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Living in Abiko

In Abiko, rents across existing tenancies average €7.96 per m² a month (2023).

At the end of 2020, unemployment in Abiko reached 4.04%.

Last checked 2026-09-2438 sources

Population132,112people1 Jan 2026Official source · Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total
Median gross salary (region)330.4EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent7.96EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 27% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate4.04%country median 3.8% — 7% aboveOfficial source · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)
Recorded crime422.2incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · JP-12-Chiba-2024
PM2.5, annual mean8.2µg/m³country median 8.4 — 2% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 我孫子市

Pricier rent than 80% of Japanese cities that publish it and higher unemployment than 64% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Abiko?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in JapanNational rates and thresholds that apply in Abiko.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Japan's Housing and Land Survey monthly-rent measure excludes security deposits, key money/right money and common-area charges. The Ministry of Land says deposit terms vary by regional custom; these sources provide context, not a comparable city-level distribution. Statistics Bureau glossary (2018) · MLIT rental-housing Q&A.

How much does it cost to rent in Abiko?

Average net cold rent is about 7.96 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 7.96 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp20
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Abiko recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesAbiko highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Abiko highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Abiko€7.96
Sapporo€7.56
Show the other 6 cities
Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
Hiroshima€8.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ22Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB3Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate9.34 %31 Oct 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)7.96 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp20Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)369.6 EUR/month31 Oct 2023Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura5Official

Is Abiko a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–62%
Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%
Student62%strong on education, weak on work · range 55–69%
Family71%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 64–78%
Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 48–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 478 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 7.96 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2023 Housing and Land Survey

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Abiko?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.04 % · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)26
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Abiko is 4.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)330.4 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp21Official
Unemployment rate4.04 %country median 3.8%31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表)26Official

What does a salary buy in Abiko?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €330 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.outside the model's range
Rent, 60 m²€7.96/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €478
Internet€32 · official · ドコモ光 月額料金 · 2026-09-30− €32
Mobile plan€22 · official · docomo mini 10GB · 2026-09-30− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish—
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Abiko Salary needed to live in Abiko

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Abiko. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Hello Work — Public employment service

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Job Search
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Abiko. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools27 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 0000402311279Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents5.44 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents543.9 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Hospitals7 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV23Official
Pharmacies54 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV24Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents0.952 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents95.21 per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Abiko when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents543.9 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Abiko?

Police recorded about 422 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 422.2 incidents per 100,000 · JP-12-Chiba-20248
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents422.2 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-12-Chiba-20248Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents16.09 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024JP-12-Chiba-20248Official

Mobility and administration

Abiko's nearest airport was NRT, 35 km away and offered 103 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport103 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights13Official
Destinations from nearest airport114 count2024Unique direct scheduled destination endpoints for the nearest scheduled-service airport in the complete 97-airport MLIT universe; domestic endpoints come from the official 2024 annual route table and international endpoints from the official 2024 summer and winter direct scheduled-flight tables.19Official
Distance to the nearest major airport35 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)NRT3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Abiko. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan — State Language Course

Agency for Cultural Affairs

For foreigners living in Japan.

JapaneseIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Abiko.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Abiko?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 我孫子市10

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in JapanAnnual PM2.5 in Abiko is 8.2 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean8.2 µg/m³country median 8.431 Mar 2024MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 我孫子市10Official

Population and city profile

At the end of 2020, the population density reached 3,024.6 people per km².

How many people live in Abiko?

The published population was 132,112 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total18

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area43.15 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)25Official
Foreign-resident share3.68 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)28Official
Foreign residents4,860 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)28Official
Population density3,025 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)27Official
Population132,112 people1 Jan 2026Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total18Official

International community in Abiko

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Persons in the official 2020 Population Census Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households; sex-total population by source-native nationality category. · 2020

Published groupPeopleShare
Total130,510100.0%
Japanese127,85598.0%
Foreigner1,6231.2%
Nationality not reported1,0320.8%
People's Republic of China5540.4%
Others2750.2%
Republic of Korea1940.1%
Republic of the Philippines1900.1%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam1650.1%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal790.1%
Republic of Indonesia370.0%
Show 6 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Republic of Peru340.0%
Kingdom of Thailand320.0%
United States of America180.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland170.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil150.0%
India130.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source4

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age51.8 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official

Alternatives for people set on Abiko

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Koga as an Abiko alternative in the same region

42 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,164.4 Koga vs 543.9 Abiko+114%
  • Rent: €6.35/m² Koga vs €7.96/m² Abiko−20%
  • Empty flats: 14.4% Koga vs 9.3% Abiko+55%
  • Median gross pay, region: €279 Koga vs €330 Abiko−15%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 710 (2025) Koga vs 422 (2024) Abikono percentage
  • Foreign residents: 4.8% Koga vs 3.7% Abiko+30%
  • Unemployment: 4.1% Koga vs 4.0% Abikosame level
Full comparisonMore about Koga

Shūnan as an Abiko alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 775 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,705.1 Shūnan vs 543.9 Abiko+214%
  • Rent: €5.56/m² Shūnan vs €7.96/m² Abiko−30%
  • Empty flats: 16.9% Shūnan vs 9.3% Abiko+81%
  • Foreign residents: 1.6% Shūnan vs 3.7% Abiko−55%
  • Unemployment: 3.2% Shūnan vs 4.0% Abiko−21%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 369 (2025) Shūnan vs 422 (2024) Abikono percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €304 Shūnan vs €330 Abiko−8%
Full comparisonMore about Shūnan

Cities near Abiko

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Kashiwa 3.7 km away
Rent
9.76 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Toride 5.8 km away
Rent
7.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Shiroi 8.7 km away
Rent
8.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Kamagaya 10.1 km away
Rent
8.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Moriya 10.1 km away
Rent
8.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Nagareyama 10.3 km away
Rent
10.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Inzai 12.2 km away
Rent
6.79 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Abiko, nearest in population first.

All Japan cities
Ishinomaki132,447 residentsJonan-ku (Fukuoka)132,864 residentsInazawa132,879 residentsZama131,292 residentsShūnan133,088 residentsTokuyama133,088 residents

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Is Abiko part of Tokyo?

Abiko is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 35.3 km away by straight-line distance. Tokyo city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source38

Which comparable places record less crime than Abiko?

2 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Abiko in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Abiko: 423.9 offences/100k (2024).

Sakura — 386.8 offences/100k2024Nagareyama — 408.2 offences/100k2024

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source15

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Abiko?

The published population was 132,112 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total.

How much does it cost to rent in Abiko?

Average net cold rent is about 7.96 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 557 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Abiko?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 我孫子市.

How safe is Abiko?

Police recorded about 422 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-12-Chiba-2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Abiko?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (October 2020). Source: 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計 第1-2表).

What is the typical salary around Abiko?

The median gross salary is 330.4 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Abiko a good place to live?

Abiko may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Abiko part of Tokyo?

Abiko is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 35.3 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Abiko?

Kashiwa, Toride, Shiroi, Kamagaya, Moriya are near Abiko. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Japanese citizenship group in Abiko?

The official citizenship distribution records 127,855 people (98.0%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Abiko?

2 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Abiko in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Chiba Prefectural Police municipal crime table 2024 + Chiba Prefecture population estimate, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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