Hitachi, Ibaraki
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
- 082023
- Population
- 163,855
- Overall score
- 53 / 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: 51 / 100
- Infrastructure: 64 / 100
- Healthcare: 72 / 100
- Population: 50 / 100
- Livability: 28 / 100
Strengths
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Share of people with wastewater treatment looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much water costs are covered by bills looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- How tightly the budget is locked in tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Emergency savings per resident tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident 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: 1.9%（92 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 97.9%（9 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 66.5k¥（37 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 99.4%（84 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 49.3k¥（24 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 105.4%（78 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 100.2%（82 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 86.4pts（14 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 3.6%（18 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 1.8（65 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 16.6（78 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 71.4pts（74 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 56.7%（64 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -40.2%（41 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 34.2%（55 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.2stations/10k（25 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 6.8stores/1k（30 / 100）
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