Location The municipality of Paombong is in the southern part of the province of Bulacan with geographic coordinates of 120°45’14.6″E and 120°48’29.9″E longitudes and 14°52’19.2″N and 14°45’22.34″N latitudes. It is bounded by the municipality of Calumpit in the north, City of Malolos in the east, municipality of Hagonoy on the west and Manila Bay in the south.
The municipality can be reached from a limited access points coming from the Manila North Road (MNR). One is via Paseo del Congreso Road or segment of the Plaridel-Bigaa National Highway and the Malolos-Paombong-Calumpit Provincial Road. The town is about 2.4 kilometers away using this route. Paombong can also be accessed from the MNR using the Blas Ople Diversion Road as an alternate route that will take an approximately 2.6 kilometers long travel from MNR. Another route if one is coming from the town of Calumpit is through Barangay Longos, City of Malolos.
Land Area
Territorial Jurisdiction and Barangay Subdivision Is the land area distribution per barangay of Paombong based on the records of the Municipal Planning and Development Office (MPDO) from their Socio-Economic Profile (SEP) and from the tax maps records of the Assessor’s Office. The area generated from the tax maps utilizes geographic information system or GIS as a tool where digitized cadastral and tax maps are measured. It can be noted that the total area generated from GIS is close to the total area from MPDO. It recorded a difference of only 84.92 hectares.
However, the GIS generated area of 4,383.55 hectares recorder a larger discrepancy from the official land area issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Land Management Bureau (DENR-LMB). According to the said department, the municipality of Paombong has a total land area of 4,634 hectares. This is about 165 has difference.
For planning purposes, the plan shall adopt the 4,383.55 hectares to perform the needed planning and spatial analysis. However, since LMB is the authority when it comes to land area, the municipality of Paombong still recognizes the use of 4,634 hectares as its official land area for the basis of the Department of Budget and Management in the computation of Internal Revenue Allotment.
Table 1: Land Area Distribution by Barangay
BARANGAY
AREA (HECTARES)
SEP
TAX MAPS
Binakod
581.77
444.77
Kapitangan
206.05
208.68
Malumot
5.91
6.59
Masukol
478.98
491.47
Pinalagdan
284.13
160.47
Poblacion
9.20
9.07
San Isidro I
45.37
40.43
San Isidro II
505.53
483.71
San Jose
876.64
997.51
San Roque
629.64
708.63
San Vicente
100.84
102.41
Santa Cruz
368.32
421.83
Santo Niño
107.22
108.05
Santo Rosario
268.87
199.97
TOTAL
4,468.47
4,383.55
Barangay San Jose is considered the largest barangay unit in the municipality of Paombong in terms of land area, which measures about 997.51 hectares or 23% of the total land area of the town. This is followed by Barangay San Roque, Masukol, and San Isidro II at 708.63 has, 491.47 has, 483.71 has respectively. While the smallest Barangay is Malumot with an area of about 5.91 hectares or about 7% of the total land area of Paombong. Error! Reference source not found. shows the land area distribution of the municipality of San Ildefonso per Barangay arranged from largest to smallest.
Table 2: Land Area Distribution by Barangay, Largest to Smallest
BARANGAY
AREA (HECTARES)
SEP
TAX MAPS
San Jose
876.64
997.51
San Roque
629.64
708.63
Masukol
478.98
491.47
San Isidro II
505.53
483.71
Binakod
581.77
444.77
Santa Cruz
368.32
421.83
Kapitangan
206.05
208.68
Santo Rosario
268.87
199.97
Pinalagdan
284.13
160.47
Santo Niño
107.22
108.05
San Vicente
100.84
102.41
San Isidro I
45.37
40.43
Poblacion
9.2
9.07
Malumot
5.91
6.59
TOTAL
4,468.47
4,383.55
Classification
Land Classification The province of Bulacan can be categorized into two (2) major land classification according to the DENR. These are Alienable and Disposable (A & D) and Forest Lands. The A & D areas refers to lands of public domain which have not been the subject of the present system of classification and declared not needed for forest purposes. These are classified into settlements, built-up and production areas. It is estimated that about 66% (1,851 sq.km.) of the total land area in Bulacan is A & D based on DENR-LMB records. Forest Lands on the other hand are further categorized into three (3), protected forest land (NIPAS), Non-NIPAS Protection Forests and the production forests. In the province of Bulacan, forest lands are found on the western part where the watershed and other protected areas are located. This includes Angat Watershed, General Tinio watershed, Ipo watershed and Biak-na-Bato National Part.
Is the derived land classification map of the municipality of Paombong based on the available land classification map of the Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP). Obviously, the whole town of Paombong is classified under the A & D lands. This means that lands in the town can be owned by any private individual.
