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Exodus: 500,000 leave Metro Manila in past 5 years - PSA

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David Dizon

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<div style="margin:0cm"><span>More people have left Metro Manila in the past 5 years than those coming into the National Capital Region, a Philippine Statistics Authority official said Tuesday. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>Adrian Cerezo, Assistant National Statistician of the PSA Social Sector, said some 500,000 Metro Manila residents have left the region in the last 5 years compared to the 381,000 that have come in during the same period. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>Housing remains the number one why people are leaving the NCR, data showed. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>“Hindi lang ito work from home pero housing related reasons. Karamihan ng mga lumalabas ng NCR ay dahil nakakabili sila ng bahay at lupa sa mga karatig [na probinsya], lalo na diyan sa Calabarzon,” he said in a TeleRadyo Serbisyo interview. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>“Prohibitive sa Metro Manila,” he added. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>A secondary reason for the exodus of residents, he said, is the living environment. “Ang uri ng antas ng pamumuhay ay pangalawang rason kung bakit may intensyon silang umalis ng NCR,” he said.</span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/19/24/metro-manila-tops-list-of-metro-areas-with-worst-traffic-study" id="isPasted">Metro Manila tops list of metro areas with worst traffic: study</a></span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>A rider question on the 2022 Labor Force Survey also showed that 67,000 workers have transferred homes inside the region during the last 5 years. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>Cerezo noted it is also possible that many of the workers are still employed in NCR but now have homes outside the region. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>“Anecdotally, marami tayong mga taong ganun. The commute is bearable enough na dun sila bibili ng bahay at lupa tapas mag co-commute pabalik sa NCR. Marami ‘yung cases na dun nakakabili tapos ‘yung setup work from home and hybrid and there are also those who commute daily,” he said. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><span>Metro Manila or NCR is composed of 16 highly urbanized cities, with a population density of 21,765 persons per square kilometer, according to the PSA. This figure is almost 60 times of the population density of 363 persons per square kilometer posted at the national level. </span></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/25/23/pandemic-lowers-projected-ph-population-in-2023-to-112m" id="isPasted">Pandemic lowers projected PH population in 2023 to 112M</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/20/23/ph-is-13th-most-populous-country-popcom" id="isPasted">PH is world’s 13th most populous country: POPCOM</a></div>

<p>More people have left Metro Manila in the past 5 years than those coming into the National Capital Region, a Philippine Statistics Authority official said Tuesday.</p>

More people have left Metro Manila in the past 5 years than those coming into the National Capital Region, a Philippine Statistics Authority official said Tuesday.