Ashikita, 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
- 434825
- Population
- 14,877
- Overall score
- 29 / 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: 59 / 100
- Infrastructure: 35 / 100
- Healthcare: 80 / 100
- Population: 8 / 100
- Livability: 66 / 100
Strengths
- How heavy yearly loan repayments are 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 tightly the budget is locked in tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- Share of people with wastewater treatment tends to show a relatively heavier burden compared with the national distribution
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees 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: 5.1%（75 / 100）
- How tightly the budget is locked in: 92.5%（43 / 100）
- Emergency savings per resident: 95.5k¥（51 / 100）
- Share of people with wastewater treatment: 73.5%（18 / 100）
- Spending on roads and facilities per resident: 101.8k¥（61 / 100）
- How much water costs are covered by bills: 100%（64 / 100）
- How much sewer costs are covered by fees: 32.4%（8 / 100）
- How much sewer renewal is likely ahead: 45.2pts（55 / 100）
- Share of spending used for upkeep: 3.4%（17 / 100）
- Doctors per 1,000 residents: 2.2（76 / 100）
- Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 19.4（84 / 100）
- Overall medical capacity: 80.1pts（84 / 100）
- Share of working-age residents: 43.8%（6 / 100）
- How population is expected to change: -56.1%（8 / 100）
- Share of residents aged 65+: 47.4%（8 / 100）
- How many rail stations there are: 4.0stations/10k（85 / 100）
- How many shops there are: 8.7stores/1k（51 / 100）
Municipalities with similar scores
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