BARANGAY PROFILE

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Historical Background

Bacong is once a sitio of Barangay Malama. This place was famous for a type of breed of fighting cocks known in dialect as “Bakongon”. As the inhabitants are fond of cockfights especially in Sunday and holidays, whenever a bacongon is declared a winner, it is usually associated with the place. So, when the place eventually became a barangay it was known as “Bakongon” and later shortened to “Bacong”.

The first settles of the place were the families of Porillo, Presones, and Posiquit.

A fiesta is celebrated every 4^th day of August in honor of their patron saint, Sto. Domingo de Guzman.

Geography/Topography

Bacong has a total land area of 502.12 hectares (ha) mostly of which is mountainous land. It is classified as a rural barangay and situated in the Upland cluster of barangays. It is bounded on the East by Barangay Balanac; on the West by Barangay San Vicente; on the North by Barangay Malama; and on the South by the Barangay Palapas.

Its climate is variable (wet and dry). The dry season starts from January to May, and the rainy season from June to December.

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Demography

According to the 2012 Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Survey, the total number of households is 375 with a population of 1,753 where 847 are male and 906 are female. It has an average household size of 5. The number of members according to their age group and sex is the following:

Age Year	Sex		Total
	Male	Female
0 to less than 5	108	119	227
5 to less than 10	107	135	242
10 to less than 15	101	134	235
15 to less than 20	92	87	179
20 to less than 25	68	58	126
25 to less than 30	49	50	99
30 to less than 35	57	41	98
35 to less than 40	48	51	99
40 to less than 45	46	57	103
45 to less than 50	44	41	85
50 to less than 55	24	27	51
55 to less than 60	32	22	54
60 to less than 65	25	29	54
65 to less than 70	20	23	43
70 to less than 75	12	19	31
75 to less than 80	11	6	17
80 to less than 85	2	4	6
85 to less than 90	1	2	3
90 to less than 95	0	0	0
95 to less than 100	0	0	0
100 to less than 105	0	1	1
Total	847	906	1753

During the survey, the number of members who are 17 years old and above is 970, yet the number of the registered voters is only 764, garnering 78.48% of the actual voters in the barangay.

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Health and Nutrition

There are 31 children who are classified as malnourished in the barangay, 15 of whom are male and 16 are female. The following table shows the nutritional status of children:

Nutritional Status		Number of children 0-5 years old			Nutrition status of children 0-5 years old
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
		274	129	145
	Above Normal				2	1	1
	Normal				239	111	128
	Below Normal (moderate)				24	10	14
	Below Normal (severe)				7	5	2

There is no incidence that children under 5 years old died and of women who died due to pregnancy related-causes death.

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Housing

There are 25 (6.7%) households in the barangay that lives in makeshift housing or an improvised housing built of waste materials which are usually from burned or condemned structures, that is being used as living quarters at the time of the census. The purok with the most number of household with makeshift housing is in Purok 3 (9 household). 70 (18.7%) households are informal settlers or where the housing units have been constructed on land that the occupants have no legal claim to, or occupy illegally. Most informal settlements are found in Purok 7 with 15. The table below shows the tenure status in the barangay:

Tenure Status		Magnitude	Proportion
	Owner, owner-like possession of house and lot	207	55.20
	Rent house/room including lot	1	0.27
	Own house, rent lot	4	1.07
	Own house, rent-free lot with consent of owner	63	16.80
	Own house, rent-free lot without consent of owner	1	0.27
	Rent-free house and lot with consent of owner	4	1.07
	Rent-free house and lot without consent of owner	4	1.07
	Living in a public space with rent	3	0.80
	Living in a public space without rent	62	16.53
	Other tenure status	26	6.93

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Water and Sanitation

77 or 20.5% of households have no access to sanitary toilet facilities. Purok 7 has the most number of households with no access while Purok 4 has the least household that have no sanitary toilet facilities. The table below shows the toilet facility in the barangay:

Type of Toilet Facility		Magnitude	Proportion
	Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-own	198	52.80
	Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-shared	26	6.93
	Closed pit	74	19.73
	Open pit	39	10.40
	No toilet	38	10.13

Meanwhile, only 12 households from the barangay have no access to safe water. The source of the drinking water can be shown below:

Source of Drinking Water		Magnitude	Proportion
	Own faucet water inside the household	12	3.20
	Own faucet water inside the yard	22	5.87
	Public tap/stand pipe	12	3.20
	Tube well or borehole	131	34.93
	Protected dug well	74	19.73
	Semi-protected dug well	53	14.3
	Unprotected dug well	1	0.27
	Protected spring water	21	6.50
	River, Stream, Dam, etc.	3	0.80
	Bottled/Mineral water	38	10.13
	Others	8	2.13

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Basic Education

In elementary participation, 38 children (17 male and 21 female) who are aged 6-12 years old are not in elementary education. One every 8 children in this age range is not attending elementary school.

In high school participation, a total of 51 children who are aged 13-16 are not in high school. There are more males (33) than females (18) who are not attending high school. Purok 3 has the most members not in high school with 15.

