BARANGAY PROFILE

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

According to the olds, the name Sta. Cruz came from the name of the cross built near the Chapel. The cross was established years before liberation. After the liberation, the people agreed to name the place “Sta. Cruz” since it was the name known to many passersby. Hence, the place now bears the name Sta. Cruz.

A fiesta is celebrated every 26^th day of December in honor of their patron saint, St. Stephen Protomartyr. Also, they celebrate the feast day of the patron saint of the barangay, ___________ every 3^rd day of May.

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GEOGRAPHY/TOPOGRAPHY

Sta. Cruz has a total land area of 66.6 hectares (ha). It is bounded on the East by Barangay Dunao; on the West by Barangay Binatagan; on the North by Barangay Guilid, and on the South by Barangay Bonga.

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Demography

According to the 2012 Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Survey, the total number of households is 500 with a population of 2,105 where 1,029 are male and 1,076 are female. It has an average household size of 4. 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	81	72	153
5 to less than 10	99	80	179
10 to less than 15	121	90	211
15 to less than 20	113	107	220
20 to less than 25	109	116	225
25 to less than 30	79	90	169
30 to less than 35	69	77	146
35 to less than 40	45	49	94
40 to less than 45	66	63	129
45 to less than 50	68	73	141
50 to less than 55	39	55	94
55 to less than 60	40	43	83
60 to less than 65	41	51	92
65 to less than 70	23	33	56
70 to less than 75	16	26	42
75 to less than 80	10	25	35
80 to less than 85	6	17	23
85 to less than 90	3	5	8
90 to less than 95	1	4	5
Total	1029	1076	2105

During the survey, the number of members who are 17 years old and above is 1,468, yet the number of the registered voters is 1,343, garnering 91.49% of the actual voters in the barangay.

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Health and Nutrition

There are 10 children who are classified as malnourished in the barangay, 4 of whom are male and 6 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
		188	103	85
	Above Normal				1	0	1
	Normal				174	97	77
	Below Normal (moderate)				7	3	4
	Below Normal (severe)				3	1	2

There is 1 incidence that children under 5 years old died and no incidences where a woman died due to pregnancy-related causes death.

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Housing

There are 3 households in the barangay that live 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. Purok 1, 2 and 3 are where the households are located with 1 each. There are 6 households who are informal settlers or where the housing units have been constructed on land that the occupants have no legal claim to, or occupy illegally. Purok 3 is where the most informal settlers are located with 5 households. The table below shows the tenure status in the barangay:

Tenure Status		Magnitude	Proportion
	Owner, owner-like possession of house and lot	419	83.80
	Rent house/room including lot	40	8.00
	Own house, rent lot	2	0.40
	Own house, rent-free lot with consent of owner	21	4.20
	Own house, rent-free lot without consent of owner	0	0.00
	Rent-free house and lot with consent of owner	12	2.40
	Rent-free house and lot without consent of owner	1	0.20
	Living in a public space with rent	1	0.20
	Living in a public space without rent	4	0.80
	Other tenure status	0	0.00

 

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Water and Sanitation

13 or 2.6% of households have no access to sanitary toilet facilities. Purok 3 has the most number of households with no access with 5. The table below shows the toilet facility in the barangay:

Type of Toilet Facility		Magnitude	Proportion
	Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-own	470	94.00
	Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-shared	12	2.40
	Closed pit	4	0.80
	Open pit	8	1.60
	No toilet	5	1.00
	Others	1	0.20

Meanwhile, there are 48 households (9.6%) from the barangay that have no access to safe water. Most of this household can be found in Purok 7 with 24. The source of the drinking water can be shown below:

Source of Drinking Water		Magnitude	Proportion
	Own faucet water inside the household	387	77.40
	Own faucet water inside the yard	8	1.60
	Public tap/stand pipe	6	1.20
	Tube well/borehole	3	0.60
	Protected dug well	9	1.80
	Semi-protected dug well	6	1.20
	Protected spring water	1	0.20
	Bottled/mineral water	36	7.20
	Others	44	8.80

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Basic Education

In elementary participation, 45 children (23 male and 22 female) who are aged 6-12 years old are not in elementary education. One every 5 children in this age range are not attending elementary school.

In high school participation, a total of 77 children who are aged 13-16 is not in high school. There are more males (44) than females (33) who are not attending high school. Purok 7 has the most members not in high school with 26.

