This study aims to make clear the distinctive feature of living in dwelling at the old age period. In order to that, we are paying attention to the base in dwelling, where the aged are able to have basic behaviors comfortably. Since today the dwelling life of the aged is different in rural areas and in urban, we researched in Mie town as rural area and in Oita city as urban. As the result, almost of the aged recognized to need and secure the base in dwelling. As in the rural area about 80% of the aged are fanners yet, spending hours in the house of the rural aged are not longer than the urban aged. Elderlies with the base are not so many in the rural area. According to conditions that the aged is doing main behaviors in rooms spending for long hours, we judged where the base formed. The number of the formed base is one or two, and three is few. In case of public rooms with the base is mainly living room and partially dinning room, and private rooms with the base is mainly bed room and partially room for the hobby. The single position is formed in public room generally, and the double positions in public room and private room. In rural areas the single position type holds the first place. Because in rural areas is close between family relation. In urban areas the single position hold as same ratio as the double position.
