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Basic Data of Kohoku Ward

Last update date April 22, 2024

Land and weather
Population and Household
Industry and Economy
Labor
Housing
Transportation and Roads
Medical care and welfare
Education and Culture
Police, fire department and city officials

Land and weather

Area

Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (as of April 1, 2022), Census (as of October 1, 2020)
Total floor area	31.40㎢
Land area of habitable land	29.51㎢
Population Concentration District (DID)	26.91㎢

Position and highest altitude

Geographical Survey Institute, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, City of Yokohama, Housing and Architecture Bureau (as of January 13, 2022)
	Place name	Longitude, Latitude, Elevation
Eastern end	3, Hiyoshi	139 degrees, 39 minutes 30 seconds east longitude
Western end	Kozukuecho	139 degrees 34 minutes 57 seconds east longitude
Southern end	Shinowaranishi-cho	Latitude 35 degrees 29 minutes22 north
Northern end	6, Shimodamachi	Latitude 35 degrees 33 minutes46 seconds north
Ward Office	26-1, Mamedocho	139 degrees 37 minutes 59 seconds east longitude Latitude 35 degrees 31 minutes08 seconds north
Highest altitude	Kozukuecho	52.5m above sea level

Urban planning area

City of Yokohama, Housing and Architecture Bureau (as of March 31, 2023)
Urban planning area	31.4㎢
Urbanization area	24.8㎢
Urbanization adjustment area	6.6㎢

Area by land area

Yokohama Finance Bureau (as of January 1, 2023)
Total floor area	20.08㎢
Residential land	15.37㎢
Fields and fields	1.98㎢
Forests, wilderness, ponds and marshes	1.18㎢
Hybrid land	1.53㎢

The figures are the area of taxable land, and do not include tax-exempt areas such as land owned by the national and local governments.

Average Land Prices by Use

City of Yokohama, Urban Development Bureau (per 1 m2 as of January 1, 2024)
	Average price	Average fluctuation rate
Residential area	331,100 yen	3.6％
Commercial land	761,000 yen	5.3％
Industrial area	281,500 yen	3.1％

Weather (Hiyoshi annual precipitation in Hiyoshi)

Yokohama Regional Meteorological Observatory (2023)
Actual value		1351.5mm
Normal value		1607.7mm
Maximum daily precipitation (starting date)		133.5 mm (June 2)
Up to 1 hour of precipitation (starting date)		29.0 mm (Sept. 8)
Rainfall observation days	1 mm or more	85th
	10 mm or more	36th
	30 mm or more	16th

Population and Household

Population and number of households

Estimated population based on national census
	Population	Number of households
1939 (Showa 14) The ward system was enacted	51,800 people	9,190 households
2023 (Reiwa 5)	362,084 people	179,364 households
2024 (Reiwa 6)	363,062 people	181,160 households
Men	180,873 people	・・・
Women	182,189 people	・・・

The ward system is enforced on April 1, 2023 and 2024 as of January 1, 2023.

Population movement

(2023)
Natural additional numbers	-71 people
Births	2,879 people
Death	2,950 people
Number of social increase	1,049 people
Transference (outside of the city)	18,483 people
Transference (in the city)	5,238 people
Transference (outside of the city)	16,589 people
Transference (in the city)	6,238 people
Others	155 people
Number of population growth	978 people

Basic Resident Register Population

(As of March 31, 2024)
	Population	Composition Ratio
Total population	356,436 people	100 ％
0-14 years old	43,165 people	12.1％
15-64 years old	242,049 people	67.9％
65 years old or older	71,222 people	20.0％
75 years old or older	39,604 people	11.1％
Foreigners	8,156 people	2.3％
China	1,995 people	・・・
Korea	1,157 people	・・・
Vietnam	928 people	・・・
Philippines	786 people	・・・
Nepal	443 people	・・・

Demographics

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (2022, the population in parentheses)
Marriage	2,360 cases (6.5)
Divorce	460 cases (1.27)
Total special fertility rate	1.23

Average life expectancy

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, “Life Table” (2020)
Men	83.1
Women	88.4 Years

Daytime and night population

National Census (As of October 1, 2020)
Night (Resident) Population	358,530 people
Inflowing population	93,626 people
Operated population	121,198 people
Daytime population	330,958 people
Daytime and night population ratio	92.3

Family type of household

National Census (As of October 1, 2020)
Number of ordinary households	175,177 households
Single-person households	78,965 households
Nuclear family households	89,040 households
Couples only	32,248 households
Couple and Child	45,643 households
Single parent and child	11,149 households
General households with household members aged 65 and over	45,846 households
Single-person households	14,723 households
Couples only	13,858 households

“General households” do not include households such as student dormitories and hospitals.
Of the general households with household members aged 65 and over, households with "couple only" are husbands 65 years old or older and 60 years old or older with wives 60 years old or older.

