The total occupied housing unit in Aklan in 2010 went up to 115,086 from the 2000 figure of 86,600, or an increase of 32.9 percent or 28,486, the result of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing shows.
Single house is the most common housing unit occupied with 96 percent, followed by duplex type with 1.7 percent, multi-unit residential with 0.8 percent, and commercial/industrial/agricultural building with 0.4 percent.
Housing units in Aklan with outer walls made of bamboo/sawali/cogon/nipa decreased from 52.4 percent in 2000 to 43.4 percent in 2010. Occupied housing units with roofs made of cogon/nipa/anahaw went down to 49.9 percent in 2010 from 64.5 percent ten years ago. This shows, according to Provincial Statistics Officer Blas M. Solidum, that the number of occupied housing units with walls and roofs made of strong materials increased during the 10 year period 2000 – 2010. However, seven in 10 occupied housing units in Aklan needed minor repair or no repair at all. Each housing unit occupies a floor area of 10-19 sq.m. (or 108-209 sq.ft) with an average occupants of 4.3 per occupied housing unit.
On the other hand, of the 116,123 households in 2010, three out of five households (or 68.0 percent) lived in lots they owned or amortized. The proportion increased from 2000 figure of 60.7 percent.
Moreover, 23.8 percent of the households occupied lots which were rent-free but with consent of owners, while 6.7 percent rented the lots that they occupied, while 1.0 percent occupied lots which were rent-free but without consent of the owners.
The 2010 Census of Population and Housing was undertaken by NSO in May 2010 to take inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and collect information about their characteristics as basis for the formulation of policies and programs for the country’s development. /MP
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