Niseko, Hokkaido
Individual figures come from official statistics. The overall score and rating weigh future risks such as fiscal health and population. Livability (transit and retail) contributes lightly; rent is shown as a reference only.
Municipality Profile
- Municipality code
- 013951
- Population
- 5,551
- Overall score
- 66 / 100
- Overall rating
- Mostly healthy
Scores by area
Each area is scored from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate a stronger position. Livability covers transit and retail convenience, not rent.
- Finance: 69 / 100
- Infrastructure: 39 / 100
- Healthcare: 2 / 100
- Population: 94 / 100
- Livability: 70 / 100
Strengths
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How tightly the budget is locked in looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- Share of people with wastewater treatment tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How much water costs are covered by bills tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
Key figures in plain language
Technical names are shown under everyday titles. Compare this municipality with prefectural and national averages.
- How large future debt will be: 30%（57 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 4.2%（82 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 83.1%（88 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 90k¥（49 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 82.2%（30 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 328.1k¥（91 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 66.7%（16 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 44.9%（15 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 19.3pts（81 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 13.6%（68 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 0.2（3 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 0（0 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 1.6pts（3 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 65.0%（96 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -4.4%（93 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 23.3%（94 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 3.6stations/10k（83 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 9.4stores/1k（60 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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