Introduction

Mindanao, once regarded as the Island of Promises, has become a "gateway to opportunity" for Philippine and International investors eyeing opportunities in agribusiness, industry, and tourism. Among the three main islands, Mindanao has the biggest total land area of "120.8 thousand square kilometers"* located in the heart of the Asia-Pacific region.

From Spanish era up to the present, it remains underdeveloped compared to Luzon. Problem on peace and order due to political conflict and racism issue had been seen as the main factors of the sluggish development of the island in view of the fact that beliefs and cultural diversities between native inhabitants and migrants are existing within it.

In view of the issuance of Executive Order No. 36 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, providing for the reorganization of the administrative regions in Mindanao, below are the provinces under each region that cover the new Mindanao grouping:

 

FORMER MINDANAO GROUPING	FORMER MINDANAO GROUPING
Region IX - Western Mindanao	Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula
Basilan	Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte	Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur	Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga City	Zamboanga City
	Isabela City
Region X - Northern Mindanao
Bukidnon	Bukidnon
Camiguin	Camiguin
Misamis Occidental	Lanao del Norte
Misamis Oriental	Misamis Occidental
Cagayan de Oro City	Misamis Oriental
	Cagayan de Oro City
	Iligan City
REGION XI - Southern Mindanao	REGION XI - Davao Region
Davao del Norte	Davao del Norte
Davao del Sur	Davao del Sur
Davao Oriental	Davao Oriental
South Cotabato	Compostela Valley
Sarangani	Davao City
Compostela Valley
Davao City
General Santos City
Region XII - Central Mindanao	Region XIII - SOCCSKSARGEN
Lanao del Norte	Cotabato (North Cotabato)
North Cotabato	South Cotabato
Sultan Kudarat	Sultan Kudarat
Iligan City	Sarangani
Marawi City	General Santos City
Cotabato City	Cotabato City
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Lanao del Sur	Basilan
Maguindanao	Lanao del Sur
Sulu	Maguindanao
Tawi-Tawi	Sulu
	Tawi-Tawi
	Marawi City
Caraga
Agusan del Norte	Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur	Agusan del Sur
Surigao del Norte	Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Sur	Surigao del Sur

Source: Land Management Bureau

 

Population growth rate slightly increased

The island of Mindanao registered a total population of 18.1 million as of May 1, 2000, an increase of 1.9 million persons over the results of the 1995 Census of Population. This also translates to an annual population growth rate of 2.44 percent.

The growth rate of the population of Mindanao slightly increased by 0.07 percentage point over the 1995 figure (2.37 percent). The population in the island is expected to double within the period of about three decades if the growth rate continues at 2.44 percent.

Of the total 76.5 million Philippine population, about 24 percent were living in Mindanao. Among the regions in Mindanao, Davao Region was the biggest in terms of population as it registered a total of 3.7 million persons or more than 20 percent of the total population of Mindanao while Caraga Region was the smallest with only 2.1 million or about 12 percent. 

Table A. Population Distribution by Region Mindanao: 2000 

Region	Number	Percent
MINDANAO	18,133,864	100.00
Region IX	2,831,412	15.61
Region X	3,505,708	19.33
Region XI	3,676,163	20.27
Region XII	3,222,169	17.77
ARMM	2,803,045	15.46
Caraga	2,095,367	11.55

Source: National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

 

Average household size was 5.18 persons

In 2000, the number of households in the island accounted for 3.5 million and about 18.1 million household population. This translates to an average household size of 5.18 persons or five persons in every household, lower than the 1995 figure (5.22 persons). As compared to Luzon and Visayas, both had lower average household size of 4.90 and 5.06 persons, respectively.

Among the regions in Mindanao, ARMM had the highest average household size of 6.07 persons, followed by Caraga with 5.32 persons. On the other hand, Davao Region had the lowest with 4.86 persons per household.

