Quezon City's Population Grew By 2.92 Percent Annually (Results from the 2007 Census Of Population)

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p /p p align="JUSTIFY"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bPopulation increased to 2,679,450 persons/b/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"The total population of Quezon City, as of August 1, 2007, was 2,679,450 persons. This represents an increase of 505,619 persons (23.3 percent) over the total population of 2,173,831 persons in 2000. This increase translated to an annual population growth rate (PGR) of 2.92 percent for the period 2000 to 2007, higher than the PGR of 1.92 percent recorded during the period 1995 to 2000./font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bAverage household size was 4.5 persons/b/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"The number of households was posted at 594,832 in 2007, or an increase of 114,208 households from the 2000 figure. Likewise, household population increased from 2,166,320 persons in 2000 to 2,667,372 persons in 2007. The average household size in 2007 was 4.5 persons, almost the same as in 2000./font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font color="brown" face="arial,helvetica"bCommonwealth was the largest barangay in terms of population size/b/font/font/font/p p align="JUSTIFY"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"font face="arial,helvetica"Among 142 barangays in Quezon City, Commonwealth had the largest population with 6.5 percent share. This was followed by barangays Batasan Hills (5.5 percent), Payatas (4.4 percent), Holy Spirit (4.0 percent), and Pasong Tamo (3.1 percent). The rest of the barangays had shares of less than 3.0 percent each. The least populated was barangay Mangga with 0.02 percent share to the total population./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://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060f1.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 was 95 males per 100 females/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 2,667,372 household population of Quezon City, there were 1,297,875 males and 1,369,497 females, resulting to a sex ratio of 95 males for every 100 females. This was lower than the sex ratio of 96 males per 100 females 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"bMedian age increased by one year/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"In 2007, the household population of Quezon City had a median age of 24 years, which implies that half of the household population were below 24 years old. In 2000, the median age was 23 years./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"Household population aged 0 to 4 years and 20 to 24 years comprised the largest age groups with a share of 10.7 percent each. Age groups 5 to 9 years and 25 to 29 years contributed 10.2 percent each, followed by age group 15 to 19 years (10.1 percent)./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://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060f2.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"Males outnumbered females in the youngest age groups (below 15 years). Females, on the other hand, dominated the males in the rest of the age groups (15 year old 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"bProportion of females of voting age was higher than of males/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 64 percent of the household population in Quezon City belonged to the voting-age population (18 years old and over), the proportion of which was higher among females (52.6 percent) compared to that of males (47.4 percent). The proportion of voting-age population in 2007 was slightly higher than the proportion of voting-age population (62.6 percent) recorded in 2000./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 dropped to 50 dependents per 100 working-age population/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 66.6 percent, young dependents (0 to14 years) comprised 30.2 percent, and old dependents (65 years and over) accounted for 3.2 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 2007 was 50, which means that for every 100 persons in the working age group, there were about 50 dependents (45 young dependents and 5 old dependents). In 2000, there were about 53 dependents (49 young dependents and 4 old dependents) for every 100 persons in the working age group./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"bFemales outnumbered males in all categories for marital status/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"About 45 percent of the household population 10 years old and over in 2007 were never married while 42.0 percent were married. The rest (12.6 percent) were either widowed, divorced/separated, in common law/live-in marital arrangement, or had unknown marital status. Moreover, there were more females than males in all 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 attained 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 five years old and over, 21.8 percent had attended or finished elementary education, 36.4 percent had reached or completed high school, 12.2 percent were college undergraduates, and 16.9 percent were academic degree holders./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"There were more females than males among those who had attained higher levels of education. Females comprised 54.6 percent of those with academic degrees and 54.9 percent of those with post baccalaureate courses./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"Among the household population 5 to 24 years old, 63.3 percent had attended school at anytime during School Year 2007 to 2008. Of the total males aged 5 to 24 years, 65.6 percent had attended school at anytime during the said school year. Attendance for females, meanwhile, was 61.1 percent of the total females aged 5 to 24 years./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"bNumber of occupied housing units increased by more than one-fourth/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 447,369 occupied housing units in 2000, the number of occupied housing units reached 571,812 in 2007, showing an increase of 27.8 percent. In 2007, a ratio of 104 households for every 100 occupied housing units was recorded, while in 2000, the ratio was 107 households per 100 occupied housing units. The ratio of persons per occupied housing unit was 4.7 in 2007, lower than the ratio of 4.8 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"bProportion of occupied housing units with strong materials for roofs and outer walls increased/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"More than half (55.3 percent) of the 571,812 occupied housing units had outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone, while three in ten (30.1 percent) had outer walls made of half concrete/brick/stone and half wood. As to construction materials of the roofs, majority (88.2 percent) of the occupied housing units had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum. Occupied housing units with roofs made of half galvanized iron and half concrete comprised 6.6 percent./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/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" size="-1"(Sgd.) bCARMELITA N. ERICTA/bbr / Administrator/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/td /tr /tbody /table p /p hr width="100%" / p /p p align="center"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"img alt="Table 1" src="http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060t1.gif" //font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center"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"img alt="Table 2" src="http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060t2.gif" //font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center"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"img alt="Table 2" src="http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060t3.gif" //font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center"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"img alt="Table 2" src="http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060t4.gif" //font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center"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"img alt="Table 2" src="http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060t5.gif" //font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center"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"img alt="Table 2" src="http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2010/pr1060t6.gif" //font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/font/p p align="center"font face="arial,helvetica" style="text-align: -webkit-left; 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