Arao, Kumamoto
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
- 432041
- Population
- 49,036
- Overall score
- 33 / 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: 13 / 100
- Infrastructure: 45 / 100
- Healthcare: 90 / 100
- Population: 50 / 100
- Livability: 34 / 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: 88.1%（10 / 100）
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are: 10.1%（22 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 99.6%（3 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 35.7k¥（15 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 81.5%（29 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 60.1k¥（35 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 94.7%（49 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 100%（76 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 86.4pts（14 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 11.1%（61 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 3.0（89 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 23.7（90 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 89.2pts（93 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 51.3%（36 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -30.4%（60 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 36.9%（44 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 0.4stations/10k（36 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 7.1stores/1k（33 / 100）
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