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Religious Affiliation
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DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND PHYSICAL FEATURES
Demography According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the population of Paombong was 53,294 in 2015.The municipality ranked second least populous among cities and municipalities of Bulacan. The percent share of Paombong’s population to the total population of Bulacan was 1.62.On the other hand, its household size was 4.4 which is higher than that of Bulacan at 4.3 (Table 3).
Table 3: Ranking of Population among Cities/Municipalities in the Province
RANK
PROVINCE/CITY/MUNICIPALITY
2015 POPULATION
% TO TOTAL BULACAN POPULATION
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE
BULACAN
3,292,071
100.00
4.3
1
City of San Jose Del Monte
574,089
17.44
4.0
2
Santa Maria
256,454
7.79
4.2
3
City of Malolos (Capital)
252,074
7.66
4.1
4
Marilao
221,965
6.74
4.4
5
City of Meycauayan
209,083
6.35
4.2
6
San Miguel
153,882
4.67
4.2
7
Baliwag
149,954
4.56
4.4
8
Hagonoy
129,807
3.94
4.3
9
Bocaue
119,675
3.64
4.3
10
Norzagaray
111,348
3.38
4.3
11
Calumpit
108,757
3.30
4.2
12
Plaridel
107,805
3.27
4.0
13
San Ildefonso
104,471
3.17
4.5
14
Guiguinto
99,730
3.03
4.3
15
Pulilan
97,323
2.96
4.4
16
San Rafael
94,655
2.88
4.5
17
Pandi
89,075
2.71
4.4
18
Bulakan
76,565
2.33
4.3
19
Balagtas (Bigaa)
73,929
2.25
4.3
20
Bustos
67,039
2.04
4.5
21
Angat
59,237
1.80
4.5
22
Obando
59,197
1.80
4.2
23
PAOMBONG
53,294
1.62
4.4
24
Doña Remedios Trinidad
22,663
0.69
4.5
The population of Paombong grew on the average by 0.86 annually. It is lower than that of the province and of the country which have an Annual Growth Rate (AGR) of 2.28 and 1.72 percent, respectively. Further, Paombong was fourth (4th) among the towns in Bulacan with low growth rate of the population. Its population is expected to double in 80 years (Table 4).
Table 4: Population by Barangay (2010 & 2015, Growth Rate, Doubling Time, and Year)
BARANGAY
2010 TOTAL POPULATION
2015 TOTAL POPULATION
GROWTH RATE
DOUBLING TIME
DOUBLING YEAR
PAOMBONG
50,940
53,294
0.86
80
2095
Binakod
1,506
1,582
0.94
73
2088
Kapitangan
3,897
4,262
1.72
40
2055
Malumot
1,703
1,439
-3.16
Masukol
1,903
1,545
-3.89
Pinalagdan
2,612
3,163
3.71
19
2034
Poblacion
1,279
1,194
-1.30
San Isidro I
3,448
3,641
1.04
66
2081
San Isidro II
10,366
11,177
1.45
48
2063
San Jose
4,818
5,211
1.50
46
2061
San Roque
4,764
4,847
0.33
209
2224
San Vicente
2,792
2,811
0.13
534
2549
Santa Cruz
1,476
1,611
1.68
41
2056
Santo Niño
3,575
3,640
0.34
201
2216
Santo Rosario
6,801
7,171
1.01
68
2083
Of the 14 barangays in Paombong, Barangay Pinalagdan grew the fastest at the rate of 3.71. This is higher than the rate of the municipality and of the province. With this rate, the population of Barangay Pinalagdan is expected to double in 19 years. Further, seven (7) barangays (50%) had growth rates higher than the municipal rate. Conversely, Barangay Malumot, Masukol, and Poblacion had negative growth rate at (-3.16), (-3.89), and (-1.30), respectively. Factors affecting change in the population are birth and death rate, and migration.
Table 5: Population Composition by Working - Age and Dependent - Age Group (2015)
INDICATOR
BULACAN
PAOMBONG
% SHARE
0 – 14 Years Old
967,721
15,034
28
15 – 64 Years Old
2,173,908
35,353
66
65 Years Old and Above
150,442
2,907
6
Dependent population below 15 and 65 and above
1,118,163
17,941
Total Dependency Ratio
51
51
Young Dependency Ratio
45
43
Old Dependency Ratio
7
8
The economically productive age groups 15 – 64 years old constitute 66% of the total population of Paombong in 2015 as presented in the Table 6. The remaining 34 percent constitute the dependent population that belongs to 0 – 14 years old or the young dependents and 65 years old and over or the old dependents. It means that for every 100 working – age population in Paombong, there are 51 dependents (43 young dependents and 8 old dependents).