The number of dependents increased by more than one-half

In Mindanao, 57.5 percent of the total population were 15 to 64 years old (working age group). Individuals aged 0 to 14 years (young dependents) constituted 39.5 percent and three percent for those aged 65 years and above (old dependents).

Dependency ratio in 2000 was registered at 74 persons. This means that for every 100 persons in the working age group, there were 74 dependents, that is, 69 young dependents and five old dependents. In Luzon, the dependency ratio was lower at 65 persons, while in Visayas, it was also 74 persons.

Of the six regions in Mindanao, Caraga had the highest dependency ratio of 80 persons, followed by Zamboanga Peninsula with 76 persons. Davao Region, on the other hand, had the lowest with only 70 persons.

More males than females

In 2000, males outnumbered females in Mindanao with a sex ratio of 103 males for every 100 females. Males dominated in all age groups except in the age groups 15-19 years and 70 years and above. In Luzon, females outnumbered males with a sex ratio of 98, while in Visayas, males outnumbered females with a sex ratio of 102.

Sex ratio in Mindanao varies by region. Caraga had the highest sex ratio of 105, followed by Davao Region and SOCCSKSARGEN with a sex ratio of 104 each and Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao with 103 each. On the other hand, ARMM had the lowest sex ratio of 97, which means that its population was dominated by females.

Aged 5 to 9 years comprised the biggest group of Mindanao’s populace

Children aged 5 to 9 years dominated the island of Mindanao with 13.8 percent share to the total population. This was followed by those aged 10 to 14 years at 12.85 percent and four years and below at 12.83 percent. This made the age structure of Mindanao to deviate from the usual pyramid shape, that is, as age increases, population decreases.

Figure 4 showed an almost perfect pyramid shape for Luzon. Children aged 0 to 4 years dominated the island of Luzon with 12.63 percent share to the total population, followed by those aged 5 to 9 years old with 12.03 percent.

The age structure in Visayas also slightly deviated from the usual pyramid shape especially in 5 to 9 year age group which registered a 12.97 percent share to the total population.

Bachelors led in number

A large proportion (45.25%) of 13.3 million household population 10 years old and over were still single. Married persons comprised 45.13 percent; other marital arrangements, 4.04 percent; and widowed, 3.64 percent. Those couples who were separated or divorced registered 0.82 percent.

There was a higher proportion of males among single persons (53.39%) and among those with other marital arrangements (50.45%). On the other hand, females dominated the married (50.15%), widowed (72.57%), and divorced/separated populace (58.60%).

In Luzon, married persons registered a higher proportion (45.49%) over the single persons (42.98%). Those on common-law/live-in arrangement registered 4.68 percent while those widowed persons, 4.11 percent.

Single persons comprised the largest proportion in Visayas with 45.49 percent while married persons registered 43.99 percent. Widowed individuals posted 4.59 percent while common-law/live-in, 4.29 percent.

 

More females achieved higher level education

Of the household population five years old and over in Mindanao, 44.79 percent attended or completed elementary and 25.02 percent at most high school. Those who were college undergraduates comprised 8.8 percent and academic degree holders, 2.91 percent.

Those who had not completed any grade made up 10.22 percent, of which 50.11 percent were females.

In Luzon, 38.30 percent had attended or completed elementary, while in Visayas, 48.40 percent.

Those who had not completed any grade in Luzon made up 4 percent, of which 51.06 percent were males. On the other hand, in Visayas, 6.32 percent had not completed any grade, of which 52.89 percent were males.

About 39.43 percent of the Mindanao’s population five years old and over had reached at least secondary education. Northern Mindanao had the highest proportion (43.92 percent), followed by Davao Region (43.20%), SOCCSKSARGEN (41.23%), and Caraga (39.91%). In contrast, ARMM had the lowest proportion with only 29.59 percent.