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
		449	250	199	15	11	4	3.34	4.40	2.01
	Purok 01	43	23	20	2	2	0	4.65	8.70	0.00
	Purok 02	24	18	6	2	2	0	8.33	11.11	0.00
	Purok 03	78	40	38	1	0	1	1.28	0.00	2.63
	Purok 04	61	33	28	2	1	1	3.28	3.03	3.57
	Purok 05	79	39	40	2	1	1	2.53	2.56	2.50
	Purok 06	70	42	28	3	2	1	4.29	4.76	3.57
	Purok 07	94	55	39	3	3	0	3.19	5.45	0.00

Of the total 1,773 who are aged 10 and above, 20 are illiterate 8 of whom are male and 12 are 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
		1773	849	924	20	8	12	1.13	0.94	1.30
	Purok 01	219	100	119	4	2	2	1.83	2.00	1.68
	Purok 02	122	63	59	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Purok 03	335	153	182	1	1	0	0.30	0.65	0.00
	Purok 04	245	113	132	3	0	3	1.22	0.00	2.27
	Purok 05	262	117	145	1	1	0	0.38	0.85	0.00
	Purok 06	257	131	126	2	1	1	0.78	0.76	0.79
	Purok 07	333	172	161	9	3	6	2.70	1.74	3.73

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Income and Livelihood

There are 769    members (444 male and 325 female) who are members of the labor force, there are 49 households have reported having members who are unemployed. There are 40 male and 24 female who are considered unemployed.

Of the 500 households, there are 2 households that have experienced food shortage. 87 households lie below the poverty threshold, roughly 17.4% 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 7 has the most number of households living below the poverty threshold with 29.

37 households or 7.4% 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 5 (13 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	28	25	3	3.97	6.19	1.00
	Mining and Quarrying	1	1	0	0.14	0.25	0.00
	Manufacturing	21	16	5	2.98	3.96	1.66
	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	13	13	0	1.84	3.22	0.00
	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	5	3	2	0.71	0.74	0.66
	Construction	53	50	3	7.52	12.38	1.00
	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	125	59	66	17.73	14.60	21.93
	Transportation and Storage	80	75	5	11.35	18.56	1.66
	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	17	7	10	2.41	1.73	3.32
	Information and Communication	5	4	1	0.71	0.99	0.33
	Financial and Insurance Activities	20	14	6	2.84	3.47	1.99
	Real Estate Activities	2	1	1	0.28	0.25	0.33
	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	45	29	16	6.38	7.18	5.32
	Administrative and Support Service Activities	23	5	18	3.26	1.24	5.98
	Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security	56	40	16	7.94	9.90	5.32
	Education	77	17	60	10.92	4.21	19.93
	Human Health & Social Work Activities	21	6	15	2.98	1.49	4.98
	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	2	2	0.57	0.50	0.66
	Other Service Activities	108	54	54	15.32	13.37	17.94
	Activities of Households as Employers; Undifferentiated Goods-and-Services	34	9	25	4.82	2.23	8.31
	Activities of Extra-Territorial Organizations and Bodies	2	1	1	0.28	0.25	0.33

 

Class of worker
		Magnitude			Proportion
		Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Worked for a household	59	39	20	8.37	9.65	6.64
	Worked for a private establishment	256	162	94	36.31	40.10	31.23
	Worked for government/ government corporation	191	89	102	27.09	22.03	33.89
	Self employed without employees	151	93	58	21.42	23.02	19.27
	Employer in own family-operated farm or business	63	36	27	8.94	8.91	8.97
	Worked with pay on own family operated farm or business	9	7	2	1.28	1.73	0.66
	Worked without pay on own family operated farm or business	7	3	4	0.99	0.74	1.33
	Working for government of another country	2	1	1	0.28	0.25	0.33

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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 4 persons victimized by a crime in the barangay. The crimes committed are Theft (3 incidences) and Physical Injury (1 incidence).

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Service Institutions and Infrastructure

The barangay has 1 health facility which is the Barangay Health Center. The nearest Hospitals and Private Drugstores are 200 meters from the barangay. Ligao Police Station and Philippine Postal Office are the service facilities in the barangay. Educational facilities can also be found with two Day Care Centers, Pre-School, and Elementary School. The nearest High School and College or Vocational School is 200 meters from the barangay proper.

The public transportation present in the barangay is Tricycle and Pedicab. The road is concrete (poor condition) and asphalt (fair condition), it is maintained by the Barangay and National Government, respectively.

Garbage collection is the most common garbage or waste disposal system in the community. Open dump site and sanitary landfill is 1 kilometer 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