City Profile

Lipa City General Information

GEOGRAPHY

• Location
Lipa City is in Southern Luzon located almost at the heart of Batangas Province

• Boundaries
- Sto. Tomas in the North East
- San Pablo (Laguna) & San Antonio (Quezon) in the East
- Padre Garcia and Tiaong (Quezon) in the Southeast
- San Jose and Ibaan in the Southwest
- Mataas na Kahoy, Cuenca and Taal Lake in the West
- Balete and Malvar in the Northwest

• Land Area - 20, 940 has.

• Distance from Metro Manila 80 kilometers south of Metro Manila, 1 hour from NAIA via SLEX and Star Tollway

• Political Subdivisions
Composed of 72 barangays; 12 make up the city proper or Poblacion, another 12 are emerging urban and the rest are still quite rural.

DEMOGRAPHY

Actual Total Population - 260, 568 (CY 2007)
Projected Population - 287,170 (CY 2011)

Male - 143,901
Female - 143,269

No. of Household - 57,434 (2011)

Pop. Growth Rate - 2.46% (CY 2007)

Population Density - 13.71
(CY 2011) persons/has.

Literacy Rate (CY 2007) - 98.27%

Labor Force (2006 Estimates)
Employment Rate - 89.2
Un-Employment Rate - 10.8

Voting Population - 142, 869

LAND USE (2005)

Land Use Category Existing Land Area in Hectare % to total land  Area
Built-up Area 2, 891.79 13.81
Agricultural Area 15,546.90 74.24
Forest Area 1,275.00 6.09
Industrial Area 339.7151 1.61
Agro-Industrial Area 288.5004 1.40
Planned Unit Dev’t. (FAB) 298.00 1.40
Mining/Quarry Area 15.2402 0.07
Open Water Space 286.85 1.37
Total 20,940.00 100.00

EDUCATION

Total Enrollment (SY 2010-2011)

(Pre-Elem Public            Private

Elem. Sec.)                  56,820             21,118

No. of Schools

Public Private
Day Care 104 0
Purely Pre-Elem. School 0 3
Pre-Elem/Grade 1 0 1
Elem. w/ Pre-Elem. School 60 28
Pre. Elem./ Elem./ SPED 1 1
Schools w/ Pre-Elem/Elem/Secondary 0 14
Schools w/ Pre-Elem./Elem./Sec./Tertiary 0 1
Purely Elementary Schools 5 0
Purely Secondary Schools 14 2
Schools w/ Sec./Tertiary 0 1
Secondary School/ SPED 1 0
Purely Tertiary Schools 3 2
Tech./Voc. Schools 0 3
Seminary 0 4 major

1 minor

SPED 0 2
TOTAL 188 63


Economic

Classification of City - Class “A”

Top Sources of City Revenues (CY 2010)

1. IRA

2. Business Taxes

3. Real Property Tax

4. Miscellaneous Income

5. Income From Market

6. Permit Fees

No. of Registered Business

Establishments CY 2010 -           5,884

Major Establishments
  • PKI-Pilipinas Kyohritsu Inc.
  • NESTLE Phils. Inc.
  • Kaylee Fashion
  • Call Centers

- Advanced Contact

Solutions (ACS)

- Teletech

  • SM City Lipa
  • Robinsons Place

No. of Banks -           61

No. of Money  Transfer Companies-  15

No. of Foreign Exchange Companies-  6

Major Crops

- Coffee

- Coconut

- Corn

- Black Pepper

- Lanzones

PROTECTIVE SERVICES

No. of Policemen -           129

No. of Patrol Cars -           10

No. of Motorcycles -           8

No. of Police -           1 main

Stations 5 community stations

Policemen Ratio to -           1:2,172

Population

Crime Incidence

Crime Rate/Annual Average

Index Crimes                     – 10.2475

Non-Index Crime               – 5.71

Crime Solution Efficiency Rating

24.869% (Index Crime)

49.765% (Non-Index Crime)

33.78%   (Crime Volume)

Task Force Bantay Bayan       –         14

Barangay Tanods CY 2011    -           1,144

CCTV Cameras installed

around the city                                    –           11

No. of Firemen                        -           23

No. of Fire trucks                    -           4

Fire Incidence  2010               -           11

HEALTH

Live births                               -  5,774

Crude Birth Rate                    -  20.13/1,000

population

Total Deaths                            -  1,502

Crude Death Rate                   -  5.24/1,000

population

Maternal Death                       -  0

Infant Death                           -  85

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)  -  14.72/1000

population

Government Health Personnel

Doctors                                   -           7

Nurses                                    -          11

Medical Technicians               -          4

Dentist                                   -            6

Dental Aides                           -           5

Midwives                                -           50

Sanitary Inspectors                 -           7

Active BHW’s                                    -           360

Trained Birth Attendant         -           76

BNS                                                 -           89

Non Tech.                                      -           17

Health Facilities

Government Health Units:

Main Health Center (1)

District Health Centers (4)

Gov’t. (Brgy.) Health Stations (49)

Government Hospitals

Lipa City District Hospital

Fernando Air Base Hospital

Private Hospitals

Tertiary

  • Mary Mediatrix Medical Center
  • Lipa Medix Medical Center
  • N.L. Villa Medical Center
  • Metro Lipa Medical Center
  • San Antonio Medical Center of Lipa Inc.

