Barangay Villa Esperanza

Situated in Alabat, Quezon, Barangay Villa Esperanza is one of 19 barangays that make up the municipality within CALABARZON.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Villa Esperanza had a population of 646. This made it the 11th largest of 19 barangays in Alabat by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Villa Esperanza accounted for approximately 4.05% of the total population of Alabat, which stood at 15,936 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Villa Esperanza changed from 621 to 646, a shift of +4.0% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Alabat. Barangay Villa Esperanza is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Alabat is a municipality comprising 19 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Villa Esperanza, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Quezon, which contains 1,242 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Villa Esperanza ranks 825th by 2020 population. Quezon is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

The barangay's legislative and executive affairs are handled by a Punong Barangay and the Sangguniang Barangay, elected nationwide during the Barangay and SK Elections. The next BSKE is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, following the synchronized election schedule set by COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.