Barangay XV

Barangay XV forms part of City of Victorias, a city in Negros Occidental, and is classified as a very small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay XV had a population of 32. This made it the 25th largest of 26 barangays in City of Victorias by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the city. Residents of Barangay XV accounted for approximately 0.04% of the total population of City of Victorias, which stood at 90,101 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay XV changed from 235 to 32, a shift of -86.4% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in City of Victorias. Barangay XV is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Victorias is a city comprising 26 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay XV, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Negros Occidental, which contains 662 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay XV ranks 600th by 2020 population. Negros Occidental 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.