Davao City's Population Increased by 219 Thousand Persons (Results from the 2007 Census of Population)

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p /p p align="JUSTIFY"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bNumber of households increased by 60,084/b/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"The population of Davao City was 1,366,153 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population. This figure was higher by 219,037 persons over the population count of 1,147,116 persons in 2000. The population counts for the province from the 2000 and 2007 censuses translated to an average annual population growth rate of 2.44 percent for the same period./font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The number of households in 2007 reached 300,141, which was 60,084 households more than the number of households reported in 2000. The average household size was 4.5 persons, slightly lower than the average household size of 4.8 in 2000./font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bBarangay Bucana was the most populated area/b/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Among the 182 barangays in Davao City, barangay Bucana was the most populous with a population of 74,113 persons, or 5.4 percent of the city's total population. It was followed by barangays Buhangin (Pob.) (4.2 percent), Talomo (Pob.) (3.9 percent), Sasa (3.8 percent), and Ma-a (3.8 percent). The rest of the barangays had a share of less than three percent each. Barangay 13-B (Pob.) (0.01 percent) was the smallest barangay in terms of population size./font/font/font/p p align="center"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"img alt="Figure 1" src="http://census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1031f1.gif" //font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bSex ratio remained unchanged/b/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Of the 1,361,178 household population of Davao City, there were almost equal distribution of males (49.9 percent) and females (50.1 percent), which translated to a sex ratio of one male for every one female. The same sex ratio was recorded in 2000./font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bHalf of the population were below 22 years old/b/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The household population of Davao City had a median age of 22 years, which means that half of the household population were below 22 years old. This median age was one year higher than the median age of 21 years computed in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The age-sex structure of the household population of Davao City in 2007 slightly deviated from the usual pyramid shape. It showed a protrusion at age group 15 to 19 years, which was more noticeable for females./font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"img alt="Figure 2" src="http://census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1031f2.gif" //font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"There were more males than females in age brackets 0 to 14 years and 25 to 39 years, while more females than males were observed in age brackets 15 to 24 years and 40 years and over./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bThree out of five persons were in voting-age population/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"About 61 percent of the household population of Davao City were in the voting age group (18 years old and over). The distribution of voting-age population by sex showed that females (50.6 percent) outnumbered the males (49.4 percent)./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bOverall dependency ratio decreased to 56 dependents per 100 persons in the working age group/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The proportion of household population in the working age group (15 to 64 years) was 64.0 percent, young dependents (0 to 14 years) comprised 32.4 percent, and old dependents (65 years and over) contributed 3.6 percent./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The overall dependency ratio in the city was 56, which means that for every 100 persons in the working age group, there were 56 dependents (51 young and 5 old dependents). In 2000, there were 61 dependents (56 young and 5 old dependents) per 100 persons in the working-age population./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bNever-married persons comprised more of males than females/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Of the household population 10 years old and over in 2007, 45.5 percent were never-married while 42.6 percent were married. The rest of the population was either widowed (3.9 percent), divorced/separated (1.2 percent), had common law/live-in marital arrangement (6.3 percent), or had unknown marital status (0.5 percent). Among never-married persons, there were more males (52.0 percent) than females (48.0 percent). Females outnumbered the males in the rest of the categories for marital status./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bMore females had higher levels of education/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Of the household population 5 years old and over, 29.0 percent had attended or finished elementary education while 35.0 percent had reached or completed high school. The proportion of academic degree holders was 12.5 percent, an increase of 6.0 percentage points from 6.5 percent in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"More females reached higher levels of education than males as proportion of females among academic degree holders was 55.8 percent and among those with post baccalaureate courses, 58.5 percent./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Of the household population 5 to 24 years old, more than three fifths (62.9 percent) attended school at anytime during School Year 2007 to 2008. The proportion of males (63.6 percent) to the male household population 5 to 24 years who attended school during said school year was slightly higher than the proportion of females (62.3 percent) to the female household population 5 to 24 years who attended school at anytime during the same school year./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bRatio of households to occupied housing units remained unchanged/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"From a total of 234,149 occupied housing units in 2000, the number of occupied housing units in Davao City reached 291,267 in 2007, indicating an increase of 24.4 percent. The number of households for every 100 occupied housing units in 2007 and 2000 were the same at 103 households. As to the number of persons per occupied housing unit, a ratio of 4.7 persons per occupied housing unit was recorded in 2007 while it was 4.9 persons per occupied housing unit in 2000./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bMost occupied housing units were made of strong materials/b/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Most of the occupied housing units in Davao City had concrete/brick/stone (32.9 percent) as construction materials for outer walls. On the other hand, the proportion of occupied housing units with outer walls made of wood dropped from 40.3 percent in 2000 to 30.0 percent in 2007./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"A clear majority (94.0 percent) of occupied housing units in 2007 had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum. Occupied housing units with cogon/nipa/anahaw as roofing materials decreased from 6.2 percent in 2000 to only 2.9 percent in 2007./font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica" /font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p style="text-align: -webkit-left; " /p table border="0" width="100%" tbody tr td colspan="80%" /td td align="CENTER" nowrap="nowrap"font face="arial,helvetica" style="text-align: -webkit-left; "font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="Arial" size="-1"(Sgd.) bCARMELITA N. 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