“Two thousand five hundred eighty residents called Barangay 51 home in 2020.” That’s a fact that might not leap out at you. But it begins to paint a picture of this community within Manila. Barangay 51 sits in the district of Tondo. It is a place with a story woven from numbers and lives.
Barangay 51’s story is closely tied to its location. The island of Luzon cradles it at coordinates 14.6108 North and 120.9720 East. The barangay rises just 4.4 meters above sea level. Imagine the perspective from there.
Let’s journey back a few decades. In 1990 Barangay 51 had a population of 2590. Fast forward thirty years to 2020 and the population decreased slightly to 2580. This detail reveals a subtle shift in the community’s makeup. The figures from the 2020 census show a negative growth rate of 3.25%. This means it had a decrease of 439 people since 2015.
In 2015 the most populous age group was children aged five to nine. There were 334 individuals in that group. The smallest age cohort was those 75 to 79. There were only 18 people in that age range. These statistics offer a peek into the age distribution of Barangay 51.
We can also consider households. In 2015 there were 741 households. Each one had an average of 4.07 members. These numbers provide a sense of the living arrangements within Barangay 51.
Barangay 51 is a piece of Manila. Its story involves population shifts and household sizes. It’s a story best understood by looking at the numbers. These numbers represent people. They reflect the ebb and flow of life in this community.