The significant points as regards housing policies are to introduce of the private sector vitalization and for elderly. So, using the data from the population census of Japan, the point that requires clarification is that 44 municipalities of Miyazaki Prefecture are classified according to kind of residence and tenure of dwelling, and I should point out those differences. The results are as follows. 1. The municipalities are classified into 5 groups. 2. The urbanity is so high that the rate of private households with related members 65 years of age and over per rented houses owned by local government and the rate of the rate of rented houses owned privately per principal households is large. 3. The characteristics as intermediate and mountainous area are so high that the rate of private households with related members 65 years of age and over per rented houses owned by privately is large.
