Household population comprises 99.9 percent of the total population

As of 01 May 2020, Davao Occidental had a total population of 317,159 persons. Of this total, the household population comprised 99.9 percent or 316,907 persons. This is 1,153 individuals higher than the 315,754 household population in 2015, and 23,146 more than the 293,761 household population posted in 2010. (Table A and Figure 1)

The remaining 0.1 percent of the total population is comprised of the institutional population or those residing in collective or institutional living quarters such as hospital, orphanages, military camps, hotel, seminary, corrective and penal institution, logging/mining/construction camp and oceangoing and interisland vessel at port.

Number of households increased by 754 from 77,431 in 2015 to 78,185 in 2020

The total number of households in the province reached 78,185 in 2020. This is higher by 754 compared with the 77,431 households in 2015 and by 13,444 compared with 64,741 households in 2010. (Table B and Figure 2)

More than one-third of the province total households are in the Municipality of Malita

Among the five municipalities in the province, Municipality of Malita had the most number of households in 2020 with 29,489, followed by the Municipality of Jose Abad Santos with 17,001 households. On the other hand, Municipality of Sarangani had the least with 5,718 households in 2020. (Table C)

Average household size remains at 4.1 persons in 2020

The province average household size remains at 4.1 persons in 2020. While the Municipality of Santa Maria and Sarangani posted 3.9 persons on average in a household.

Municipality of Jose Abad Santos posted an average household size (AHS) higher than the provincial average household size with 4.3 persons while the remaining four municipalities are below the province AHS of 4.1 persons.

The 2020 CPH was undertaken by the Philippine Statistics Authority pursuant to Republic Act No. 10625, also known as the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, Executive Order No. 352 – Designation of Statistical Activities That Will Generate Critical Data for DecisionMaking of the Government and the Private Sector, and Batas Pambansa (BP) Bilang 72, which provide the basis for the decennial conduct of the integrated census of population and housing.

May 2020 was declared as the National Census Month pursuant to Proclamation No. 928, s. 2020, which provided that the 2020 CPH be conducted in May 2020, with 01 May 2020 as the census reference date.

However, in light of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the census enumeration was moved to September 2020. Information on the count of the population was collected with 12:01 AM of 01 May 2020 as the reference time and date, in accordance with the provisions indicated under BP 72.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has declared official for all purposes the population counts by province, city/municipality, and barangay based on the 2020 CPH under Proclamation No. 1179 dated 06 July 2021. The population counts were based on census questionnaires administered by about 112,000 enumerators deployed during the nationwide census taking.

The successful completion of the census-taking amidst the COVID-19 pandemic would not have been possible without the cooperation and support of the census respondents and barangay officials nationwide. The PSA would also like to thank the members of the national and local census coordinating boards, officials of national government agencies and local government units, media practitioners, private agencies, non-government organizations, homeowners’ associations, building administrators, and all other census stakeholders. Credits also go to the hundreds of enumerators, supervisors, and other census workers hired by the PSA for the 2020 CPH.

Approved for Release:

JESSIE A. MADULIN
Chief Statistical Specialist
Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office