Household population comprised 99.8 percent of the total population.

• As of 01 May 2020, the Province of Davao Oriental had a total population of 576,343 persons. Of this total, the household population comprised 99.8 percent or 574,984 persons. This is 17,959 higher than the 557,025 household population reported in 2015, and 58,509 persons more than the 516,475 household population reported in 2010. (Table A and Figure 1)
• The remaining 0.2 percent is comprised of the institutional population or those residing in collective or institutional living quarters such as hotels, hospitals, orphanages and home for the aged, corrective and penal institutions and military camps.

• City of Mati, the province’s capital and lone city, had 146,887 household population in 2020. This accounted for about 25.5 percent of the province’s household population.
• Of the ten municipalities in the province, municipality of Lupon had the biggest household population in 2020 with 66,796, followed by the municipality of Governor Generoso with 59,834, and the municipality of Baganga with 58,551 persons. The combined household population of these three municipalities accounted for about 32.2 percent of the province’s household population in 2020. The municipality of Boston had the least household population at 14,601 persons. (Table B)

Number of households increased by 14,490 from 125,574 in 2015 to 140,064 in 2020

• The total number of households in the province reached 140,064 in 2020. This is higher by 14,490 compared with the 125,574 households in 2015 and by 26,501 compared with 113,563 households in 2010. (Table C and Figure 2).

One in every four households in the province are in City of Mati

• Among the 11 political subdivisions in the province, City of Mati had the highest number of households with 35,137. This accounted for about 25.1 percent of the province’s total number of households. This means that one in every four households in Davao Oriental resides in City of Mati.
• The municipality of Lupon had 16,676 households (11.9 percent), followed by the municipality of Baganga with 14,556 households (10.4 percent) and the municipality of Governor Generoso with 14,154 households (10.1 percent). The municipality of Boston had the least number of households with 3,596 households (2.6 percent). (Table D)

The average household size (AHS) of the province decreased from 4.3 persons in 2015 to 4.1 persons in 2020. In 2010, there were 4.5 persons, on average, per household. The province’s AHS is the same as that of the national figure. (Table C and Figure 2)

• Four out of the 11 political subdivisions posted an AHS higher than the provincial AHS of 4.1 persons, namely: the municipalities of Governor Generoso, Banaybanay, and Manay, and City of Mati with 4.2 persons each. Three other municipalities posted an AHS equal to that of the provincial level. Moreover, the four municipalities with the smallest AHS were: Cateel, Baganga, and Lupon with 4.0 persons each and San Isidro with 3.9 persons.

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ROGELIO T. LEBRIA

Chief Statistical Specialist