Barangay Barasan Oeste

Barangay Barasan Oeste forms part of Santa Barbara, a municipality in Iloilo, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Barasan Oeste had a population of 571. This made it the 44th largest of 60 barangays in Santa Barbara by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Barasan Oeste accounted for approximately 0.84% of the total population of Santa Barbara, which stood at 67,630 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Barasan Oeste changed from 494 to 571, a shift of +15.6% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Santa Barbara. Barangay Barasan Oeste is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Santa Barbara is a municipality comprising 60 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Barasan Oeste, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Iloilo, which contains 1,901 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Barasan Oeste ranks 1206th by 2020 population. Iloilo 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.