Housing Characteristics in Batangas (Results from the 2015 Census of Population) | Philippine Statistics Authority CALABARZON

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Friday, August 3, 2018

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2018- 035

Occupied housing units in Batangas reaches 597,758 in 2015 The number of occupied housing units in Batangas reached 597,758 in 2015. This increased by 93,368 housing units compared with that in 2010. Back in 1960, there were only 121,602 housing units recorded. The number of housing units from 1960 went up to 155,837 in 1970, 206,610 in 1980, 266,749 in 1990, 368,584 in 2000, 454,990 in 2007, 504,390 in 2010, and 597,758 in 2015. From 1960 to 2015, the number of housing units in Batangas increased by 476,156. (See Figure 1. Number of Occupied Housing Units, Batangas: 1960-2015, page 1) There are 103 households per 100 occupied housing units in Batangas In 2015, there were 597,758 occupied housing units and 613,825 households recorded. These means that there are about 103 households for every 100 occupied housing units, with an average of 4.38 persons per occupied housing unit. Meanwhile, there was one household per one occupied housing unit in 2010 and 102 households for every 100 occupied housing units 2000. Majority of the occupied housing units are single houses In 2015, most of the total occupied housing units in Batangas were single houses which are around 88.41 percent. About 5.55 percent of the total occupied housing units were of duplex type while 5.89 percent were multi-unit residential buildings/houses. While in 2010, single houses recorded already reached up to 89.75 percent of the total occupied housing units, 4.78 percent of were duplex, and 5.22 percent were multi-unit residential buildings/houses. (See Table 2. Number of Occupied Housing Units by Type of Building/House, Batangas: 2010-2015, page 3) More occupied housing units with outer walls made of strong materials in 2015 There were more occupied housing units with outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone in 2015 than in 2010. In 2015, 72.05 percent of the total occupied housing units had outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone. This was higher than the proportion of occupied housing units with outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone recorded in 2010 (67.81%). On the other hand, the proportion of occupied housing units with outer walls made of half concrete/brick/stone and half wood decreased from 16.77 percent in 2010 to 14.22 percent in 2015. The proportion of occupied housing units with outer walls made of bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa also decreased from 7.52 percent in 2010 to 6.33 percent in 2015. Occupied housing units with roofs made of strong materials decrease in 2015 There was a decrease in the number of occupied housing units with roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum in 2015. 87.42 percent of the occupied housing units in 2015 had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum which is lower than the proportion of 90.81 percent recorded in 2010. On the other hand, the proportion of occupied housing units with roofs made of half galvanized iron and half concrete increased from 3.86 percent in 2010 to 6.29 percent in 2015. The proportion of occupied housing units with roofs made of tile/concrete/clay tile also increased from 2010 (0.90%) to 2015 (2.60%). Majority of the households live in housing units they owned or with owner like possession of house and lot Of the 613,825 households in Batangas in 2015, 64.73 percent lived in a housing unit they owned or with owner like possession of house and lot. Moreover, 16.18 percent of the households lived in their own housing unit and occupied lot for free but with consent of the owner. In addition, 10.28 percent of the total households lived in rented house/room including a lot. (See Table 5. Number of Households by Tenure Status of the Housing Unit, Batangas: 2015, page 5) Most of the households in Batangas use electricity as fuel for lighting Majority (97.29%) of the households in Batangas in 2015 used electricity as fuel for lighting, while kerosene (gaas) ranked second as it was used by 10,092 households (1.64%) as their source of fuel for lighting in 2015. Meanwhile, 1.07 percent of the total households in Batangas used either LPG, oil, solar panel, solar lamp or other source as their fuel for lighting. Own use faucet community water system is the main source of water supply for drinking in Batangas Own use faucet community water system was listed as the main source of water supply for drinking in Batangas in 2015. Of the total households, 337,245 (54.94%) households drew water supply for drinking in their own use faucet community water system while about 94,261 (15.36%) households drew water supply for drinking from bottled water. Shared faucet community water system was listed as the third main source of water supply for drinking for 54,359 (8.86%) households. Most households in Batangas reported own use faucet community water system as the main source of water supply for cooking In 2015, it was reported that the main source of water supply for cooking in Batangas is own use faucet community water system. Around 407,504 (66.39%) households used this source of water supply. Shared faucet community water system ranked second, used by 9.51 percent of the households. This was followed by the use of shared tubed/piped deep well used by 8.81 percent of the households. (Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Census of Population and Housing)

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