Barangay Bautista

Barangay Bautista forms part of City of San Pablo, a city in Laguna, and is classified as a mid-sized barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Bautista had a population of 3,208. This made it the 37th largest of 80 barangays in City of San Pablo by population, placing it in the middle tier of the city. Residents of Barangay Bautista accounted for approximately 1.12% of the total population of City of San Pablo, which stood at 285,348 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Bautista changed from 2,717 to 3,208, a shift of +18.1% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in City of San Pablo. Barangay Bautista is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of San Pablo is a city comprising 80 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Bautista, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Laguna, which contains 681 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Bautista ranks 265th by 2020 population. Laguna is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Like every Philippine barangay, Barangay Bautista is led by an elected Punong Barangay (barangay captain) supported by seven Sangguniang Barangay members (kagawads), an SK Chairperson, a Barangay Secretary, and a Barangay Treasurer. The next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) are scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, with officials serving four-year terms under Republic Act No. 12232.