Karatsu, Saga
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
- 412023
- Population
- 113,890
- Overall score
- 36 / 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: 15 / 100
- Infrastructure: 58 / 100
- Healthcare: 81 / 100
- Population: 55 / 100
- Livability: 62 / 100
Strengths
- How much water costs are covered by bills 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
- Emergency savings per resident 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: 117.5%（4 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 14.3%（2 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 89.7%（64 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 16.6k¥（3 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 93.3%（56 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 99k¥（60 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 104.5%（76 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 95.8%（65 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 73.2pts（27 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 2.5%（11 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 2.6（83 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 16.5（78 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 80.3pts（84 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 53.5%（46 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -31.6%（58 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 34.0%（56 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 1.2stations/10k（60 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 9.6stores/1k（63 / 100）
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