Hōfu, Yamaguchi
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
- 352063
- Population
- 113,144
- Overall score
- 64 / 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: 61 / 100
- Infrastructure: 65 / 100
- Healthcare: 77 / 100
- Population: 73 / 100
- Livability: 32 / 100
Strengths
- How large future debt will be looks relatively stable compared with the national distribution
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are 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
- 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
- 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 large future debt will be: 9.3%（85 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 3.6%（85 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 93%（39 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 29.8k¥（10 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 92.5%（54 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 129.2k¥（69 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 116.1%（94 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 100%（76 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 83.2pts（17 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 5%（28 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 2.5（82 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 14.4（71 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 76.3pts（80 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 56.8%（65 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -17.6%（79 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 31.0%（68 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.3stations/10k（29 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 7.3stores/1k（35 / 100）
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