Industry and Economy

Business sites

Economic Census (As of June 1, 2021)
	Number of offices	Number of Employees
All industries	11,671	152,411 people
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	10	57 people
Construction Industry	872	7,517 people
Manufacturing	1,159	16,741 people
Electricity, gas, heat supply and water supply	15	269 people
Information and Communications Business	365	9,650 people
Transportation and Postal Services	176	5,643 people
Wholesale and retail business	2,496	36,294 people
Finance & Insurance	156	2,608 people
Real estate, leasing business	1,535	6,237 people
Academic research, professional and technical services	717	7,677 people
Accommodation, food and beverage services	1,036	11,693 people
Life-related services and entertainment	724	4,625 people
Education and learning support business	451	9,561 people
Medical care and welfare	1,232	20,421 people
Complex service	33	658 people
Service business (not classified elsewhere)	676	10,845 people
Public affairs	18	1,915 people

“Life-related services” include laundry, barber, beauty, bathhouse business, etc.
The combined service industry includes post offices, agricultural cooperatives, etc.

Commercial business

Wholesale Business

Economic Census (As of June 1, 2021)
	Number of offices	Number of Employees	Annual product sales
Total	679	12,805 people	¥1,281.2 billion
Fibers, clothing, etc.	17	317 people	13.8 billion yen
Food and beverages	67	1,320 people	140.6 billion yen
Building materials, minerals, metal materials, etc.	109	926 people	102.1 billion yen
Machinery and equipment	336	7,960 people	¥809.6bln
Others	150	2,282 people	215.1 billion yen

The number of business establishments is calculated for which annual product sales were obtained.

Retailing business

Economic Census (As of June 1, 2021)
	Number of offices	Number of Employees	Annual product sales
Total	1,198	16,123 people	317.7 billion yen
Various products	5	223 people	5.1 billion yen
Textiles, clothing, and personal items	152	937 people	13 billion yen
Food and beverages	427	8,588 people	135.2 billion yen
Machinery and equipment	125	1,254 people	55.9 billion yen
Others	419	4,008 people	78.3 billion yen
No store	70	1,113 people	30.2 billion yen

The number of business establishments is calculated for which annual product sales were obtained.

Number of retail stores, etc.

Economic Census (As of June 1, 2021)
Retail Stores	1,423
Restaurants	874
Large-scale retail stores	53
Department Store, General Supermarket	1

"Large retail stores" are establishments with more than 50 employees.
“Department stores, general supermarkets” are business establishments that retail a variety of products covering clothing, food, and housing, and has more than 50 employees at all times.

Industry

Survey of Economic Structures Survey of Manufacturing Works (as of June 1, 2022, accounting items are actual results during 2021)
Number of offices	652
Number of Employees	11,470 people
Raw materials, fuel, electric power usage, etc.	127.9 billion yen
Shipments of manufactured goods, etc.	¥252.0 billion
Value added value	114.1 billion yen

Industrial segment

Survey of Economic Structures Survey of Manufacturing Works (as of June 1, 2022, accounting items are actual results during 2021)
	Number of offices	Shipments of manufactured goods, etc.
Food	18	31.7 billion yen
Beverages	1	x
Fibers	6	300 million yen
Wood	2	x
Furniture	9	¥600 million
Paper products	8	5.8 billion yen
Printing	13	¥2.6 billion
Chemicals	8	4.1 billion yen
Oil	1	x
Plastics	45	10.1 billion yen
Rubber	1	x
Tanned leather	2	x
Ceramics	8	5.4 billion yen
Iron and Steel	2	x
Non-ferrous	7	900 million yen
Metal products	179	26.3 billion yen
Holding equipment	41	12.2 billion yen
Production Equipment	113	33.7 billion yen
Operational Equipment	40	10 billion yen
Electronic components	25	12.9 billion yen
Electrical equipment	64	34.7 billion yen
Information Equipment	22	20.9 billion yen
Transport aircraft	18	30.4 billion yen
Others	19	¥7.3 billion

