), as agrarian reform beneficiary reached 182 households or 1.5 percent and eight households (0.1 percent) had members that owned other types of land/s.

Barangays with the number of households that own residential land/s in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro

Of the total 1,691 households, Barangay Maligaya posted the highest number of households that own residential land/s with 178 households or 10.5 percent in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro, followed by Barangay Tambong with 157 households (9.3 percent), Barangay Balete with 128 households (7.6 percent), Barangay Narra with 109 households (6.4 percent) and Barangay Manguyang with 106 households (6.3 percent), that own residential land/s.

Meanwhile, Barangay Agos reported with eight households (0.5 percent) had the least number of households that own residential lands in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro.

Barangays with the number of households that own agricultural lands in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro

Barangay Malamig had the highest number of households that own agricultural lands with 189 households or 8.2 percent in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay Mirayan with 180 households (7.8 percent) and Barangay Maligaya with 143 households (6.2 percent).

On the other hand, Barangay Agsalin recorded the least total number, with 19 households which corresponds to 0.8 percent own agricultural land in the municipality of Gloria, Oriental Mindoro.

Barangays with the ownership of agricultural land/s acquired through CARP in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro

The highest number of households that own agricultural lands acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro was registered in Barangay Malubay with 60 households or 33.0 percent. It was followed by Barangay Buong Lupa with 19 households (10.4 percent) and Barangay Banus with 15 households (8.2 percent), Barangay Papandungin with 12 households (6.6 percent), and Barangay Narra with 11 households (6.0 percent).

Meanwhile, Barangays Agsalin, Guimbonan, Lucio Laurel and Santa Theresa recorded with one household, each, that owned agricultural land/s acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro.

Barangays with the number of households that own other types of land

Barangay Malubay recorded the highest total number of households that own other types of land with two households in the municipality of Gloria, Oriental Mindoro. Other lands include lands that are used for commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes. It was followed by Barangays Gaudencio Antonino, Manguyang, Papandungin, San Antonio, Tambong and Alma Villa 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).