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Japan Metropolitan Areas: Housing Data (2003):
Home Ownership, House Size & Detached Housing:
Tokyo-Yokohama, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto & Nagoya

2003      
Home Ownership Rate Average Size of House (M2) Share Detached Housinng
       
TOKYO-YOKOHAMA      
       
CORE      
Tokyo 44.5% 64.5 29.6%
       
SUBURBAN 60.5% 82.4 50.4%
Saitama 63.7% 85.7 56.3%
Chiba 64.0% 88.9 55.4%
Kanagawa 55.8% 75.8 42.5%
       
EXURBAN 69.8% 108.3 75.0%
Ibaraki 69.9% 107.2 74.5%
Tochigi 69.0% 109.6 74.8%
Gumma 70.3% 108.6 76.1%
       
METROPOLITAN AREA 56.4% 80.1 46.9%
       
OSAKA-KOBE-KYOTO      
       
CORE      
Osaka 51.7% 75.0 39.4%
       
SUBURBAN 63.6% 94.8 54.5%
Kyoto 60.7% 88.2 56.3%
Hyogo 63.1% 94.5 50.6%
Nara 71.9% 110.1 67.1%
       
METROPOLITAN AREA 57.7% 85.0 47.0%
       
NAGOYA      
       
CORE      
Aichi 58.4% 96.4 52.1%
       
SUBURBAN 74.1% 120.6 77.1%
Gifu 73.1% 124.9 75.9%
Mie 75.1% 116.1 78.5%
       
METROPOLITAN AREA 63.7% 104.6 60.6%
       
Source:   (Japan Statistical Yearbook: 2005) Statistical Survey Department, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

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