Socioeconomic Profile

Population

Based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing, Pasig City ranked fourth in terms of population size among the 16 cities and 1 municipality of Metro Manila with a total population of 669,773. A steadily increasing population growth during the 20-year period has been maintained by the city, from 2.42% between 1990 and 2000 to 2.86% between 2000 and 2010. While the whole metropolis showed a marked slowing down of its growth, the city has been growing more rapidly in contrast due apparently to the pull of migration stirred by increasing economic activities and available housing in the area.

As a whole, Pasig City’s population grew annually at the rate of 2.86% between 2000 and 2010, a rate that almost doubled the 1.5% growth trend experienced during the preceding 5-year period (1995-2000). If the current growth trend would persist, the city’s population would double in the next 24 years, or in year 2034.

Social Services

• Educational Facilities

  The city has 27 public elementary schools, and 29 private schools offering both pre-school and elementary education. Most private schools offer a mix of pre-school, elementary and high school education. In Pasig City, there are currently 28 private schools of this type located in 18 barangays.

• Health Facilities

  As of 2011, the city’s health facilities include 2 public hospitals, 11 private hospitals, 41 public health and puericulture centers, 40 barangay health stations, and 1 social hygiene clinic. Overall, the public health facilities have a total of 987 beds, indicating an average ratio of 563 persons per hospital bed. The Pasig City General Hospital provides free hospital care privileges to holders of Blue Cards (senior citizens) and Yellow Cards (indigent residents). Rizal Medical Center (formerly Rizal Provincial Hospital) is a charitable institution that addresses the health problems of medically indigent patients from Rizal Province. This public hospital was established by the national government occupying about 3 hectares of land along Shaw Blvd in Barangay Bagong Ilog. One of the largest public hospitals of Metro Manila, it has a bed capacity of 500 with a wide range of medical services and facilities.

• Social Welfare Facilities

  The existing social welfare facilities in Pasig City include the following: Day Care Centers, Senior Citizen Center, and Wellness Center. As far as their current physical condition is concerned, all the Day Care Centers in the city have been assessed to be in good condition.

• Protective Services Facilities

  The City has a total of 8 police precincts scattered in different locations within the City, with a total of 329 personnel, supported with 403 firearms, 70 motorcycles, and 41 radios, which were all assessed to be currently operational and in good condition.

  Fire protection facilities in Pasig City include a main fire station/headquarters and 5 sub-stations with a total of 76 fire protection personnel and 13 fire trucks. The main headquarters is equipped with 8 fire trucks, 1 rescue van, 1 amphibian truck and 1 rubber boat, only 5 of which are currently operational. Each of the sub-stations has one operational fire truck.

The Local Economy

The characterization of the local economic sector of Pasig City given the three economic sectors focuses on the analysis of the number of business establishments from 1994 to 2012.

• The Primary Sector

  The primary sector is practically non-existent in the City of Pasig. Nevertheless, urban farming of food crops for home consumption is present.

• The Secondary Sector

  The secondary sector covers economic activities such as manufacturing, construction, mining and quarrying as well as electricity, gas and water generation. The industrial sector of Pasig City is represented by light to heavy manufacturing establishments. From the 22,000 establishments recorded in 2010, around 200 locators were classified as large manufacturing establishments. These establishments were mostly engaged in the production of garments, chemical products, electronics, steel products and food (EMI, 2012).

• The Tertiary Sector

  The tertiary sector comprises of a broad range of economic activities such as wholesale and retail trade, financial and insurance related activities, transportation and communication, personal and community services, warehousing and storage, real estate, food provision (restaurants and catering services) and accommodation services (hotels, board and lodging houses, apartments, condominium, etc.), as well as tourism services.

  Generally, the economic activities categorized under the tertiary sector are dominated by business establishments engaged in personal and community services. Following in number are business establishments that are involved in wholesale and retail trading including importation and exportation.