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Barangays in Santa Rosa City

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

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Barangays in Santa Rosa City, at a glance

Barangays: 18^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 430,920^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 17 urban^[4]; 1 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Pooc^[5]; Santa Rosa City, Laguna; 61,378 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Don Jose^[6]; Santa Rosa City, Laguna; about 17.32 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Caingin^{[5, 7]}; Santa Rosa City, Laguna; 6.87% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 8 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Market Area, −10.62% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

18 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Santa Rosa City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoocSanta Rosa City, Laguna	61,378	about 41,193	about 1.49 km²	2.35% a year	Urban
2	DitaSanta Rosa City, Laguna	41,431	about 11,940	about 3.47 km²	4.38% a year	Urban
3	TagapoSanta Rosa City, Laguna	40,368	about 10,220	about 3.95 km²	−1.00% a year	Urban
4	DilaSanta Rosa City, Laguna	36,364	about 12,804	about 2.84 km²	−1.96% a year	Urban
5	CainginSanta Rosa City, Laguna	32,297	about 40,220	about 0.803 km²	6.87% a year	Urban
6	Pulong Santa CruzSanta Rosa City, Laguna	31,929	about 7,657	about 4.17 km²	1.98% a year	Urban
7	SinalhanSanta Rosa City, Laguna	30,790	about 18,661	about 1.65 km²	3.88% a year	Urban
8	MalitlitSanta Rosa City, Laguna	24,545	about 4,367	about 5.62 km²	−2.63% a year	Urban
9	MacablingSanta Rosa City, Laguna	22,932	about 9,635	about 2.38 km²	2.84% a year	Urban
10	BalibagoSanta Rosa City, Laguna	22,225	about 8,451	about 2.63 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
11	LabasSanta Rosa City, Laguna	19,219	about 14,784	about 1.30 km²	−2.42% a year	Urban
12	Don JoseSanta Rosa City, Laguna	18,326	about 1,058	about 17.32 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
13	AplayaSanta Rosa City, Laguna	16,950	about 33,235	about 0.51 km²	1.61% a year	Urban
14	Market AreaSanta Rosa City, Laguna	10,027	about 9,928	about 1.01 km²	−10.62% a year	Urban
15	IbabaSanta Rosa City, Laguna	9,287	about 34,269	about 0.271 km²	3.43% a year	Urban
16	Santo DomingoSanta Rosa City, Laguna	6,649	about 1,029	about 6.46 km²	−0.76% a year	Urban
17	KanluranSanta Rosa City, Laguna	3,846	about 19,523	about 0.197 km²	−2.29% a year	Urban
18	MalusakSanta Rosa City, Laguna	2,357	about 5,481	about 0.43 km²	−4.90% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: CALABARZON (OpenSTAT table 0041A6DTPH3). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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