On-going Programs/Projects
PROJECT TITLE
DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVE LEAD AGENCY
Metro Manila Outer Major Roads Project (Northern Package)
Metro Manila Urban Transport Development Plan
DPWH-URPO
DOTC Mindanao Ave., Visayas Ave., C-6 and Q.C.- Norzagaray Alignment
A mass transit development program for Metro Manila to cope with
track design and light rail-guided transport system for physical viability,
Among the proposed LRT lines that will traverse QC are:
LRT 3 (EDSA Extn). LRT 4 (Quezon Ave.), LRT 7 (Commonwealth Ave.) and LRT 5 (Araneta Ave.)
3.1 Demography
3.1.1 Population Size and Growth Rate
Population Size
Growth Rate
Official census results of the National Statistics Office (NSO) in 2007 show that the city has a population of 2,679,450, an increase of 505,619 persons or 23.26% over the 2000 population of 2,173,831. The city’s popula-tion is the largest comprising nearly one-fourth (23.19%) of Metro Manila’s populapopula-tion of 11,553,427. This is followed by the City of Manila (1.65M) and Caloocan City with 1.38M. Quezon City contributes 3.03% of the 88.5M Philippine population. The city also ranks third among the cities with the largest population in the coun-try. (Refer to Fig. DS-1)
For the period 2000-2007, the city registered an annual population growth rate of 2.92%, higher than the NCR’s rate of 2.11% as well as the national growth rate of 2.04% (See Fig. DS-2). At the current growth rate, Quezon City’s population is expected to double in a span of 24 years.
18%
(1.93M)
4%
(.45M)
4%
(.51M)
Las Pinas
5%
(.53M)
Paranaque
5%
(.55M) Valenzuela
5%
(.57M)
Taguig
5%
(.61M) Pasig
5%
(.62M)
Manila
14%
(1.66M)
Caloocan
12%
(1.38M)
Quezon City
23%
(2.68M)
Figure DS-1 Distribution of Population; Metro Manila 2007
Figure DS-2 Annual Population Growth Rate in Various Census Periods
Source: City Planning & Development Office
4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5
2 1.5
1 0.5
0
1980 1990 1995 2000
Quezon City NCR Phil.
2007 4.03
3.64 3.6
1.92
2.92
2.35 2.75
1.56
2.616 3.3
1.06 2.32 2.04
2.34
2.11
The Demographic and Social Development Profile discusses sub-sectors on Population, the
status of well-being which includes Health, Education, Social Welfare Services, Housing, Sports
and Recreation, Protective Services and Culture.
3.1.2 Population Size and Growth Rate by District
Among the city’s four (4) districts, District II remains to have the largest popu-lation with 1,559,641 representing more than half (58.21%) of the city’s total population. Next are District IV and District I with 15.63% and 14.99% shares, respectively. District III has the lowest share in the city’s total population with 11.17%. In terms of population growth rate District II is also the fastest with 4.12% while District I is the slowest. (Refer to Table DS-1)
3.1.3 Barangay Population and Growth Rate
At the barangay level, Bgy. Commonwealth in District II remains to be the most populated with 172,834 or 43.35% increase from 120,569 persons in 2000 cen-sus. The next are barangays Batasan Hills, Payatas and Holy Spirit all in District II. On the other hand Bgy. Mangga in District III is the least populated with only 634 persons.
While Bgy. Commonwealth was noted to be the largest in population count, the fastest in growth rate is Bgy. Bagong Silangan with an annual growth rate of 11.94%. Its 2000 population of 32,497 more than doubled in a span of 7 years with 73,612 in 2007. Bgys. Sauyo and North Fairview followed next with 11.85%
and 11.62% respectively.
District Percent Annual Growth Rate
I II III IV Total
401,705 1,559,641
299,217 418,887 2,679,450
14.99 58.21 11.17 15.63 100.00
1.00 4.12 1.37 1.90 2.92 Table DS-1 Population Distribution by District; Quezon City: 2007
Source: National Statistics Office
In 2000, population density was 134.92 persons per hectare and in 2007, it in-creased to 166.30 persons per hectare. It is projected to be 240.31 persons per hectare in the year 2017. Population was relatively dispersed and unevenly dis-tributed in the four district of the city. District II emerged as the most congested district with a density of 219.50 persons per hectare, followed by District I with 204.79 and District IV with 177.94 persons per hectare. The least densed district is District III at 133.67 persons per hectare which is attributed to the presence of first class residential subdivisions in the area such as the La Vista, White Plains, Corinthians, Blue Ridge, Green meadows, St. Ignatius etc. (See Table DS-2 &
DS-3)
3.1.4 Population Density
Area Area (Has) 2000
pop’n
2007 Pop’n
2017 Pop’n
Density Density Density
I II III IV Reservoir
Total
1,961.5820 7,105.3800 2,238.4810 2,360.7030 2,446.4160 16,112.5620
373,712 1,163,537 271,172 365,410
2,173,831
190.52 163.75 121.14 154.79
134.92
401,705 1,559,641 299,217 418,887
2,679,450
204.79 219.50 133.67 177.44
166.30
457,845 2,537,342 350,208 526,694
3,872,089
233.41 357.10 156.45 223.11
240.31 Table DS-3 Population Size and Density per District Quezon City: 2000, 200
Source : National Statistics Office
Area Land Area
(km)
2000 2007 2017
Quezon City Metro Manila
Philippines
161.112 636.000 300,000.00
134.92 156.17 2.55
166.30 181.66 2.95
240.31 223.84 3.61 Table DS-2 Population Density Quezon City, Metro Manila and the Philippines (persons per hectare) : 2000, 2007
Source: National Statistics Office
Increase in population is attributed to net natural increase and in-migration.
