Household Population comprises 99.5 percent of the total population

1. As of 01 May 2020, Central Visayas has a total population of 8,081,988. Of this total, the household population comprised 99.5 percent or 8,046,285 persons. This is 2.04 million higher than the 6,008,987 household population in 2015, and 1.26 million more than the 6,785,000 household population posted in 2010. (Table A)

2. The remaining 0.5 percent of the total population is comprised of the institutional population or those residing in collective or institutional living quarters such as hospitals, orphanages, military camps, Filipinos in the Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad.

Number of households increased by 578 thousand from 1.39 million in 2015 to 1.97 million in 2020

3. The number of households in Central Visayas reached 1,966,588 in 2020. This is higher by 578 thousand compared with the 1,388,475 in 2015 and by 478 thousand compared with 1,487,710 in 2010. (Table B and Figure 1)

4. Among the provinces and Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs) in Central Visayas, Cebu Province (excluding HUCs) had the most number of households in 2020 with 799 thousand, followed by the province of Negros Oriental with 347 thousand and province of Bohol with 322 thousand. The province of Siquijor posted the least number of households with 25 thousand households. (Table C)

Average household size declines to 4.1 persons in 2020

5. The Average Household Size (AHS) in Central Visayas decreased from 4.3 in 2015 to 4.1 in 2020. In 2010, there were 4.6 persons, on average, per household. (Table B and Figure 1)

6. Among the provinces and HUCs in Central Visayas, only Bohol province posted a higher AHS of 4.3 which is higher than the regional AHS of 4.1. The provinces of Cebu (excluding City of Cebu, City of Mandaue, and City of Lapu-Lapu) and Negros Oriental posted an AHS equal to the regional level. Moreover, the HUCs and province of Siquijor posted a smaller AHS with 4.0, 3.8 and 3.5 persons, respectively.

(SGD.) ARIEL E. FLORENDO
Regional Director