Table 6: Population Composition by School - Age and Sex (2015)
AGE GROUP
BOTH SEXES
MALE
FEMALE
SEX RATIO
ALL AGES
53,294
26,705
26,589
100
Under 1
1,027
522
505
103
1 – 4
3,943
2,037
1,906
107
5 – 9
5,151
2,636
2,515
105
10 – 14
4,913
2,547
2,366
108
15 – 19
5,104
2,622
2,482
106
20 – 24
5,113
2,595
2,518
103
25 – 29
4,462
2,263
2,199
103
30 – 34
4,007
2,004
2,003
100
35 – 39
3,827
1,894
1,933
98
40 – 44
3,312
1,641
1,671
98
45 – 49
3,204
1,630
1,574
104
50 – 54
2,624
1,294
1,330
97
55 – 59
2,062
1,068
994
107
60 – 64
1,638
784
854
92
65 – 69
1,259
577
682
85
70 – 74
740
313
427
73
75 – 79
461
156
305
51
80 years and over
447
122
325
38
In terms of age and sex distribution, there were more males than females in age groups 0 to 34, 45-49, and 55-59 in 2015. In contrast, there were more females than males in age groups 35-44, 50-54, and in the older age group 60 years old and over.
In terms of land area, Paombong has a total land area of approximately 46.34 square kilometers. Using the 2015 population, the population density of Paombong was recorded at 1,150 persons per square kilometer. The municipality was 10th least dense among the component cities and municipalities of Bulacan.
Table 7: Population, Land Area, and Density (2015)
* Land area is based on cadastral survey (certified and provided to the DBM) from the LMB, DENR, as of December 2013.
** Estimated land area (certified and provided to the DBM) from the LMB, DENR, as of December 2013.
PROVINCE/CITY/MUNICIPALITY
POPULATION
LAND AREA (SQ.KM.)
POPULATION DENSITY (PERSON PER SQ.KM.)
BULACAN
3,292,071
2,783.69
1,183
Angat *
59,237
61.59
962
Balagtas *
73,929
28.66
2,580
Baliwag*
149,954
45.05
3,329
Bocaue **
119,675
31.87
3,755
Bulakan **
76,565
72.90
1,050
Bustos **
67,039
69.99
958
Calumpit **
108,757
56.25
1,933
Doña Remedios Trinidad **
22,663
932.96
24
Guiguinto **
99,730
27.50
3,627
Hagonoy *
129,807
103.10
1,259
Marilao **
221,965
33.74
6,579
Norzagaray **
111,348
309.77
359
Obando **
59,197
52.10
1,136
Pandi **
89,075
31.20
2,855
PAOMBONG *
53,294
46.34
1,150
Plaridel *
107,805
32.44
3,323
Pulilan *
97,323
39.89
2,440
San Ildefonso *
104,471
128.71
812
San Miguel **
153,882
231.40
665
San Rafael **
94,655
152.43
621
Santa Maria **
256,454
90.92
2,821
City of Malolos (Capital) *
252,074
67.25
3,748
City of Meycauayan **
209,083
32.10
6,513
City of San Jose del Monte **
574,089
105.53
5,440
Urban barangay on the other hand as defined by the PSA, is a barangay with the population of 5,000 or more. In 2010, two (2) barangays in Paombong out of its 14 barangays were classified as urban and in 2015, Barangay San Jose was classified urban resulting to the increase of the number to 3 urban barangays. The level of urbanization in 2015 or the proportion of urban populations to the total population of Paombong was 44 percent.
Table 8: Urban Barangays, Year 2010 & 2015
BARANGAY
2010 TOTAL POPULATION
2015 TOTAL POPULATION
PAOMBONG
50,940
53,294
San Isidro II
10,366
11,177
San Jose
4,818
5,211
Santo Rosario
6,801
7,171
TOTAL
21,985
23,559
According to the PSA, the 2015 based populations may be projected up to five (5) years (for lesser projection error) that can be used for planning and targeting. They also released projection of populations of the national level down to provincial level. However, no population projection is available at the municipal and barangay level. Despite the remarked bigger error in projecting the population at the municipal and barangay level, the projected population presented in the Table 9 was computed for planning purposes only. The projection of populations was calculated using the geometric method wherein the geometric growth rates assumed that the annual net addition to the base population is included in the computation of population growth. The population projection from 2016 to 2028 is presented below. Conversely, the population of Barangay Malumot, Masukol, and Poblacion cannot be projected because of the negative growth rate of the said barangays from 2010 to 2015 population. It should be regarded further that the projected population of the province is not equal to the total projected population of cities/municipalities due to different annual growth rates.
Table 9: Population Projection by Barangay, Year 2016-2028
