Sōja, Okayama
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
- 332089
- Population
- 69,625
- Overall score
- 61 / 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: 61 / 100
- Healthcare: 33 / 100
- Population: 80 / 100
- Livability: 43 / 100
Strengths
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How population is expected to change looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- Share of residents aged 65+ looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
Indicators to watch
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Share of spending used for upkeep tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Doctors per 1,000 residents 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: 5.7%（69 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 91.9%（47 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 111.5k¥（58 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 96.4%（67 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 93.5k¥（57 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 97.8%（58 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 100%（76 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 71.5pts（29 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 7%（41 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 1.1（39 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.1（28 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 33.2pts（32 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 57.6%（68 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -10.8%（88 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 28.6%（77 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 1.4stations/10k（65 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 6.4stores/1k（25 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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