Figures in this report are based on our Survey for Sasebo City on June 1, 1953. These data have been obtained from 10 % sampling ordinary households by the Resident Regulation Cards, and they are referred to the Household Cards in the City Office or in the Municipal Police Station, then some field surveys have been carried out when necessary.<BR>Sampling households are 4, 736 (including 292 one person households), and their members are 21, 682 (4.58 per household). For the members per household by industry groups of heads, there are 5.96 in the 1st industry (11.2% to the whole heads), 4.55 in the 2nd industry (52.6%), 4.17 in the 3rd industry (15.6%) and 4.19 in the 4th group (not classifiable, not reported, unemployed or not in labor force) (19.8%).<BR>91.7% of heads have their domiciles in the 7 prefectures in Kyusyu, yet 78.8% in the Nagasaki Prefecture (including 49.3% in this city). The natives of this city since their birthdays give 19.2% to the whole heads, while the migrants since the 2nd War, 45.9% and those since the Korean Riot, 21.9%. In the age groups of heads, the first group is 30-39 (28.2% to the whole), the next comes 40-49 (25.9%) and the third is 50-59 (18.3%).<BR>There are 77.03 spouses (males ; 0.68), 206.14 children, 12.94 grand-children and 6.06 spouses of children per 100 heads. And 3.08 fathers, 11.59 mothers and 3.60 grandparents per 100 heads. For the lineal ascendants per 100 heads, this city has higher rate than those of the urban tabulation of the Census taken on 1920 and 1950. On the contrary, for the lineal descendants per 100 heads, the former is lower than the latter. For the spouses of the lineal descendants and other relatives, this city is in the middle of the above data.<BR>Comparing the size of households with each other, the largest is 4 person household (17.0%), and the next comes 3 person household (16.7 %). On the size of families, the order is similar to the above. Comparing the number of family generations with each other, the largest is 2 generations (68.4%), and the next comes 1 generation (15.9%).<BR>Nonrelatives are 0.24 per household, and most of them exist in the 3rd industry of head. For their age groups, this city shows higher rate in 20-29 years of age than the 6 largest cities in Japan.<BR>Then Sasebo has both urban and rural character in the household construction. The 6 administrative districts in this city have some differences from each other. The city proper has the most remarkable urbanity, while Nakazato-Kaize or Ono has rather rural character.<BR>These may well be due to the industrial construction and the increase of migrants in this city, since the Wor.