Sōka, Saitama
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
- 112216
- Population
- 251,992
- Overall score
- 50 / 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: 40 / 100
- Infrastructure: 46 / 100
- Healthcare: 33 / 100
- Population: 92 / 100
- Livability: 15 / 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
- Share of working-age residents 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 large future debt will be: 30.2%（57 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 5.4%（72 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 100.7%（2 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 21.2k¥（5 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 98.5%（77 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 26.2k¥（5 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 93.4%（46 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 88.1%（52 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 73.2pts（27 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 2.3%（8 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 1.1（40 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.6（27 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 33.5pts（33 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 64.9%（95 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -7.5%（90 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 24.4%（91 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.2stations/10k（28 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 4.2stores/1k（5 / 100）
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