There were more males than females among those who attended or finished pre-school (50.53%), elementary (53.04%), and post secondary education (50.04%). On the other hand, there were more females than males among those who had secondary education (51.21%), were college undergraduates (51.74%), academic degree holders (58.39%), and with post baccalaureate courses (56.11%).

 

More than half of the population in Mindanao were Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic was still the dominant religious affiliation in Mindanao with 60.9 percent of the household population while Islam comprised 20.44 percent. Other religions were Evangelical (5.34%), Aglipayan (2.16), Iglesia ni Cristo (1.66%), and Seventh Day Adventist (1.65%).

 

Islam was the dominant religious affiliation in ARMM (90.10%). On the other hand, Davao Region had the highest proportion of Roman Catholics (76.69%), followed by Northern Mindanao (75.30%), Caraga (74.15%), Zamboanga Peninsula (69.88%), and Central Mindanao (58.60%).

Majority remained in the same city/municipality

Of the 15.8 million household population aged five years and over in Mindanao, 93.81 percent remained in the same city/municipality where they were five years ago, 1.05 percent moved in from other cities/municipalities of the same province, 2.11 percent from other provinces, and 0.12 percent from other countries.

One-fourth of the Mindanawans were Cebuanos

Around 25.8 percent of the household population in Mindanao classified themselves as Cebuanos. Other ethnic groups included Bisaya/Binisaya (18.4%), Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (8.2%), Maguindanaon (5.5%), and Maranao (5.4%). The remaining 36.6 percent belonged to other ethnic groups.

Cebuano registered the highest proportion of ethnic group in Northern Mindanao and Davao Region with 35.59 percent and 37.76 percent, respectively. In SOCCSKSARGEN, it was Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (31.58%), Binisaya/Bisaya (33.10%) in Zamboanga Peninsula, Maranao (26.40%) in ARMM, and Surigaonon (25.67%) in Caraga.

More male-headed households

Majority (89.67%) of the households in Mindanao were headed by males. The same is true in Luzon (85.59%) and Visayas (85.30%).

Among males in Mindanao, headship rate peaked at ages 30 to 39 years (30.41%) while headship rate for females was the highest at ages 50 to 59 years (22.64%).

 

ARMM had the highest proportion of male-headed households (91.78%), followed by SOCCSKSARGEN (89.84%), Zamboanga Peninsula (89.55%), Davao Region (89.17%), Caraga (89.16%), and Northern Mindanao (89.03%).

Only three percent were non-Filipinos

Of the total household population in Mindanao, about 94.1 percent were Filipinos, 0.14 percent Indonesians, 0.07 percent British, and 0.06 percent Americans. Other nationalities had a 1.85 percent share.

Low vision was the most common type of disability

Around 184,296 persons or 1.02 percent of the population of Mindanao had disabilities. Among those persons with disability, there were more males (52.01%) than females.

In Luzon, persons with disability accounted for 1.22 percent of the household population while in Visayas, it was 1.52 percent.

The most reported type of disability in Mindanao was low vision with 37.82 percent. About 8.43 percent suffered from partial blindness, 7.09 percent from mental retardation, 6.36 percent from cerebral palsy/quadriplegic, and 5.19 percent from mental illness.

Low vision was the common type of disability reported in all regions of Mindanao. Zamboanga Peninsula had the highest proportion of household population with low vision at 41.72 percent, followed by Caraga (41.50 percent) and Davao Region (41.20%).

 

Majority were studying in the same city/municipality of residence

Of the 15.8 million household population five years old and over in Mindanao, 6.4 million or 40.53 percent had attended school at anytime from June 1999 to March 2000. Majority of them (91.64%) preferred studying in the same city/municipality where they resided, 2.72 percent in other provinces, 2.4 percent in the city/municipality outside of their residence but within the same province, and 0.04 percent in foreign countries.

Luzon had 35.23 percent of the household 5 years old over who had attended school at anytime from June 1999 to March 2000 while Visayas had 34.97 percent.

