51.8 percent of households own other land
In the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), 5,107 households, or 51.8 percent of the total 9,865 households in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro reported that they own at least one type of land apart from the land that they own/occupied at the time of the census.
Out of the 15 barangays of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, Barangay San Isidro had the highest percentage of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy, with 68.2 percent or 88 households. It was followed by Barangay Benli, which had 67.5 percent or 947 households, and Barangay San Roque, with 58.8 percent or 990 households.
Meanwhile, Barangay Poblacion had the lowest proportion of households with at least one type of land they owned other than the land they occupy with 22.7 percent or 198 households.
43.0 percent of households own agricultural land/s
Of the total 9,865 households, 4,244 (43.0 percent) were reported to own agricultural land/s. Households that owned other residential land/s totaled 2,191 (22.2 percent) while households that owned agricultural land/s acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), as agrarian reform beneficiaries reached 235 (2.4 percent). Only six households (0.1 percent) had members that owned other types of land/s.
Barangay San Roque posts the highest number of households that own residential lands
Among the 15 barangays with the highest number of households that own residential lands were Barangay San Roque with 526 households (24.0 percent), Barangay Nasukob with 255 households (11.6 percent), Barangay Campaasan with 231 households (10.5 percent), Barangay Maujao with 216 households (9.9 percent), and Barangay Cambunang with 202 (9.2 percent) of the total households that own residential lands in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro.
On the other hand, Barangay Balatasan recorded the fewest households that own residential lands in the municipality, with nine households (0.4 percent).
Number of households that own agricultural lands was highest in Barangay Benli
The Barangay of Benli had the highest number of households that own agricultural land with 935 households or 22.0 percent of the total number of households that own agricultural land in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. It was followed by Barangay San Roque, with 866 households (20.4 percent), and Barangay Nasukob, with 388 households (9.1 percent).
Ownership of agricultural lands was least in Barangay Maasin with 7 households (0.2 percent) in the municipality.
Ownership of agricultural lands acquired through CARP is most common in Barangay Balatasan
The highest number of households that own agricultural lands acquired through the CARP in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro was registered in Barangay Balatasan with 58 households or 24.7 percent. It was followed by the Barangay Maujao with 47 households (20.0 percent), and Barangay San Juan with 41 households (17.4 percent).
Only Barangay Maasin reported no recorded number of households that owned agricultural lands acquired through CARP.
Barangays with highest number of households that own other types of land
The number of households that own other types of land was highest in Barangays Balatasan and Campaasan, each with 2 households, owning other types of land in the municipality of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. Other types of land include those used for commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes. This was followed by Barangays Poblacion and San Juan, with one household, each.
The remaining barangays had no recorded households that owned other types of land.
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.
(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO-CANTOS, PhD
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office
HTD/MJHD
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).
