Valenzuela City - Demographics

Demographics

Note: Latest Philippine census count was held in 2010, most previous was in 2007. In-depth data for 2010 and 2007 censuses in Valenzuela are not yet officially released by the National Statistics Office. This article uses 2000 statistics.

As of the 2000 census of population, Valenzuela has 485,433 people residing in 106,382 residential households, and the average household size was 4.56 persons. On 2007 census count, the city has a general population density of 12,759.1/km2. From 2000 to 2007, population growth rate was 2.27% and is expected to double by 2038 if the city is at this constant rate. The city contributes 4.89% to the population of Metro Manila, thus making it 5th most populous area in the region and gives 0.63% to the whole country. Of the 33 barangays making up the city, barangay Gen. T. de Leon is the most populous barangay (as of 2007) of 95,536 person with density of 260.39 per km2 making 16.79% of the city's population, followed by barangay Marulas with 9.23% (density 251.24 per km2) and barangay Malinta with 7.69% (density 251.41 per km2).

The city's population spread out to 0–14 years old by 32.74% and 2.39% for the 65 years old and above group. The economically active people, 15–64 years group, is 64.87% of the city. In general, half of the population is below 23 years old. General dependency ratio in 2000 is 54.16%, which means that there are 54 individuals from 0–14 and 65 and above age groups are dependent to every 100 individuals from the 15–64 group. Males outnumbered females by a ratio of 101.37 for every 100 females.

Males dominate the age group of 0–14 and 25–54 years old while females exceeds to the rest of age groups. There are 2 children born to every ever-married women in the city. About 57.38% of the female population are in the 15–49 years reproductive group, with 11.71% are in the 20–24 age group. Females on the 15–19 years group may bear an average of 0.66 person; the 20–24 years may bear an average of 0.96 person; 25–29 years groups may bear an average of 1.52 person/s; 30–34 may bear 2.12 persons; 35–39 may bear 2.58 persons; 40–44 may bear 2.71 persons; and 45–49 may bear 2.82 persons.

Females dominated the population in terms of education: 50.04% are college undergraduates, 54.23% are academic degree holders and 56.27% finished post-baccalaureate studies. In 2000, 2.09% of the population held pre-school education as the highest educational attainment (51.81% male, 48.19% female), 27.68% were elementary (49.92% male, 50.08% female), 37.35% were secondary (50.63% male, 49,37% female), 4.62% were post-secondary (50.14% male, 49.86% female), 19.64% were undergraduate/academic degree/post-baccalaureate holders, or a combination of them (48.99% male, 51.01% female) and 2.46% never attended school at all (52.42% male, 47.58% female).

The city is composed of 71.93% Tagalogs (71.78% male, 28.22% female), 4.55% Bicolanos (51.78% male, 48.22% female), 4.32% Bisayas (50.07% male, 49.93% female), and 15.99% are of other ethnicity (50.41% male, 49.59% female). On the other hand, 0.02% are of foreign ethnicity (68.37% male, 31.63% female).

By the year 2013, the city is expected to have a population count of 605,379, taking care of the city growth estimate of 1.71% from 2000 to 2010 and is expected to reach 700,000 mark by mid-2022.

In 2008, employment rate in Valenzuela was estimated as 87.5% with 12.5% of the working class unemployed. This increased for up to 88.9% in 2009 with 11.1% unemployment rate.