Here is the overall school participation in the barangay:

Purok		Number of children 6-16 years old			Children 6-16 years old not attending school
					Magnitude			Proportion
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
		509	230	279	32	22	10	6.29	9.57	3.58
	Purok 01	43	18	25	1	0	1	2.33	0.00	4.00
	Purok 02	114	54	60	6	3	3	5.26	5.56	5.00
	Purok 03	112	57	55	12	9	3	10.71	15.79	5.45
	Purok 04	51	20	31	3	2	1	5.88	10.00	3.23
	Purok 05	72	29	43	3	2	1	4.17	6.90	2.33
	Purok 06	42	16	26	2	2	0	4.76	12.50	0.00
	Purok 07	75	36	39	5	4	1	6.67	11.11	2.56

Of the total 1,284 who are aged 10 and above, 21 are illiterate with 11 male and 10 female as shown below:

Purok		Number of persons 10 years old and above			Illiterate persons 10 years old and above
					Magnitude			Proportion
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
		1284	632	652	21	11	10	1.64	1.74	1.53
	Purok 01	146	72	74	2	2	0	1.37	2.78	0.00
	Purok 02	267	127	140	2	1	1	0.75	0.79	0.71
	Purok 03	257	127	130	4	4	0	1.56	3.15	0.00
	Purok 04	153	70	83	7	2	5	4.58	2.86	6.02
	Purok 05	167	81	86	4	2	2	2.40	2.47	2.33
	Purok 06	109	57	52	1	0	1	0.92	0.00	1.92
	Purok 07	185	98	87	1	0	1	0.54	0.00	1.15

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Income and Livelihood

There are 551 members (394 male and 157 female) who are members of the labor force, there are 18 households have reported having members who are unemployed. There are 10 male and 9 female who are considered unemployed.

Of the 375 households, there are 6 households that have experienced food shortage. 171 households lie below the poverty threshold, roughly 45.6% of the household in the barangay. Poverty threshold or poverty line is the minimum income deemed adequate in a household. The currently used poverty threshold is: 19,069 (Rural) and 20,315 (Urban). Purok 2 has the most number of households living below the poverty threshold with 40.

112 households or 29.9% live below the food threshold; it refers to the basic food requirements which meet 100% adequacy of the RDA for energy (2000 calories) and 80% adequacy of other nutrients as recommended by the FNRI.  The currently used food threshold is: 13,319 (Rural) and 14,189 (Urban). Most of this household can be found in Purok 3 (28 household).

Here is the type of business/industry and class of worker in the barangay:

Type of business/industry
		Magnitude			Proportion
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	202	194	8	37.97	50.52	5.41
	Mining and Quarrying	1	1	0	0.19	0.26	0.00
	Manufacturing	10	6	4	1.88	1.56	2.70
	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	3	2	1	0.56	0.52	0.68
	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Construction	60	59	1	11.28	15.36	0.68
	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	54	5	49	10.15	1.30	33.11
	Transportation and Storage	51	48	3	9.59	12.50	2.03
	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	28	18	10	5.26	4.69	6.76
	Information and Communication	2	2	0	0.38	0.26	0.00
	Financial and Insurance Activities	4	2	2	0.75	0.52	1.35
	Real Estate Activities	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	7	4	3	1.32	1.04	2.03
	Administrative and Support Service Activities	2	1	1	0.38	0.26	0.68
	Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security	22	18	4	4.14	4.69	6.76
	Education	11	1	10	2.07	0.26	6.76
	Human Health & Social Work Activities	6	1	5	1.13	0.26	3.38
	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	1	2	0.56	0.26	1.35
	Other Service Activities	35	19	16	6.58	4.95	10.81
	Activities of Households as Employers; Undifferentiated Goods-and-Services	39	5	34	7.33	1.30	22.97
	Activities of Extra-Territorial Organizations and Bodies	1	1	0	0.19	0.26	0.00

 

Class of worker
		Magnitude			Proportion
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Worked for a household	53	20	33	9.96	5.21	22.30
	Worked for a private establishment	145	103	42	27.26	26.82	28.38
	Worked for government/ government corporation	51	26	25	9.59	6.77	16.89
	Self employed without employees	46	36	10	8.65	9.38	6.76
	Employer in own family-operated farm or business	73	45	28	13.72	11.72	18.92
	Worked with pay on own family operated farm or business	108	101	7	20.30	26.30	4.73
	Worked without pay on own family operated farm or business	65	57	8	12.22	14.84	5.41
	Working for government of another country	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Peace and Order

Crime is an act or offense from a public law which makes the offender liable to punishment by the state. It can be categorized as crimes against person and against property. There are 6 persons victimized by a crime in the barangay. Here is the crime committed in the barangay:

Type of Crime		number of Victims of crime
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		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
		6	5	1
	Murder / Homicide				1	1	0
	Theft				0	0	0
	Rape				1	0	1
	Physical Injury				2	2	0
	Other crimes (specified)				2	2	0

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Service Institutions and Infrastructure

The barangay has 3 health facilities which is the Barangay Health Center, Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) and Lying-In Center. The nearest hospital and drugstore could be found 23 kilometers from the Barangay Hall. Bacong Covered Court and Barangay Outpost are the 2 service facilities in the barangay. Educational facilities can also be found with 2 Day Care Center, Pre-school, Elementary School, and High School. The nearest college or vocational school can be located 23 kilometers away from the barangay proper.

The public transportation present in the barangay are Jeepney and Motorcycle. The road is concrete and in fair condition, it is maintained by the City Government.

Compost pits is the most common garbage or waste disposal system in the community. Open dump site and sanitary landfill is 7 kilometers and 23 kilometers away from the barangay, respectively.

The source of electricity in the barangay is provided and maintained by Albay Power and Energy Corporation (APEC).

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Source: CBMS 2012