Kusatsu, 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
- 252069
- Population
- 140,515
- Overall score
- 67 / 100
- Overall rating
- Mostly healthy
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: 59 / 100
- Infrastructure: 76 / 100
- Healthcare: 63 / 100
- Population: 95 / 100
- Livability: 24 / 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
- 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
- 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: 4%（83 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 90.5%（57 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 49.9k¥（26 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 100%（93 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 67.5k¥（42 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 113.5%（91 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 116.7%（94 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 75.1pts（25 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 4.1%（22 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 2.3（79 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 8.8（47 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 63.2pts（64 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 63.3%（93 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: 0.4%（96 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 22.4%（95 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.2stations/10k（27 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 6.1stores/1k（22 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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