An Analysis of Resident Household Characteristics by Period of initial occupancy in Suburban Housing Estates

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This paper aims to analyze household characteristics within suburban housing estates based on their initial occupancy period, highlighting challenges amid population decline.
Focused on suburban housing estates in Hiroshima City.
Categorized households by the period of occupancy: 1960s-1970s and 1990s onward.
Compared demographic trends and vacancy risks in older versus newer estates.
Higher percentage of elderly residents in estates developed in the 1960s and 1970s, increasing vacancy risks.
Estates developed post-1990 exhibit clearer presence of both parents and children.
Shift in household composition from nuclear families to elderly couples and single-person households reflected in older estates.

Analysis shows occupancy period affects household characteristics in suburban housing, suggesting increased vacancy risks for older estates.

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Yukiya Iwasaki (2026) studied this question.

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