4 Living and Environment

　Looking at how to build houses, apartments are the most common, 96,236 households, and about two-thirds live in apartment houses. Next, 44,745 households (31.5%) were detached houses. In addition, the ratio of households living in apartment houses is 67.7%, which is 5.9% higher than 61.8% of Yokohama City as a whole.

Document: 2020 National Census

　Looking at the rate of vacant houses, the number of vacant houses in Tsurumi Ward accounted for 10.7%. Compared to 9.7% of Yokohama as a whole, the percentage of vacant houses in Tsurumi Ward is 1.0 point higher.

Document: 2018 Housing and Land Statistics Survey

　The number of fires in Tsurumi Ward during 2022 was 52, a decrease of 2 from the previous year. The most common cause of fires was "tobacco", followed by "arson (including suspected arson)" at 9 cases. The number of ambulances dispatched in Tsurumi Ward during 2022 was 18,193, an increase of 3,069 from the previous year. The reason for dispatch is that sudden illness accounts for about 70% of the total.

Document: Tsurumi fire department

Document: Yokohama Statistical Report (Tsurumi Line has not been published)

　During 2022, 669 traffic accidents occurred, with 745 in injured and 4 dead. In addition, all items increased compared to the previous year.

Document: Tsurumi police department

　The number of crimes in Tsurumi Ward increased by 33 compared with last year and 1,457 in Yokohama.

Document: Tsurumi police department

　The number of acknowledgement crimes in Tsurumi Ward during 2022 was 981, up from a decline that had been continuing since 2013.

Document: Tsurumi police department

　The number of special frauds, which had increased between 2015 and 2019, decreased from 2020 to 3 years, but increased in 2022 compared to the previous year.

Document: Tsurumi police department

Document: Yokohama Statistical Report

　As of March 31, 2024, Tsurumi Ward has 147 parks with an area of 819,738 m2. Of these, prefectural Mitsuike Park accounts for 296,838m2, accounting for about 40% of the park area in the city.

Document: Environmental Planning Bureau

　In fiscal 2022, Yokohama City's tax revenue was approximately 867.3 billion yen, an increase of approximately 28.4 billion yen from the previous year. Excluding tax, “Personal municipal tax” and “Corporate municipal tax” increased due to an increase in salary earners, and “Property Tax (Land and House)” increased due to an increase in new houses. In fiscal 2022, Tsurumi Ward earned approximately 77.2 billion yen, accounting for approximately 8.90% of the total city.

Document: FY2022 City Tax Settlement Amount

　Tsurumi Ward's number of family register (permanent domicile) was 103,470 family register as of March 31, 2024 (up 71 family register from the previous year). The number of households registered as residents in the ward is 153,599 households (up 1,854 households from the previous year), each ranking second among 18 wards after the Kohoku Ward.

Document: Tsurumi Ward Family Registry Division

　As of April 2023, Tsurumi Ward has 5,222 households using social security and 6,557 employees, making it the third largest among 18 wards, after Naka Ward and Minami Ward, respectively.
　As a recent trend, various measures were taken for the poor in life despite the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the number of households in social security has started to decrease without increasing. In addition, due to the aging of society, more than 50% of the households are elderly.

Document: Tsurumi Ward Life Support Division

※Nursery schools, etc.: Includes nursery schools, certified children's centers, and community-based childcare (small-scale childcare, home-based childcare, in-house childcare).

Document: Tsurumi Ward Children and Families Support Division

　The average life expectancy of Tsurumi Ward is the 13th place for men and 17th for women.

　The incidence of tuberculosis in Tsurumi Ward increased slightly between 2019 and 2020, but turned down again in 2021.

　The main causes of death are malignant neoplasms (cancer), heart disease, and aging, accounting for more than 50% of all causes of death.

Document: Tsurumi Ward Health and Welfare Division

　Tsurumi Ward's turnout has been sluggish, and in recent elections have been below the Yokohama average. Looking at the turnout by age, the turnout in their twenties is the lowest, and the improvement of the turnout for young people has become an issue.

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