Barangay Talisayan

Situated in Anini-Y, Antique, Barangay Talisayan is one of 23 barangays that make up the municipality within Western Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Talisayan had a population of 1,348. This made it the 6th largest of 23 barangays in Anini-Y by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Talisayan accounted for approximately 6.12% of the total population of Anini-Y, which stood at 22,018 in the same census year.

Census comparisons between 2015 and 2020 show Barangay Talisayan moving from 1,341 residents to 1,348 residents, an intercensal change of +0.5%. The trajectory indicates a slowly expanding community. Barangay Talisayan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Anini-Y is a municipality comprising 23 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Talisayan, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Antique, which contains 590 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Talisayan ranks 141st by 2020 population. Antique is classified as a 2nd 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.