Ku Lin-fu, once head of the village, remembers a time ten-odd years ago when there were more than 100 families living in Chiungchiao Keng. Now there are only 56 households, around 200 people, registered in the village and some of these, because they work elsewhere, don't actually live in the village.
曾經當過村長的古琳富記得，十幾年前，芎蕉坑還有百餘戶人家；如今，在芎蕉坑設籍的只剩五十六戶，約二百人。