Barangay Salcedo

Barangay Salcedo forms part of Sara, a municipality in Iloilo, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Salcedo had a population of 831. This made it the 34th largest of 42 barangays in Sara by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Salcedo accounted for approximately 1.52% of the total population of Sara, which stood at 54,637 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Salcedo changed from 775 to 831, a shift of +7.2% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Sara. Barangay Salcedo is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Sara is a municipality comprising 42 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Salcedo, 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 Salcedo ranks 920th 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.