Population growth rate decreased to 3.6 percent

The total population of Quezon as of May 1, 2000 was 1,482,955 persons, up by 122,963 persons from the 1995 census result. This figure translated to an annual population growth rate of 1.87 percent from 2.03 percent during the 1990 to 1995 period. Likewise, the number of households rose to 299,662, higher by 27,154 households as compared to the 1995 figure. This gave an average household size of 4.94 persons, slightly lower than the average household size of 4.98 persons in 1995.

Quezon ranked fifth in Southern Tagalog in terms of population size

In terms of population, Quezon ranked fifth among the 11 provinces and one highly urbanized city in Southern Tagalog contributing 12.57 percent to the 11.8 million population of the region. At the national level, the province shared 1.94 percent to the total population of 76.5 million as recorded in the 2000 Census of Population and Housing (Census 2000).

Sariaya, the most populated municipality

Sariaya was the most populated municipality among the 40 municipalities comprising Quezon. This registered a population of 114,568 persons or 7.73 percent of the total provincial population. On the other hand, Jomalig and Infanta were the fastest growing municipalities in the province with an annual population growth rate of 6.31 percent and 5.47 percent, respectively. In contrast, Jomalig was the least populated municipality with 0.39 percent of the total provincial population.

Quezon had a median age of 20 years

Quezon had a median age of 20 years, the same as in 1995. This meant that, half of the population were below 20 years old.

Sex ratio recorded at 105

Males outnumbered their female counterparts with a recorded sex ratio of 105 males for every 100 females.

Dependency ratio was 75

The overall dependency ratio in 2000 was 75.39. This meant that for every 100 persons aged 15 to 64 years, there were about 75 dependents, that is, 68 young dependents (aged 0 to 14 years) and seven old dependents (aged 65 years and over). In 1995, dependency ratio was recorded at 77.03.

More than half belonged to voting population

More than half (54.49 percent) of the residents in Quezon belonged to the voting population. Among them, the proportion of males (50.87 percent) was higher than that of the females (49.13 percent).

Nearly half of the female population were in childbearing ages

Out of 724,605 females in the province, 350,287 or 48.34 percent belonged to childbearing or reproductive age group (15 to 49 years). The highest percentage of which, were those in the 15 to 19 years age group (21.14 percent).

Females predominated higher levels of education

About half (50.32 percent) of the total household population five years old and over had attended or completed elementary education; 28.29 percent, high school; 2.66 percent with post secondary education; and 8.92 percent with higher education. Among those who had reached college were predominantly females.

Over 92 percent were Tagalog

In Quezon, 92.17 percent of the household population classified themselves as Tagalog. The rest were Bisaya/Binisaya (2.84 percent), Bikol/Bicol (2.45 percent), Cebuano (0.85 percent) or belonged to other ethnic groups (1.12 percent).

More married persons than single persons

Of the total population 10 years old and over in Quezon, higher proportion of married persons (46.55 percent) was reported as compared to single persons (41.98 percent). The remaining 11.46 percent were either widowed, divorced/separated, with other marital arrangements or unknown marital status.

Single houses were most preferred

Majority (94.44 percent) of the occupied housing units were single houses. Seven out of 10 housing units needed no repair or if needed one, with minor repair only. More than one-third (39.17 percent) were built from 1996 to 2000.

Median floor area was 22 square meters

Half of the occupied housing units in Quezon had a floor area of below 22 square meters. In 1990, the median floor area was 20 square meters.

Proportion of strong materials used for the roof and outer walls increased

In 2000, the proportion of occupied housing units with roof made of galvanized iron/aluminum accounted to 62.16 percent while 24.57 percent had concrete/brick/stone as the construction materials of the outer walls. These figures were up by 21 and 14.49 percentage points, respectively from that of the 1990 figures.

As to the combination of materials used for roof and outer walls, 23.29 percent of occupied housing units were made of galvanized iron/aluminum as roof and concrete/brick/stone as outer walls.