Agriculture

Agriculture and Forestry Census (As of February 1, 2020)
Number of farmers	323
Arable land area (total farmers)	160ha
Farmers (individual management bodies)	559 people

Labor

Employment placement status

Kohoku Public Employment Security Office (FY2022)
Number of valid job seekers	118,626 people
Number of job openings	111,260 people
Effective job openings-to-applicants ratio	0.94 times

Work force population

National Census (As of October 1, 2020)
	Men	Women
Population aged 15 and over	149,819	153,060 people
Work force population	96,292 people	76,788 people
Employee	93,131 people	74,532 people
Completely unemployed	3,161 people	2,256 people
Non-working population	27,101 people	53,257 people
Labor Force Ratio	78.0％	59.0％
Total unemployment rate	3.3％	2.9％

The labor force ratio is the ratio of the labor force to the population aged 15 and over (excluding the workforce status "unknown").
The unemployment rate is the percentage of unemployed persons in the labor force.

Number of employees (by status of employment)

Census (October 1, 2020)
	Men	Women
Total number of employees	93,131 people	74,532 people
Employers	77,108 people	66,502 people
Regular	65,501 people	36,270 people
Non-regular	11,607 people	30,232 people
Executive Officers	7,663 people	2,123 people
Self-employed business	6,475 people	3,388 people
Family employees	331 people	1,492 people

The total number includes an unknown employee status.
“Non-regular” refers to temporary employees, part-time, part-time, and others.
"Self-employed persons" include domestic employees.

Number of employees (Maindustry industry, Oita classification)

National Census (As of October 1, 2020)
Total number	167,663 people
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	745 people
Construction	8,679 people
Manufacturing	20,384 people
Information and Communications	18,885 people
Transportation and Postal Services	6,998 people
Wholesale and Retailing	26,042 people
Finance & Insurance	6,533 people
Lease of real estate and goods	6,621 people
Academic research, specialized and technical services	12,000 people
Eating, drinking and accommodation	7,913 people
Education and learning support	9,075 people
Medical care and welfare	17,113 people

Housing

Housing and Land Statistics Survey (As of October 1, 2018)
Total number of housing units		183,600 units
Unoccupied house rate		10.2％
Housing with residential households		164,400 units
Percentage of ownership		52.3％
Single-family house rate		29.0％
Wooden Ratio		38.7％
1 Per dedicated housing	Number of residences	3.46 rooms
1 Per dedicated housing	Total floor area	70.52㎡

Construction of new housing

Construction start statistics in Kanagawa Prefecture (FY2022)
Total new housing	2,965 units
Holding house	444 units
Rent house	1,351 units
Single-family units	562 units
Condominiums	607 units
Total floor area	212,702㎡
Floor area per house	71.7㎡

Total includes paid housing.

Transportation and Roads

Number of train rides

Average number of passengers per day

Tokyu

Toyoko Line (FY2022)
Hiyoshi	103,271 people
Tsunashima	43,662 people
Okurayama	23,991 people
Kikuna	55,795 people
Myorenji	11,823 people

New Yokohama Line (FY2022)
Shin-Yokohama	30,406 people
Shin-Tsunashima	6,595 people
Hiyoshi	29,250 people

Opened on March 18, 2023. Data for a total of 14 days from the opening date to March 31 of the same year.

Soutetsu Line

New Yokohama Line (FY2022)
Shin-Yokohama	19,149 people

Opened on March 18, 2023. Data for a total of 14 days from the opening date to March 31 of the same year.

JR East

Yokohama Line (FY2022)
Kikuna	43,226 people
Shin-Yokohama	51,442 people
Small desk	8,927 people

JR Central

Shinkansen (FY2022)
Shin-Yokohama	28,300 people

Yokohama Municipal Subway

Blue Line (FY2022)
Kishinekoen	5,232 people
Shin-Yokohama	29,987 people
Kitashinyokohama	5,903 people
Nippa	9,883 people

Green Line (FY2022)
Hiyoshi	34,514 people
Hiyoshihoncho	7,651 people
Takada	7,365 people

Number of registered vehicles

Kanto Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Finance Bureau, Yokohama (as of March 31, 2023)
Four-wheel vehicles	93,953 units
Passenger car	81,621 units
Freight car	9,702 units
Shared bus	404 units
Special	2,226 units
Small motorcycles	4,562 units
light motor vehicles	23,592 units