Secondary

  • Divine Love Hospital

Primary

  • Doctors Hospital
  • Holy Family Medical Clinic

RECREATION

  • Community Park
  • Plaza Indipendencia
  • Fiesta Mall Bowling Lanes
  • Blueroze Park and Wildlife
  • Cinema-SM City Lipa and Robinson’s Place
HEALTH AND WELLNESS

  • The Farm at San Benito
  • Bioessence
  • Orient Day Spa
  • Victoria Spa
  • Star Health Care System Inc.
  • Dip n Heal Health Care Services
  • Forever Flawless
  • Let’s Face It
  • Big Apple
  • Ysa Skin Clinic
  • Facellaneous
  • Skin Perfect

GOLF LINKS

  • Malarayat Golf and Country Club
  • Summit Point
  • FAB Golf Links

AMUSEMENT CENTERS

  • Time Zone                -           Robinson
  • Quantum                  -           SM City Lipa
  • World of Fun           -           SM City Lipa
  • Big Shot Bingo        -           SM City Lipa
  • Big Bucks Bingo      -           Fiesta Mall
  • Fun 4 Kids               -           Robinson
  • Dodolon Amusement Inc.    – Fiesta Mall

COCKPIT

  • Lipa Games and Amusement Center

BARS AND RESTAURANT

  • The Library
  • Max’s Restaurant
  • Lipa Grill Restaurant
  • Hapag Pilipino Restaurant
  • Gotohan sa Barangay
  • Blue Sapphire Social Events Corp.
  • Lomi King

COFFEE SHOPS (WIFI)

  • Café Barako De Lipa
  • Starbucks
  • Café 78

RESORTS

  • Kawilihan Resort
  • La Leona Resort
  • Green Leaf Resort
  • Luntian Resort
  • MZ Resort
  • Baluarte Sur & Leisure Parks and Resorts
  • El Madero
  • Almarius Resort

ACCOMODATION

Hotels

  • Hotel La Corona de Lipa
  • El Grande Residencia Hotel
  • Country Club Hotel at Mt. Malarayat
  • The Inns at Mt. Malarayat
  • Anfa Royal Hotel
  • CSI Events Centre
  • Onsemiro Hotel & Resort
  • Hotel ni Mang Jose
  • Hotel Gregorio

Retreat House

  • Capuchin Retreat House
  • Divine Grace Seminar House
  • San Sebastian Retreat House
  • Oblates of Saint Joseph

PUBLIC UTILITIES

  • Roads

Total Road Length      – 398.55024

National Road  – 31.22 kms. (100% concreted)

City Streets     - 24.4738 kms.

Brgy. Roads    -  342.85644 kms.

  • Public Transportation

Buses, PUJ’s, Tricycles,Van for Hire, Multi-Cab

  • Communication

1. Telephone Lines

  • PLDT, Globe, Digitel

2. Radio Network

  • 88.7 FM
  • GV 99.9 FM

3. Cable TV

  • Lipa Home Cable TV Inc,
  • Dream Satellite TV System

4. Mobile Phones

  • Globe
  • Smart
  • Sun Cellular

5. Internet Provider

  • MY DSL/PLDT
  • GLOBE Broadband
  • SMART Bro
  • Digitel

6. Telegraph

  • Bureau of Telecommunication (BUTELCO)

7. Print Media

  • Impormasyon
  • The Southern Tagalog Herald-Batangas

8. Government Courier

  • Phil Postal Corp.

9. Private Courier

  • LBC Express
  • Wide Wide World Express
  • Republic Courier
  • Mail & More Services
  • El Grande Messengerial Services
  • 2GO
  • ML Lhuiller
  • Western Union
  • Water Supply

- Metro Lipa Water District

  • Power Supply
    • Batangas Electric Coop II, Inc.

Utility Rates:

Type of Consumers Water Rates

(Min/cu.m)

Power Rate (min/kwh)
Residential/Gov’t. (Water) 135.00 9.7525
Commercial 7.9996
Commercial/Industrial 270.00
Commercial A 236.50
Commercial B 202.50
Small Industrial 7.9476
Large Industrial 7.4079