Literacy rate was higher for female Mindanawans

About 86.45 percent of the household population 10 years old and over in Mindanao were literate. Literacy rate for females (86.5%) was slightly higher than for males (86.4%).

In Luzon, the literacy rate was 95.01 percent while in Visayas, it was 91.82 percent.

Caraga had the highest literacy rate of 91.99 percent, followed by Northern Minsanao (90.83%), Davao Region (90.67%), Zamboanga Peninsula (86.77%), and SOCCSKSARGEN (87.38%). ARMM, on the other hand, had the lowest with 69.62 percent. The age group 20 to 24 years registered the highest proportion (90.99%) of literate persons while the age groups 15 to 19 years (90.44%) and 25 to 29 years (89.66%) followed.

The age group 20 to 24 years registered the highest proportion (90.99%) of literate persons while the age groups 15 to 19 years (90.44%) and 25 to 29 years (89.66%) followed.

 

Table B. Literacy Rate of Household Population 10 Years Old and Over by Age Group and Sex: Mindanao, 2000

Age Group	Both Sexes	Male	Female
Mindanao	86.45	86.38	86.51
10-14	84.97	83.76	86.21
15-19	90.44	89.61	91.27
20-24	90.99	90.55	81.43
25-29	89.66	89.60	89.72
30-34	89.09	89.38	88.80
35-39	86.38	87.14	85.59
40-44	86.32	86.83	85.78
45-49	84.47	85.56	83.29
50-54	81.85	82.70	80.93
55-59	79.04	80.25	77.74
60-64	76.22	77.27	75.11
65-69	73.75	75.21	72.28
70 and over	67.73	68.83	66.69

Source: National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population and Housing

 

Average number of children ever-born was three

There were 62.37 percent ever-married women aged 15 to 49 years in Mindanao, of which 37.43 percent had four or more children and 47.45 percent had one to three children. The average number of children born to an ever-married woman in Mindanao was 3.07. The proportion of ever-married women who were still childless at the end of their reproductive period (45 to 49 years old) was 1.34 percent.

About 62.43 percent of women 15 to 49 years old in Luzon were ever-married and 60.04 percent in Visayas. The average number of children born to an ever-married woman in Luzon and Visayas were 2.62 and 3.11, respectively.

Among the regions in Mindanao, Caraga had the highest average number of children born to an ever-married woman (3.35 children). ARMM had 3.20 children, Northern Mindanao had 3.08 children, SOCCSKSARGEN had 3.03 children, Zamboanga Peninsula had 2.99 children and Davao Region had 2.91 children.

Average age at first marriage was 21 years

Ever-married women 15 to 49 years old recorded an average age at first marriage of 21 years. In Luzon, it was also 21 years while 22 years in Visayas.

The average age at first marriage of an ever-married woman in Zamboanga Peninsula was 20 years. Other regions in Mindanao had 21 years.

About 17.62 percent of women 15 to 49 years old got married before they reached the legal age of marriage (18 years). The proportion of women who got married at the age of 18 to 29 years was 76.54 percent while those who got married at the age of 30 years and over was 3.88 percent.

Compared to the other two major islands in the country, there were 12.98 percent of ever-married women 15 to 49 years old in Luzon who got married before they reached the legal age of marriage while 14.90 percent in Visayas.

Female overseas workers were younger compared to their male counterparts

In 2000, the number of overseas workers in Mindanao was 149,410 persons or 0.82 percent of its total population. Luzon sent 1.58 percent of its population abroad to work while Visayas sent 1.07 percent.

More than half (55.87%) of the overseas workers in Mindanao were females. The highest proportion (27.22%) of overseas workers were below 20 years of age, followed by those aged 20 to 24 years (15.28%) and 25 to 29 years (14.57%).

