BARANGAY PROFILE

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Barayong is one of the original twenty (20) barangays in the Cadastral Survey of March 4, 1934. It is along the Pedro Sabido Avenue, a national road connecting the Municipality of Guinobatan to the Municipality of Polangui.

The name of the barangay is derived from the name of the trees growing abundantly in the area. The local folks call these trees “Barayongon”. The name was later shortened to “Barayong”.

The families of Buenavente and Payno were said to be the early residents of the barangay.

A fiesta is celebrated every 2^nd Sunday of October in honor of their patron saint, St. Thomas de Aquinas.

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GEOGRAPHY/TOPOGRAPHY

Barayong has a total land area of 724.42 hectares (ha). It is situated in the Mayon cluster of barangays. It is bounded on the East by Barangay Herrera; on the West by Barangay Mahaba; on the North by Barangay Busay; and on the South by the Barangay Herrera.

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 383 with a population of 1,900 where 974 are male and 926 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	126	112	238
5 to less than 10	115	108	223
10 to less than 15	156	117	273
15 to less than 20	108	119	227
20 to less than 25	80	55	135
25 to less than 30	55	52	107
30 to less than 35	46	57	103
35 to less than 40	51	56	107
40 to less than 45	49	51	100
45 to less than 50	47	43	90
50 to less than 55	42	31	73
55 to less than 60	33	43	76
60 to less than 65	29	31	60
65 to less than 70	18	17	35
70 to less than 75	8	14	22
75 to less than 80	8	10	18
80 to less than 85	3	5	8
85 to less than 90	0	5	5
Total	974	926	1900

During the survey, the number of members who are 17 years old and above is 1,060, yet the number of the registered voters is only 905, garnering 85.38% 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, 17 of whom are male and 14 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
		284	150	134
	Above Normal				1	1	0
	Normal				231	120	111
	Below Normal (moderate)				21	14	7
	Below Normal (severe)				10	3	7

There are 6 incidences that children under 5 years old died, all coming from Purok 1.  There are no women who died due to pregnancy related-causes death.

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Housing

There were 4 or 1% household in the barangay that lives in makeshift housing or an improvised housing built of waste materials which are usually from burned or condemned structures, which are being used as living quarters at the time of the census. It can be found in purok 4. 57 (14.9%) 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 3 (25 households). The table below shows the tenure status in the barangay:

Tenure Status		Magnitude	Proportion
	Owner, owner-like possession of house and lot	271	70.76
	Rent house/room including lot	2	0.52
	Own house, rent lot	0	0.00
	Own house, rent-free lot with consent of owner	38	9.92
	Own house, rent-free lot without consent of owner	18	4.70
	Rent-free house and lot with consent of owner	10	2.61
	Rent-free house and lot without consent of owner	4	1.04
	Living in public space with rent	1	0.26
	Living in public space without rent	34	8.88
	Other tenure status	5	1.31

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Water and Sanitation

121 or 31.6% of households have no access to sanitary toilet facilities. Purok 3 and 4 has the most number of households with no access with 34 and 40 respectively. The table below shows the toilet facility in the barangay:

Type of Toilet Facility		Magnitude	Proportion
	Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-own	243	63.45
	Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-shared	19	4.96
	Closed pit	0	0.00
	Open pit	8	2.09
	No toilet	113	29.50

Meanwhile, only 4 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	34	8.88
	Own faucet water inside the yard	1	0.26
	Public tap/stand pipe	321	83.81
	Protected spring water	23	6.01
	Unprotected spring water	3	0.78
	Bottled/Mineral water	1	0.26
	Others	0	0.00

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Basic Education

In elementary participation, 25 children (11 male and 14 female) who are aged 6-12 years old are not in elementary education. One every 13 children in this age range is not attending elementary school.

In high school participation, a total of 53 children who are aged 13-16 are not in high school. There are more males (33) than females (20) who are not attending high school. Purok 3 has the most members not in high school with 20.

