Wakayama, Wakayama
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
- 302015
- Population
- 352,941
- Overall score
- 40 / 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: 19 / 100
- Infrastructure: 38 / 100
- Healthcare: 86 / 100
- Population: 71 / 100
- Livability: 40 / 100
Strengths
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Doctors per 1,000 residents looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Hospital beds per 1,000 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: 79.3%（13 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 9.8%（25 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 96.1%（18 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 45.5k¥（23 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 70.4%（15 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 39.3k¥（15 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 95%（49 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 99.3%（73 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 76.8pts（23 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 10.4%（58 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 4.6（96 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 15.5（74 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 85.3pts（90 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 57.5%（68 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -21.5%（74 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 31.2%（67 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.5stations/10k（39 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 7.8stores/1k（41 / 100）
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