The median age of overseas workers in Mindanao was 28 years. This means that half of them were below 28 years of age. Males had a median age of 31 years, while females had 25 years. In Luzon, the median age was 33 years where the median age of the males was 36 and females, 30 years. On the other hand, themedian age in Visayas was 31 years where the males- was 34 years and the females-, 28 years.

Close to three in ten of these overseas workers (28.85%) had attended or completed elementary while 27.06 percent had attended or completed secondary education. Those who were college undergraduates comprised 16.03 percent while academic degree holders constituted 7.89 percent.

 

Cebuano was the commonly used dialect in the households

A large proportion (29.19%) of households in Mindanao used Cebuano as their language/dialect at home. This was followed by Bisaya/Binisaya dialect (27.07%). Other major dialects spoken were Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (7.87%), Maguindanaon (4.7%), and Tausug (4.13%).

Binisaya was the common language/dialect spoken in Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao (39.09% and 48.45%, respectively), Cebuano in Davao Region (42.26%) and Caraga (29.65%), Hiligaynon in SOCCSKSARGEN (33.54%) and Tausug (24.66 percent) in ARMM.

Majority of the households used electricity for lighting

In 2000, electricity was the main fuel used for lighting by 50.58 percent of the households in Mindanao. The households that used kerosene or gaas comprised 44.62 percent; LPG, 1.45 percent; and oil, 0.24 percent used.

In Luzon and Visayas, 79.53 percent and 56.03 percent, respectively used electricity for lighting.

Kerosene (gaas) was the main type of fuel used for lighting by 57.72 percent of households in ARMM and 51.29 percent of households in Zamboanga Peninsula. The rest of the regions in Mindanao used electricity as the main type of fuel used for lighting.

 

Community water system was the households- main source of water for drinking and/or cooking ...

About 42.29 percent of households used water from a faucet connected to a community water system. The proportion of households that used own faucet accounted for 21.22 percent while shared faucet, 21.07 percent. The proportion of households that drew water from spring, lake, river, rain, etc. was 19.81 percent while from shared tubed/piped deep well, 12.97 percent.

In Luzon, 50.69 percent of households used water from a faucet connected to a community water system, while in Visayas, 40.14 percent.

 

... and laundry and/or bathing

About 38.24 percent of households in Mindanao used water from a faucet connected to a community water system (i.e., 20.65 percent for own faucet and 17.59 percent for shared faucet) for laundry and/or bathing. The proportion of households in Mindanao that used water from spring, lake, river, rain and other natural sources comprised 24.17 percent while 16.74 percent used water from tubed/piped deep well.

In Luzon, 49.26 percent of the households used water from a faucet connected to a community water system for laundry and bathing while in Visayas, 34.22 percent.

 

Three in five households in Mindanao used wood for cooking

Majority of the households in Mindanao used wood as fuel for cooking. These households comprised 61.96 percent of the total households in the same area. On the other hand, the proportion of households that used Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was 19.57 percent; kerosene, 10.06 percent; and electricity, 2.09 percent.

In Luzon, majority (58.81%) of the households used LPG as fuel for cooking, while in Visayas, 60.75 percent of households used wood for cooking.

 

Among the regions in Mindanao, Caraga had the largest proportion of households (66.71%) that used wood as fuel for cooking. This was followed by Zamboanga Peninsula (65.40%) while the lowest was in Davao Region (55.49%).

Two in five households used water-sealed sewer/septic tank for human waste disposal

The most reported kind of toilet facility used by households in Mindanao was water-sealed sewer/septic tank which comprised 39.02 percent of the households, that is, 31.68 percent of the households had their own toilet facility and 7.34 percent shared it with other households. The proportion of households with water-sealed but with other types of depository, both exclusively used and shared, was 21.20 percent. Those households that had closed pit and open pit toilet facility comprised 14.39 percent and 14.12 percent, respectively. About 8.58 percent had no toilet facility.

In Luzon, 58.84 percent of the households used water-sealed sewer/septic tank while in Visayas, 39.37 percent.

