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    水戸市Ibaraki Prefecture · 08201
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    笠間市Ibaraki Prefecture · 08216
  3. 3
    つくば市Ibaraki Prefecture · 08220
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Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure水戸市
Ibaraki Prefecture · 08201
Listed facilities		笠間市
Ibaraki Prefecture · 08216
Listed facilities		つくば市
Ibaraki Prefecture · 08220
Listed facilities
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)24511
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)3,0311,2153,201
Resident population (people)267,46772,567259,000
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents8.976.894.25
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,133.221,674.311,235.91

“Reported beds” are not licensed, staffed, available or occupied beds. Per-population rates combine provider-location counts with resident-population denominators; they do not measure access or capacity.

Facility profile and published bed measures

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)24511
Facilities with a reported bed count24511
Reported beds (hospital survey field)3,031 beds1,215 beds3,201 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility126.29 beds243 beds291 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility96 beds115 beds199 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds47.5 beds45 beds178 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds148 beds500 beds369.5 beds

Bed summaries exclude records with unknown bed counts. A missing bed count is not treated as zero. These figures describe the listed facility records and do not measure capacity or access.

Distribution of listed hospitals by reported-bed band

Bands are descriptive groups of reported bed counts. They are not quality ratings or rankings.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
0–99 beds1222
100–199 beds914
200–399 beds202
400+ beds123

水戸市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.17%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
37.15%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

笠間市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
40%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
93.83%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

つくば市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
27.27%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
53.23%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

Housing measures

Housing statistics describe the survey's municipal geography and reference period. They are not healthcare measures.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Housing units148,990 housing units34,560 housing units131,220 housing units
Vacant housing rate18.041479%15.422454%8.139003%
Owner-occupied housing rate59.731602%81.805259%53.802111%
Rented housing rate40.268398%18.194741%46.197889%
Floor area per dwelling91.44 m²114.83 m²89.42 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)48,520 JPY per month41,561 JPY per month55,330 JPY per month

Road traffic safety records

These events are grouped by occurrence-location municipality, not by residents' place of residence or provider location. Counts do not measure individual risk or predict future events.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Road traffic accidents728 cases128 cases544 cases
Road traffic deaths11 people3 people12 people
Road traffic injuries899 people161 people661 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Population aged 65 and over70,922 people23,420 people45,697 people
Population aged 75 and over36,916 people11,468 people21,691 people
Share of population aged 65 and over26.95844%32.3955%20.4101%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over14,351 households3,353 households5,635 households

Care providers by provider location

Provider-location geography. Provider counts do not show where residents receive services or whether services are available.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Home-visit care providers56 service providers15 service providers29 service providers
Visiting nursing providers32 service providers6 service providers23 service providers
Day-care providers54 service providers14 service providers35 service providers
Care-management providers85 service providers17 service providers52 service providers
Welfare-facility providers27 service providers8 service providers13 service providers

Projected population

Future values are source-produced projections, not observed future outcomes. Each row retains its stated reference year and observation status.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)270,685 people73,173 people241,656 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)72,883 people23,638 people47,925 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)38,022 people11,573 people22,773 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)266,163 people69,809 people255,190 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)74,853 people24,232 people51,274 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)43,601 people13,564 people28,329 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)263,049 people66,140 people258,539 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)77,311 people24,276 people55,527 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)46,632 people14,970 people32,119 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)259,358 people62,228 people260,524 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)80,921 people24,154 people60,811 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)47,492 people15,100 people34,236 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)254,892 people58,126 people260,559 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)86,295 people24,315 people68,302 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)48,577 people14,697 people36,375 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)249,683 people53,973 people258,692 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)88,487 people23,738 people73,787 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)51,063 people14,311 people39,678 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)243,760 people49,917 people256,124 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)89,145 people22,675 people77,910 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)55,756 people14,545 people45,606 people

Children, families and related measures

This group brings together measures with different definitions and source periods. A listed specialty or facility record is not evidence of service quality, capacity, availability or access.

This measure reports the source-published capacity as of 1 April 2025. It does not show vacancies or places currently available. Figures published only for a designated city are not allocated to its wards. Where no ward-level figure is verified, no figure is shown; this does not mean zero.

Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Population aged 0–1465,369 people10,684 people67,218 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.80414%11.39099%15.47384%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry6 facilities1 facilities4 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics73 people3 people83 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry5 facilities1 facilities1 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity6,949 capacity slots1,570 capacity slots9,507 capacity slots
Households with members under 1824,562 households5,892 households24,240 households
Measure水戸市笠間市つくば市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,839 people8,245 people34,701 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202531,256 people7,189 people35,643 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203028,919 people6,156 people33,937 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203527,344 people5,412 people32,515 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204026,988 people4,994 people32,327 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204526,435 people4,598 people31,640 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205025,375 people4,181 people30,335 people

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  • Values are descriptive statistics based on the same published facility snapshot.
  • Facilities with unknown bed counts are excluded from bed mean, median and distribution summaries; missing bed counts are not treated as zero.
  • Numeric differences describe facility composition. They do not indicate healthcare quality, capacity, access, need, adequacy, superiority or rank.
  • Population-denominated measures use the Basic Resident Register reference date as descriptive context; they do not measure need, access, quality, adequacy or superiority.
  • When a municipality has a zero population denominator, rates per 100,000 residents are not displayed, to avoid division by zero.

Sources and reference periods

Source titles and official records may be in Japanese. Dates and geographic units are shown separately for each source.

A missing numeric value is not converted to zero. Open a municipality profile to see its source details and geographic context.