Natural increase is computed as total live births less total deaths. For the period 2000-2007 the total population increase in the city is 505,619. Based on the recorded data on the total number of births and deaths in the city, the natural increase in the population constitutes 225,363 or 44.57%. It is presumed there-fore that more than half (55.43%) or 280,256 of the population increase may be brought about by migration. (See Table DS-4)
The NCR development plan stated that migrants came from Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog, mostly fall-ing within 15-34 years old. Based on their age bracket, said migrants are either job seekers or those people who want to avail of the city’s various educational facilities. Continuous migration of families in the city may be attributed to the city’s a\easy access routes.
The city is traversed by major roads such as C-3, C-4, C-5 and other radial roads and it is considered as the gateway of the Metropolitan Manila via North Luzon expressway. Another factor that contributed to the influx of migrants in the city is the availability of un-developed land areas suitable for residential purposes particularly in the northern portion.
Noted growing number of migrants are the Muslims who came in to the city as a result of peace and order problem in Mindanao. Data from the Quezon City Mus-lim Consultative Council shows that in 2005, there were 48, 718 estimated Muslim population in the city who are also members of thirty (30) Muslim organizations.
They represent 17.00% if the 280,256 presumed city migrants. Out of the twelve (12) Muslim ethnic groups in the Philippines, six (6) are in the city consisting of the Maranaos, Tausog, Maguindanao, Iranon, Yakan, and Sama Groups. Majority or 97.31% are residents of District II, particularly those at the Salam Compound located along Tandang Sora, Bgy. Culiat.
3.1.5 Natural Increase in Population
Year
Total Yearly Increase
Total Yearly Natural Increase
Source: National Statistics Office, Quezon City Health Department
Table DS-4 Yearly Natural Increase of Population; Quezon City: 2001-2007
The population of the city is generally young with an average age of 24 years. Female comprise 51.34%
while male comprise 48.66% (See Fig.DS-3). Based on the 2007 disaggregated data by NSO, the estimated 2007 child and youth population alone (0-24 years old) constituted more than half (51.02%) or 1,361,030 of the total population. About 60,058 (2.25%) belong to 0- to 11-month or infant population, 226,180 (8.48%) to the 1 to 4-year old child population and 395,031 (14.81%) to the 0- to 6-year old population. Males out-numbered females in the youngest age groups (below 15 years old). However, females dominated the males
in the rest of the age groups (15 years old and over).
A young population is viewed on the one hand, as an asset because it implies more human resources and a liability, on the other, because more services will be needed to serve this sector. The total labor force or working age population (15 to 64 years old) in 2007 is 1,776,627 or 66.61% of the total population, 47.83% of whom are male and 52.17% are female. There is 5.01%
or 133,528 persons comprising the 60-year old and over population, with the elderly female population making up 58.48% higher than 41.52% elderly male.
3.1.6 Age and Sex Composition
Figure DS-3
Population by Sex and Age Classification: Quezon City 2007
Source: National Statistics Office
31,082 85 & OVER
80-84
Household Size
In 2007, the average household size in the city is 4.50 members which is almost the same as in year 2000. This is composed, more or less, of a couple with 2 or 3 children or other members of the household. It is slightly lower compared to Metro Manila’s average household size of 4.6 members.
At the district level, District II has the highest household size with 4.58 members while three (3) other districts are below the city’s average household size. Dis-trict 1 has 4.44, DisDis-trict III with 4.47, and DisDis-trict IV has 4.29 members.
Dependency ratio in 2007 was computed to be 50 de-pendents per 100 persons in the working age (15-64 years old) population. Sex dependency ratio shows that there is an equal distribution of male and female dependents. Young dependency ratio on the other hand is higher (45 dependents) than the elderly (5 de-pendents).