Among the regions in Mindanao, Davao Region (50.56%) and Northern Mindanao (47.93%) had the largest proportion of households with water-sealed sewer/septic tank toilet facility while ARMM had only 14.87 percent.

Close to one-third of the households in ARMM used open pit toilet facility.

 

Burning was the usual manner of garbage disposal

Burning was the usual manner of garbage disposal of more than half (51.63%) of the households in Mindanao. The proportion of households whose garbage was being picked up by a garbage truck was 16.90 percent; dumping in individual pit, 16.06 percent; and composting, 7.30 percent.

In Luzon, 44.02 percent of the households had their garbage picked up by garbage trucks, while 41.39 percent burned their garbage. On the other hand, more than half (53.07%) of the households in Visayas disposed their garbage through burning

 

Most of the households had radio/cassette

Of the 3.5 million households in Mindanao, 69.57 percent had a radio/cassette while 33.80 percent had a television set. Only 6.48 percent of the households had a telephone/cellphone.

About 78.30 percent of the 8.7 million households in Luzon had a radio/cassette and 65.27 percent had a television set. On the other hand, of the 3 million households in Visayas, 72.83 percent had a radio/cassette and 38.57 percent had a television set.

 

One-third of households had an agricultural land

Of the total households in Mindanao, 32.11 percent owned an agricultural land (this included the 3.6 percent of households which acquired the land through Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) or were Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs)); 15.62 percent had other residential land, and 3.46 percent had other land.

In Luzon, 18.02 percent owned an agricultural land (this included the households which had agricultural land acquired thru CARP or were ARBs) and in Visayas, 22.85 percent.

Most households owned/amortized their housing units

About 73.10 percent of households owned/amortized the housing units they occupied. Other households occupied the housing units for free with consent of owner (15.49%), rented (6.03%), and occupied for free without consent of owner (1.17%).

In Luzon, 69.41 percent of the households owned/amortized the housing units they occupied while in Visayas, 73.73 percent.

 

Most of the owner-households constructed their own housing units with or without help of friends/relatives

The most reported mode of acquisition of owned housing units in Mindanao was construction by the owner/occupant with or without help of friends/relatives (56.36%). Other modes were construction by hired/skilled workers (17.19%), purchase (12.75%), construction by an organized contractor (2.23%), and other means or through inheritance (4.08%).

In Luzon, 42.36 percent of the owner-households constructed their housing units with or without the help of friends/relatives while 50.04 percent in Visayas.

A large proportion of households rented the housing units at a rate of P200 to P499 a month

In 2000, there were 210,573 renter-households in occupied housing units, of which 23.93 percent rented at a rate of P200 to P499 a month; P500 to P999, 20.55 percent; below P100, 14.83 percent; and P100 to P199, 10.48 percent. In Luzon, 28.35 percent of the renter-households in occupied housing units rented at a rate of P1,000 to P1,999 a month while in Visayas, 20.37 percent rented at a rate of P500 to P999 a month.

Among the regions in Mindanao, the proportion of renter-households that rented below P100 per month in ARMM was 30.61 percent; Caraga, 22.76 percent; Zamboanga Peninsula, 18.20 percent; SOCCSKSARGEN, 14.42 percent; Northern Mindanao, 11.50 percent; and Davao Region 10.88 percent.

In Luzon, median rental was P1,443.51 monthly and P531.26 monthly in Visayas. Among the regions in Luzon, National Capital Region had the biggest median rental of P1,705.75 and in Visayas, Central Visayas was P 693.19.

 

Ratio of households to occupied housing unit was recorded at 1.03

A total of 3.5 million households and 18.1 million persons resided in 3.4 million housing units in Mindanao resulting to a ratio of 1.03 households to one occupied housing unit and a ratio of 5.32 persons per occupied housing unit.

