Ushiku, 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
- 082198
- Population
- 83,820
- Overall score
- 59 / 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: 52 / 100
- Infrastructure: 62 / 100
- Healthcare: 65 / 100
- Population: 80 / 100
- Livability: 23 / 100
Strengths
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much water costs are covered by bills looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees 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: 3.4%（86 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 94.3%（29 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 54.8k¥（29 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 94.9%（62 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 42k¥（17 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 109.6%（85 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 102.1%（85 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 84pts（16 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 9.3%（53 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 2.2（77 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 9.6（52 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 64.4pts（65 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 58.5%（73 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -9%（89 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 30.6%（70 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.2stations/10k（28 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 5.7stores/1k（18 / 100）
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