Female populace in 2007 was 1,369,497 of which 58.68% or 803,671 are of reproductive ages (15-49 yrs old). The number of women in the reproductive age is an important population indicator since it signi-fies increased birth rates in the future. The 2003-2007 average annual fertility rate or the number of births per 1,000 women of childbearing age was registered at 71.
In 2000, out of the total of 1,669,563 population aged 10 years old and over, single population constituted 42.15% and married comprised 46.22%. About 4.90% were either widowed, separated/ divorced. There are more single fe-males than fe-males but there are more married fe-males than fefe-males. On the other hand, female solo parents or those widowed, divorced/separated outnumbered the male ones. (Refer to Table DS-5)
3.1.7 Population Distribution by Marital Status, Religion, Language Spoken, and Ethnicity
Source: National Statistics Office (NSO): 2000
Table DS-5 Household Population 10 years old and over by Marital Status, Quezon City : 2000
Marital Status Total % Male % Female %
Single Married Widowed
Divorced/Separated Common Law/ Live-in Unknown
Ethnicity Total % Male % Female %
Tagalog is the most commonly used dialect spoken by 65.36% of the popula-tion. The rest are Ilocanos (5.18%), Bicolanos (5.00%), Bisaya (4.35%), Cebua-nos (3.17%) and others.
Table DS-7 Household Population by Ethnicity and Sex, Quezon City : 2000
Source: National Statistics Office (NSO): 2000
The predominant religion in the city is Roman Catholic (87.90%), followed by Igle-sia Ni Cristo (3.64%), and Born Again Christians (1.07%). (See Table DS-6).
Religious Total % Male % Female %
Roman Catholic Iglesia Ni Cristo
Protestants/Methodist/ Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)
Table DS-6 Household Population by Sex and by Religion, QC : 2000
Ensuring good health of the mother and child starts from conception and sustained after birth delivery.
Maternal care for safe motherhood should thus be ob-served and this can be gauged by the quality of pre-natal, natal and post natal care and services given to mothers.
Early pre-natal check up of pregnant women for the last 5 years increased from 80.02% of the total 64,376 pregnant women in 2003 to 89.55% of the 77,840 tar-get pregnant women in 2007. This is lower compared to Metro Manila’s figure of 99.81% pregnant women seen in the early stage of pregnancy. Of the 77,840 pregnant women seen in 2007, only 29% were given complete iron supplementation. This is given to preg-nant women to prevent or treat iron deficiency ane-mia. On the other hand, provision of at least 2 doses of tetanus toxoid immunization was given to 74,192 or 85.00% of the target pregnant women which is higher compared to Metro Manila’s 82.00% coverage. Tetanus toxoid is given to pregnant women to prevent tetanus
in newborn babies.
Birth rate in the city decreased from 19.94 per 1,000 population or 45,826 births in 2003 to 17.00 per 1,000 population or 42,139 births in 2007. There are more female births (52.09%) than male (47.91%).
Most of these deliveries (48.31%) were attended by physicians and midwives (38.07%) 0r 86.38% attended by skilled health personnel. However, there are still 13.18% or 5,555 deliveries attended by “Hilots” and this is higher than the 7.50% birth attendance by hilots in Metro Manila. The deliveries by hilots may be as-sociated with the place of birth since about 32.00% of deliveries were done at home which is also observed to be higher than Metro Manila’s 26.2% deliveries at home. (See Figure DS-4) At the district level, district I got the highest percentage (87.10%) of deliveries at-tended by skilled health personnel, while District III had the lowest with only 78.29%. District II had 83.41% and District IV 84.24% deliveries attended by skilled health personnel.
3.2 Status of Well-Being
3.2.1 Health Status
Maternal Health
2003
No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
2004 2005 2006 2007
Live Birth Death
Neo-Natal Death Infant Death Table DS-8 Summary of Vital Health Statistics, Quezon City 2003-2007
Source: Quezon City Health Department
Registered in 2007 are 30 maternal deaths or maternal mortality rate of 0.71 per 1,000 live birth. This connotes that almost one woman dies during childbirth for every 1,000 births. There was an increase of 9 cases over the 21 maternal death in 2006. Maternal mortality rate of 0.71 per 1,000 live births is higher compared to Metro Manila’s rate of 0.55 in 2007. Quezon City was noted
to have had higher maternal mortality rate than Metro Manila for the last four (4) years. (See Figure DS-5) Maternal deaths may be attributed to the number of mothers who still deliver their babies through “Hilots”.
Uterine Atony/Postpartum Hemorrhage, Eclampsia/
Pre-eclampsia/HELLP and Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy are the first 3 primary causes of maternal deaths.
Hospitals Lying-in Home
60 50 40 30 20 10 0
Doctor Midwife Nurse Hilot
70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
0.5
0.65
0.86
0.55
0.71 0.56
0.58 0.68
0.37
0.55