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
		556	296	260	14	10	4	2.52	3.38	1.54
	Purok 01	71	40	31	1	1	0	1.41	2.50	0.00
	Purok 02	124	56	68	4	2	2	3.23	3.57	2.94
	Purok 03	186	105	81	5	4	1	2.69	3.81	1.23
	Purok 04	175	95	80	4	3	1	2.29	3.16	1.25

Of the total 1,439 who are aged 10 and above, 14 are illiterate with 7 male and 7 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
		1439	733	706	14	7	7	0.97	0.95	0.99
	Purok 01	197	96	101	1	1	0	0.51	1.04	0.00
	Purok 02	295	148	147	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Purok 03	481	245	236	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Purok 04	466	244	222	13	6	7	2.79	2.46	3.15

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Income and Livelihood

There are 570 members (414 male and 156 female) who are members of the labor force, there are 28 households have reported having members who are unemployed. There are 15 male and 19 female who are considered unemployed.

Of the 383 households, there are 68 households that have experienced food shortage. 264 households lie below the poverty threshold, roughly 68.9% 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 4 has the most number of households living below the poverty threshold with 90.

200 households or 52.2% 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 (69 households).

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	287	260	27	53.54	65.16	19.71
	Mining and Quarrying	13	12	1	2.43	3.01	0.73
	Manufacturing	3	2	1	0.56	0.50	0.73
	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	1	1	0	0.19	0.25	0.00
	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Construction	13	13	0	2.43	3.26	0.00
	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	84	35	49	15.67	8.77	35.77
	Transportation and Storage	45	45	0	8.40	11.28	0.00
	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	4	2	2	0.75	0.50	1.46
	Information and Communication	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Financial and Insurance Activities	6	4	2	1.12	1.00	1.46
	Real Estate Activities	1	0	1	0.19	0.00	0.73
	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	9	3	6	1.68	0.75	4.38
	Administrative and Support Service Activities	4	2	2	0.75	0.50	1.46
	Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security	7	4	3	1.31	1.00	2.19
	Education	7	0	7	1.31	0.00	5.11
	Human Health & Social Work Activities	10	0	10	1.87	0.00	7.30
	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	3	0	0.56	0.75	0.00
	Other Service Activities	21	12	9	3.92	3.01	6.57
	Activities of Households as Employers; Undifferentiated Goods-and-Services	30	5	25	5.60	1.25	18.25
	Activities of Extra-Territorial Organizations and Bodies	1	1	0	0.19	0.25	0.00

 

Class of worker
		Magnitude			Proportion
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Worked for a household	162	29	33	30.22	32.23	24.09
	Worked for a private establishment	114	79	35	21.27	19.80	25.55
	Worked for government/ government corporation	38	11	27	7.09	2.76	19.71
	Self employed without employees	80	68	12	14.93	17.04	8.76
	Employer in own family-operated farm or business	17	16	1	3.17	4.01	0.73
	Worked with pay on own family operated farm or business	22	19	3	4.10	4.76	2.19
	Worked without pay on own family operated farm or business	116	82	34	21.64	20.55	24.82
	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 is 1 person victimized by a crime in the barangay. The crime committed in the barangay is Murder/Homicide.

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Service Institutions and Infrastructure

The barangay has 1 health facility which is the Barangay Health Center. The nearest hospital and drugstore could be found 5 kilometers from the Barangay Hall. Barayong Covered Court is the only service facility in the barangay. Educational facilities can also be found with Day Care Center, Elementary School, and High School. The nearest college or vocational school can be located 5 kilometers away from the barangay proper.

The public transportation present in the barangay is Tricycle. The road is concrete and in good condition, it is maintained by the Provincial Government.

Garbage collection is the most common garbage or waste disposal system in the community. Open dump site and sanitary landfill is 6 kilometers away from the barangay.

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