Looking at the trend in the number of households by distance from a station, the number of households is increasing in areas closer to stations. This shows that the population is concentrating in urban areas and urban areas are shrinking. In particular, the number of households with children is increasing in areas close to stations, indicating that they place importance on transportation convenience. Because housing prices are high in such areas, households with children are unable to secure the spacious homes they need to raise children, creating a vicious cycle of declining birthrates and decreasing housing area. To resolve this, it is necessary to supply spacious homes for households with children in areas close to stations. It is also important to promote urban development centered around stations, such as by developing facilities to make daily life more convenient.