Shimizu, 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
- 016365
- Population
- 8,755
- Overall score
- 48 / 100
- Overall rating
- Needs attention
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: 53 / 100
- Infrastructure: 52 / 100
- Healthcare: 48 / 100
- Population: 44 / 100
- Livability: 68 / 100
Strengths
- 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
- Share of spending used for upkeep looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are 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
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead 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 heavy yearly loan repayments are: 9.4%（29 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 88.5%（70 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 158.9k¥（69 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 91%（50 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 139.8k¥（72 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 100.7%（67 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 56.4%（23 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 66.7pts（33 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 22.2%（84 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 1.1（41 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 10.4（56 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 48.4pts（48 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 52.8%（43 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -37.7%（46 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 37.8%（40 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 2.3stations/10k（74 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 9.6stores/1k（63 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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