Demographia

Japan: Home Ownership &
Detached Housing by
Prefecture and Metropolitan Area

Prefecture Dwelling Units Detached Houses Rank Home Ownership Rate Rank Average Dwelling Size Rank Space per Person Rank
Japan: 1998 43,922,000 57.5%   60.0%   995   396  
01 Hokkaido 2,142,000 54.9% 39 55.2% 43 957 38 410 30
02 Aomori 473,000 77.2% 9 70.6% 14 1,305 11 473 10
03 Iwate 448,000 76.8% 10 70.5% 15 1,319 10 469 11
04 Miyagi 780,000 62.7% 35 60.2% 38 1,078 28 406 32
05 Akita 374,000 82.1% 2 77.2% 2 1,493 3 514 4
06 Yamagata 364,000 81.3% 3 76.1% 4 1,483 4 467 12
07 Fukushima 651,000 75.0% 17 68.5% 22 1,241 15 423 27
08 Ibaraki 927,000 75.9% 16 70.2% 16 1,123 24 399 35
09 Tochigi 629,000 76.3% 12 68.9% 20 1,134 23 410 29
10 Gumma 658,000 77.5% 7 70.1% 17 1,136 22 425 26
11 Saitama 2,310,000 57.5% 37 62.8% 35 898 43 339 43
12 Chiba 2,004,000 56.6% 38 61.9% 36 926 40 365 42
13 Tokyo 4,942,000 30.3% 47 41.3% 47 667 47 320 46
14 Kanagawa 3,020,000 43.4% 45 53.5% 45 789 45 321 45
15 Niigata 762,000 78.1% 6 74.9% 6 1,462 5 495 6
16 Toyama 337,000 82.5% 1 80.4% 1 1,676 1 564 1
17 Ishikawa 390,000 71.0% 28 67.8% 24 1,397 6 520 2
18 Fukui 244,000 79.9% 4 75.2% 5 1,526 2 505 5
19 Yamanashi 298,000 74.2% 22 67.0% 27 1,173 18 466 13
20 Nagano 714,000 76.8% 11 70.9% 12 1,355 7 519 3
21 Gifu 649,000 76.3% 14 73.3% 8 1,301 12 456 14
22 Shizuoka 1,207,000 68.7% 32 64.6% 33 1,085 27 400 34
23 Aichi 2,342,000 53.1% 41 57.7% 41 1,016 34 391 39
24 Mie 595,000 79.8% 5 76.2% 3 1,227 16 453 15
25 Shiga 403,000 72.7% 23 73.6% 7 1,293 13 449 16
26 Kyoto 964,000 54.7% 40 59.1% 40 903 42 382 40
27 Osaka 3,290,000 36.7% 46 49.4% 46 765 46 335 44
28 Hyogo 1,890,000 50.3% 44 60.7% 37 979 37 397 37
29 Nara 457,000 67.0% 34 70.8% 13 1,153 21 419 28
30 Wakayama 365,000 74.5% 21 71.9% 10 1,093 25 438 20
31 Tottori 190,000 77.4% 8 72.0% 9 1,351 8 474 9
32 Shimane 248,000 76.2% 15 71.6% 11 1,336 9 484 7
33 Okayama 653,000 72.6% 24 66.9% 28 1,153 20 447 18
34 Hiroshima 1,033,000 60.3% 36 59.8% 39 1,019 33 425 25
35 Yamaguchi 558,000 70.1% 30 64.9% 32 1,092 26 449 17
36 Tokushima 275,000 72.4% 25 69.9% 18 1,155 19 445 19
37 Kagawa 347,000 71.5% 27 68.7% 21 1,209 17 476 8
38 Ehime 542,000 72.3% 26 65.0% 31 1,055 31 436 21
39 Kochi 299,000 74.6% 20 67.2% 26 1,011 36 432 22
40 Fukuoka 1,789,000 51.0% 42 53.8% 44 923 41 372 41
41 Saga 274,000 76.3% 13 69.6% 19 1,254 14 425 24
42 Nagasaki 518,000 69.1% 31 65.3% 30 1,034 32 397 36
43 Kumamoto 616,000 70.6% 29 65.8% 29 1,061 30 392 38
44 Oita 434,000 67.1% 33 64.0% 34 1,066 29 431 23
45 Miyazaki 422,000 74.9% 18 68.0% 23 1,013 35 409 31
46 Kagoshima 685,000 74.6% 19 67.5% 25 928 39 406 33
47 Okinawa 414,000 50.7% 43 56.1% 42 827 44 300 47