Hikone, Shiga
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
- 252026
- Population
- 110,878
- Overall score
- 44 / 100
- Overall rating
- Needs planned action
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: 23 / 100
- Infrastructure: 59 / 100
- Healthcare: 54 / 100
- Population: 85 / 100
- Livability: 40 / 100
Strengths
- Share of people with wastewater treatment looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees 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 large future debt will be tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How tightly the budget is locked in 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: 53.5%（31 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 9.2%（30 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 97.4%（12 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 30.2k¥（11 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 97.3%（70 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 35.9k¥（12 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 101.1%（68 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 99.8%（75 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 51.8pts（48 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 7.3%（43 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 1.8（64 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 8.0（44 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 54.1pts（53 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 61.5%（87 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -13.2%（84 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 26.3%（86 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.5stations/10k（37 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 7.8stores/1k（42 / 100）
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