Cordillera has 440 thousand housing units in 2020
According to the 2020 Census of Housing and Population (2020 CPH), there were 439,149 housing units recorded in Cordillera Administrative Region. Out of this total, there were 432,668 housing units were occupied by households/household population on May 1, 2020. In 2015, out of the 395,748 housing units, 390,923 were occupied, while in 2010, out of the total 352,403 housing units, 347,362 had occupants.
Figure 1. Total Housing Units, CAR: 2020, 2015, and 2010
Between 2015 and 2020, the number of occupied housing units increased by 41,745 or equivalent to an increase of 9.7%.
Figure 2. Total Number of Occupied Housing Units in CAR
by Census Year: 1960 to 2020
Occupancy rate decreased
The occupancy rate or the ratio of the total occupied housing units to the total number of housing units in 2020 was posted at 98.5%. The occupancy rate in 2015 was higher at 98.8%. This means that there were more vacant housing units in 2020 than in 2015.
Table 1. Total Housing Units, Occupied Housing Units, and Occupancy Rate
by Province and HUC, CAR: 2020 and 2015
Benguet has greatest number of occupied housing units
The top three with the largest population sizes were also the top three provinces in terms of number of occupied housing units. The Province of Benguet had the highest number of occupied housing units with a total of 115,716 occupied housing units in the with 26.7% share of the total occupied housing units in CAR. This was followed by the City of Baguio with 97,948 (22.6%), and the province of Abra with 56,928 (13.2%). The province of Apayao, which had the smallest population size, recorded the least number of occupied housing units with 28,385 (6.6%).
Figure 3. Number of Occupied Housing Units by
Province and HUC: CAR, 2020
There are 101 households per 100 occupied housing units
A total of 439,149 households were recorded in the region in 2020. This translates to 101 households in every 100 occupied housing units, it had the same ratio reported in 2015.
Table 2. Number of Households, Occupied Housing Units,
Ratio of Number of Households to Occupied Housing Unit
by Province and HUC, CAR: 2020 and 2015
Majority of occupied housing units are single houses
Of the total number of occupied housing units in the region, 404,056 or 93.4% were single houses. This was followed by occupied housing units in apartment/accessoria/row house with 24,358 units (5.6%), in duplex with 1,736 units (0.4%), in condominium/condotel with 1,099 units (0.3%), and in Commercial/industrial/ agricultural with 832 units (0.2%). Meanwhile, 587 units (0.1%) were occupied housing units in other multi-unit residential, institutional living quarters, and other types of building.
Figure 5. Occupied Housing Units by Type of Building, CAR: 2020
(In percent)
Majority of occupied housing units have strong construction materials of the outer walls and roofs
In 2020, 59.9% (259,220) of the occupied housing units in the region had outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone followed by outer walls of occupied housing units made of galvanized iron/aluminum with 14.5% (62,743). On the other hand, 12.7% (54,935) of the occupied housing units had outer walls made of wood, 9.7% (41,858) had outer walls made of half concrete/brick/stone and half wood while 2.6% (11,255) had outer walls made of bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa.
About 383,262 (88.6%) of the occupied housing units in 2020 had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum. This was followed by the proportion of occupied housing units with roofs made of concrete/clay tile and half galvanized iron and half concrete with 8.0% (34,749) and 1.9% (8,280), respectively. On the other hand, 0.7% (3,208) of the occupied housing units had roofs made of wood/bamboo, 0.6% (2,580) had roofs made of cogon/nipa/anahaw while 0.9% (3,797) had roofs made of other materials.
Figure 6. Percent Distribution of Occupied Housing Units by Construction Materials of the Outer Walls and Roof, CAR: 2020
Three-fourths of housing units have concrete construction materials of the floor
About 330,456 occupied housing units (76.4%) had concrete construction materials of the floor. Other construction materials of the housing units are wood (17.8%), earth/sand/mud (4.7%), bamboo (0.7%), coconut lumber (0.1%), and others (0.4%).
Meanwhile, around 43.1% (186,262) of the occupied housing units had cement/brick/stone as the finishing materials of the floor. Other finishing materials of the floor are ceramic tile/marble/granite (28.7%), wood plank (10.0%), linoleum (1.7%), vinyl/carpet tile (0.8%), wood tile/parquet (0.8%), and others (4.7%). Moreover, one in ten of the housing units (10.3%) did not have any finishing materials of the floor.
