Tenure Status of the Housing Unit and Lot

Based on the results of the 2022 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), three in every five families (62.1%) owned the house and lot they occupied. About 15.3 percent of families occupied a house they owned in rent-free lot with the consent of the owner, 9.5 percent rented house/room including a lot, and 8.3 percent of families occupied a rent-free house and lot with consent of the owner. The rest had tenure status of owned house in rent-free lot without consent of the owner (2.5%), owned house but the lot was rented (1.9%), or in rent-free house and lot without consent of the owner (0.3%). (Table 1 and Figure 1)

A higher percentage of rural family residents (65.8%) owned the house and lot they occupied compared with urban residents (58.7%). Meanwhile, a higher percentage of urban residents (16.0%) rented the house and lot they occupied compared with rural residents (2.5%). Moreover, families in rural areas (20.4%) with own house in rent-free lot with consent of owner was almost double in proportion compared with those in urban areas (10.5%). (Table 1)

Across regions, the top three with highest percentage of families who owned the house and lot they occupied were Region II (86.5%), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (79.8%), and Region III (76.6%). There were six other regions with percentage of families who owned the house and lot they occupied higher than the national level. On the other hand, Region VI (45.6%), National Capital Region (NCR) (51.6%), and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (52.6%) had the lowest percentage of families who owned the house and lot they resided. Families who rented the house and lot that they occupied were highest in NCR (28.6%) and Region IVA (15.7%). (Table 1 and Figure 2)

Type of Building/House

In 2022, most families lived in a single type of building or housing unit (90.3%). The rest of the families reside in apartments/accessorias/rowhouses (6.0%), duplex houses (2.1%), other multi-unit residential buildings (0.9%), condominiums/ condotels (0.5%), and commercial/industrial/agricultural buildings/houses (0.2%). (Table 2 and Figure 3)

By place of residence, more families in rural areas (97.3%) lived in single houses compared to those who resided in urban areas (83.9%). On the contrary, more families in urban areas (10.4%) resided in apartments/accessorias/rowhouses against those who lived in rural areas (1.2%). (Table 2)

All regions posted higher than 90.0 percent of its families residing in single type housing units, except in the NCR (76.1%) and its nearby regions of Region IVA (78.1%) and Region III (87.7%). These three regions had the highest percentages of families residing in apartments/accessorias/rowhouses with 16.9 percent in Region IVA, 12.9 percent in NCR, and 9.3 percent in Region III.
(Table 2)

Construction Materials of Roof and Outer Walls

Majority of houses had roofs made of galvanized/iron/aluminum (93.7%). About 2.3 percent of the families lived in houses with roof made of concrete/clay tile and cogon/nipa/anahaw materials. By place of residence, the percentage of families living in houses with galvanized iron/aluminum roof in rural areas (93.6%) was about the same as those living in urban areas (93.9%). Moreover, the percentage of rural families (4.0%) living in houses with roof made of cogon/nipa/anahaw was higher compared with urban families (0.7%). (Table 3)

Majority (96.6%) of houses had roof made of strong materials . Across regions, NCR (99.6%) recorded the highest percentage of families living in houses with strong materials for the roof, while Region V (86.5%) had the lowest percentage of families living in houses with strong materials for the roof. (Table 3 and Figure 4)

About two-thirds of families had concrete/brick/stone as housing materials for outer walls (63.9%), followed by wood (12.9%) and half concrete/brick/stone and half wood (11.2%). Concrete/brick/stone walls were used by a higher percentage of families residing in urban areas (71.2%) than those in rural areas (56.1%). A higher percentage of families residing in rural areas (14.8%) used bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa than those in urban areas (4.8%). Moreover, a higher percentage of rural families (15.5%) were observed to have outer walls made of wood than those living in urban areas (10.4%). (Table 4)

About three in every four (76.1%) houses had outer walls made of strong materials . By region, Region III (93.2%) registered the highest percentage of houses with strong materials for its outer walls, while BARMM (43.2%) had the lowest percentage of families living in houses with strong materials for outer walls. (Table 4 and Figure 4)

Floor Area of Housing Unit

About three out of ten families (30.5%) were residing in housing units with floor area of less than 30 square meters. The remaining 69.5 percent of families resided in housing units with floor area of at least 30 square meters.  (Table 5 and Figure 5)

By area of residence, a higher percentage of families in rural areas (32.0%) occupied housing units with floor area of less than 30 square meters compared with those in urban areas (29.0%). (Table 5)

The three regions with highest proportion of families who lived in houses with floor area less than 30 square meters were Region IX (48.8%), Region XII (47.8%), and Region VII (44.5%). On the other hand, there were eight out of 17 regions where the proportion of families living in housing units with floor area of at least 200 square meters was higher than the national average (3.2%).  These were Region V (5.3%), Region VI (5.1%), BARMM (4.5%), Region VIII (4.4%), Region X (3.9%), Region I (3.6%), Region III (3.6%), and CAR (3.4%). (Table 5)

Household Conveniences

In the 2022 APIS, households were asked for the presence of household conveniences/devices in the housing unit. Smartphone (85.3%) was the most common household convenience/device present in Filipino homes, followed by television sets (75.1%), refrigerator/freezer (50.0%), washing machine (49.2%), and motorcycle/tricycle (47.8%). (Table 6 and Figure 6)

Families in urban areas showed higher percentage of ownership of all household conveniences than those in rural areas, except for motorcycle/tricycle, motorized boat/banca, tractor, basic cellphone, radio and draft animal. (Table 6)

Out of the 20 household conveniences listed, NCR had the highest percentage of ownership of seven out of  the 20 listed household conveniences namely, smartphone (95.0%), television (87.9%), personal computer (43.4%), aircon (28.8%), Landline/wireless telephone (17.8%), induction stove (9.7%), e-trike (1.5%).  Moreover, CAR had the highest percentage of families with car/jeep/van (18.4%), while, BARMM had the highest percentage of families with motorized boat and/or banca (15.2%). (Table 6)

Subscription to Cable, Broadband Internet, and Video Streaming Services

The 2022 APIS also collected data on the subscription to cable, broadband internet, and video streaming services during the period of January to June 2022. One in every four families (25.5%) had subscription to cable (e.g., Sky Cable, Destiny, Cignal, etc.), another one-fourth of families (25.6%) had subscription to broadband internet, fiber internet/DSL, while about one in every ten of families (9.2%) had subscription to video streaming services (e.g., Netflix/iflix/Hooq/iWant/Viu, etc.). (Table 7 and Figure 7)

By area of residence, the percentage of families subscribed to broadband internet was higher in urban areas (35.4%) than in rural areas (15.1%). The percentage of families with subscription to video streaming services was also higher in urban areas (13.5%) than in rural areas (4.6%). The reverse was observed for cable network subscriptions, with higher percentage among families in rural areas (31.6%) compared to those from urban areas (19.8%). (Table 7)

Among regions, MIMAROPA had the highest subscription to cable network with 49.9 percent, followed by Region VIII (47.8%) and Region IX (43.7%). In addition, NCR had the highest percentage of families with subscription to broadband internet (48.6%) and video streaming services (19.5%). (Table 7)

CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, PhD
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General