Road extension

City of Yokohama, Road and Highway Bureau (as of April 1, 2023)
National highway	－
Prefectural road	27.3km
City road	552.1km
Toll road	6.1km

Medical care and welfare

Medical facilities

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's “Medical Facility Survey” (as of October 1, 2022)
	Number of facilities	Number of beds
Hospitals	6	1,320 beds
General clinics	314	151 beds
Dental clinic	206	－

Healthcare worker

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare "Statistics of Doctors, Dentists, and Pharmacists" (as of December 31, 2022)
Doctor	771 people
Dentist	295 people
Pharmacist	1,072 people

social security

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (as of March 31, 2023, protection fee is fiscal 2022)
Protected households	2,917 households
Personnel protected	3,456 people
Protection rate (to a thousand population)	9.6
Payments for protection expenses	3,736,020,000 yen

Nursing care insurance

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (as of March 31, 2023)
Number of insured persons (65 years old or older)		70,840 people
Number of certified persons requiring long-term care		13,622 people
Of these, the degree of care required 3 or more		4,671 people

National Health Insurance

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (as of March 31, 2023)
Number of insured persons	51,746 people
Number of insured households	37,601 households

Nursery schools

City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau (as of April 1, 2023)
Number of facilities	154
Capacity	9,471 people
Number of elementary school studenｔ enrolled	9,171 people
Under 3 years old	4,185 people
3 years old or older	4,986 people

Number of sales facilities related to health and hygiene

City of Yokohama, Medical Care Bureau (as of the end of 2022)
Performance hall	4
Hotels and inns	36
Public bath	22
Barber shop	108
Beauty salon	399
Cleaning place	160

Education and Culture

School

School Basic Survey (as of May 1, 2023)
	Number of schools	Number of students in elementary school studenｔ	Number of faculty members (in charge)
Kindergarten	22	2,759 people	268 people
Elementary school	26	17,659 people	960 people
Junior high school	12	7,432 people	418 people
High school (full-time, night class/night school)	7	8,147 people	432 people
High school (communication system)	1	370 people	21 people
Special Needs School	1	81 people	70 people
Vocational school	11	3,101 people	158 people

Library

Kohoku Library (FY2022)
Number of books in circulation (end of fiscal year)	150,814 books
Registered lender	60,606 people
Lending Users	212,281 people
Number of books borrowed	695,908 books

Cultural facilities

Number of users or number of working days (FY2022)
Yokohama Arena	207 days / Operating rate 56.7%
Okurayama Memorial Hall	85,383 people
Kohoku public hall	75,351 people
District Center (total of 6 facilities)	434,396 people
Hiyoshi	55,234 people
Nitta	58,939 people
Tsunashima	85,667 people
Kikuna	104,673 people
Jogo small desk	67,622 people
Shinohara	62,261 people

Sports facilities

Number of Users (FY2022)
Nissan Stadium	815,313 people
Yokohama City Sports Medical Science Center	191,170 people
Kohoku Sports Center	245,377 people
Small desk Sports Hall	12,965 people

City park

City of Yokohama, Environmental Planning Bureau (as of March 31, 2023)
	Number of locations	Area
Total	168	145.1ha
Sports Park	2	81.9ha
District park	3	14.3ha
Neighboring park	12	26.6ha
Block park	146	15.7ha
Scenic park	1	1.2ha
Green road	4	5.4ha

Police, fire department and city officials

Crime

Kanagawa Police Headquarters (Kohoku station jurisdiction in 2022)
Number of criminal offenses acknowledgement	1,426 cases
A violent criminal	11 cases
A violent criminal	99 cases
Thieves	971 cases
An intelligent	149 cases
Customs	25 cases
Other criminal offenses	171 cases
Number of criminal offenses	570 cases
Arrest rate	40.0％

Traffic accident

Kanagawa Police Headquarters (2023)
Number of cases	657 cases
Dead	－
injured	768 people

Fire

City of Yokohama, Fire Bureau (2022)
Number of fires	61 cases
Disaster households	45 households
Building burned floor area	350㎡
Amount of loss	46.47 million yen

Number of ward office staff

City of Yokohama, General Affairs Bureau (as of April 1, 2023)
Kohoku Ward Office	547 people

For inquiries to this page

Kohoku Ward General Affairs Division Statistics and Elections Section

Phone: 045-540-2213

Fax: 045-540-2209

Email address: ko-toukeisenkyo@city.yokohama.jp

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