Figure 7. Percent Distribution of Occupied Housing Units by Construction Materials and Finishing Materials of the Floor, CAR: 2020
3 in 5 occupied housing units have one-story building
About three in five or 56.8% occupied housing units (245,535) were one-story buildings. This was followed by housing units in two story buildings with 30.7% (132,753 units) and housing units in three story buildings with 8.0% (34,681 units). The remaining 4.2% (18,299 units) were housing units in buildings with more than three stories.
Figure 8. Occupied Housing Units by Floor, CAR: 2020
Majority of occupied housing units need minor or no repair at all
About four in every five or 86.0% occupied housing units (372,163) only needed minor repair or need not be repaired at all. Meanwhile, the proportion of occupied housing units needing major repair comprised 7.3%.
Moreover, the rest of the occupied housing units were categorized as unfinished construction (2.4%), under construction (2.8%), under renovation/being repaired (1.4%), and dilapidated/ condemned (0.1%).
Figure 9. Percent Distribution of Occupied Housing Units by State of Repair, CAR: 2020
1 in 5 occupied housing units are built within the decade prior to the 2020 CPH
About one in five or 21.5% of the occupied housing units in the region were built 10 years prior to the 2020 CPH, that was in the period 2011 to 2020, while 18.3% were built during the period 2001 to 2010. The remaining 60.3% were built more than 20 years prior to the 2020 CPH with 16.0% during the period 1991 to 2000, 11.4% during the period 1981 to 1990, and 15.99% in 1980 or earlier. Meanwhile, 17.0% of the occupied housing units, respondents don’t know the year the building was built.
Figure 10. Percent Distribution of Occupied Housing Units by
Year Built of the Building, CAR: 2020
2 in every 10 occupied housing units has a floor area of 30-49 square meters
In 2020, occupied housing units with a floor area of about 30-49 sq. m. (318-532 sq. ft.) comprised of 21.3%. This was followed by the housing units with a floor area of 20-29 sq. m. (210-317 sq. ft.) with 19.8%, and floor area of 50-69 sq. m. (533-748 sq. ft.) with 15.5%. Area with less than 20 sq. m. (less than 209 sq. ft.) accounted for 13.4% of occupied housing units.
Meanwhile, occupied housing units with floor area of 70- 89 sq. m. (749- 963 sq. ft.) accounted for 10.1%. Those with floor area ranging from about 90-119 sq. m. (964-1,286 sq. ft.) accounted for 8.3%, while those with floor area of about 120 sq. m. (1,287 sq. ft.) or larger accounted for 4.9%.
Figure 11. Percent Distribution of Occupied Housing Units
by Floor Area, CAR: 2020
4 in 6 households occupying a housing unit owned or has owner like possession of the house and lot they reside in
Of the 439,149 households, 67.2% owned or had owner-like possession of the house and lot they occupied. Moreover, 13.3% rented the house/room including the lot that they occupied. Furthermore, 12.3% had rent-free house and lot that they occupied, and 5.4% had own house rent-free lot with consent of owner.
Figure 12. Percent Distribution of Tenure Status of the
Housing Unit/Lot, CAR: 2020
(SGD)
ALDRIN FEDERICO R. BAHIT, JR.
(Chief Statistical Specialist)
Officer-In-Charge
Special Order No: 2024ORDCAR-160
RJPA/DBRGL
Technical Notes
Method of Enumeration
The population and housing censuses in the Philippines are conducted on a “de jure” basis, wherein a person is counted in the usual place of residence or the place where the person usually resides. The enumeration of the population and collection of pertinent data in the 2020 CPH referred to all living persons as of 01 May 2020.
Household
A social unit consists of a person or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit and have a common arrangement in preparing and consuming food.
The statistics presented in this Special Release were based on the information provided by the household respondents or any responsible member who provided answers to the questions and gave information about the characteristics of the housing units. For the following data items, observation of the building/housing unit by the enumerator was allowed during the data collection of the 2020 CPH:
1. Type of Building;
2. Number of Floors of the Building;
3. Construction Materials of the Roof;
4. Construction Materials of the Outer Walls; and
5. State of Repair of the Building.