In Luzon and Visayas, the ratio of households to one occupied housing unit was 1.03 and 1.01, respectively. Moreover, Luzon registered a ratio of 5.04 persons per occupied housing unit and in Visayas, 5.14 persons.

Majority were single-type houses

Majority (93.86%) of the occupied housing units in Mindanao were single houses. Other housing units were either duplex (2.16%), multi-unit residential (2.07%), commercial/industrial/agricultural (0.29%), or institutional living quarters (0.04%).

In Luzon, about 82.37 percent were single houses and in Visayas, 95.68 percent. Other housing units in Luzon were either multi-unit residential (10.96%), and duplex, (4.9%). In Visayas, duplex and multi-unit residential shared almost the same proportion, 1.37 percent and 1.17 percent, respectively.

More than half of the houses had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum and walls made of wood

In 2000, almost three in five occupied housing units in Mindanao had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum (57.14%). The second most common roofing materials was cogon/nipa/anahaw (34.38%). Other materials used for roofs were wood, 3.44 percent; half galvanized iron and half concrete, 2.05 percent; and others that included tile, concrete, clay tile, makeshift, salvaged, improvised roof, asbestos, 2.98 percent.

In Luzon and Visayas, housing units with roofs made of galvanized iron accounted for 74.01 percent and 61.42 percent, respectively.

For outer walls, about 41.32 percent of the occupied housing units in Mindanao were made of wood. The use of bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa comprised 29.10 percent while 14.32 percent used concrete/brick/stone and 11.69 percent used half concrete/brick/stone and half wood.

In Luzon, 41.89 percent of the occupied housing units had outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone while in Visayas, 37.44 percent of the occupied housing units had outer walls made of bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa.

Close to 26 percent of the occupied housing units in Mindanao had a combination of galvanized iron/aluminum for the roofs and wood for the walls. Housing units with a native forest material combination (i.e., cogon/nipa/anahaw for roofs and bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa for outer walls) comprised 21.05 percent while 13.66 percent for a combination of galvanized iron/aluminum for the roofs and concrete/brick/stone for the walls.

Two in five of the occupied housing units in Luzon had a combination of galvanized iron/aluminum for the roofs and concrete/brick/stone for the walls, while in Visayas, one in five had a combination of cogon/nipa/anahaw for the roofs and bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa for the walls.

Most of the houses needed minor or no repair at all

In 2000, 66.49 percent of housing units in Mindanao needed minor repair or no repair at all, 20.12 percent needed major repair, and 5.11 percent with unfinished construction.

 

In Luzon, 71.07 percent of housing units needed minor repair or no repair at all, while Visayas registered 63.93 percent.

About three in five housing units (62.1%) were recently constructed, that is, built after 1990. Almost two in five (37.9%) were built earlier than 1991.

Among the regions in Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula registered the largest proportion (68.85%) of housing units which needed minor repair or no repair at all, followed by SOCCSKSARGEN with 67.34 percent.

Only 17.1 percent of the housing units reported at least 50 square meter floor area

In 2000, about 27.9 percent of the occupied housing units had a floor area of 10 to 19 square meters, 23.7 percent with less than 10 square meters, 17.8 percent with 20 to 29 square meters, and 13.5 percent with 30 to 49 square meters. The occupied housing units in Mindanao that had a floor area of at least 50 square meters comprised 17.1 percent.

The median floor area in Mindanao was 18.9 square meters. Among the regions in Mindanao, Northern Mindanao had the widest median floor area of 21.30 square meters followed by ARMM and Caraga with both 20.6 square meters. SOCCSKSARGEN had the least at 16.60 square meters.

In Luzon, the median floor area was 27.7 square meters and in Visayas, 19.8 square meters. The widest median floor area among the regions in Luzon was in Ilocos Region with 30.0 square meters while in Visayas, it was Eastern Visayas with 20.8 square meters.

 

Source:  National Statistics Office
                Manila, Philippines
 
Page last revised:   June 8, 2005