Living in Ako

In Ako, rents across existing tenancies average €5.63 per m² a month (2023).

There were 248.7 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2022. The median age was 54.3 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 543 in 2024. In October 2020, the unemployment rate was 3.8%. Its population was 45,892 in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1022 sources

Population45,892people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)286.3EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent5.63EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 10% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.8%country median 3.8% — about the sameOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime590.8incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed)

PM2.5, annual mean5.1µg/m³country median 8.4 — 39% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 赤穂市

Cheaper rent than 63% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than any other Japanese city that publishes it.

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

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 Ako.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 赤穂市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.63 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): 5.63 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesAko highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Ako€5.63

Show the other 6 cities

Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	31.61 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	ドコモ光月額料金 — NTTドコモ¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.63 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official

Is Ako 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 worker58%strong on work, weak on legal route · range 50–66%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–73%

Student61%strong on education, weak on work · range 54–68%

Family70%strong on family, weak on cost · range 63–77%

Retirement67%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 58–76%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 338 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.63 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 赤穂市?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Ako is 3.8%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Ako 3.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	286.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	3.8 %country median 3.8% — about the same	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Ako?

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

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€5.63/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €338
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 Ako Salary needed to live in Ako

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ako. 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 Ako. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	20 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹¹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	22.22 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	3.01 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	248.7 per 100,000	2022	Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used.⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ako 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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Physicians per 1,000 residents3.01 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 赤穂市?

Police recorded about 591 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 590.8 incidents per 100,000 · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	590.8 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed)¹³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	6 count	2024	Unique 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.¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ako. 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

Open official information

Open the full Japan section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Ako.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 赤穂市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.1 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 — 赤穂市¹²

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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.1WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Ako is 5.1 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Ako 5.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.1 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 赤穂市¹²Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 126.9 km² in 2024. Population density was 348.3 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 赤穂市?

The published population was 45,892 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	126.9 km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁵Official
Foreign residents	543 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	348.3 people/km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁵Official
Population	45,892 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸Official

International community in Ako

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 group	People	Share
Total	45,892	100.0%
Japanese	45,210	98.5%
Foreigner	352	0.8%
Nationality not reported	330	0.7%
Republic of Korea	87	0.2%
People's Republic of China	61	0.1%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	59	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	51	0.1%
Others	49	0.1%
Federative Republic of Brazil	19	0.0%
United States of America	10	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Kingdom of Thailand	5	0.0%
India	4	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	3	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	3	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	54.3 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Ako

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.

Tatsuno as an Ako alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 74,316 Tatsuno vs 45,892 Ako+62%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 748 Tatsuno vs 591 Akono percentage
Rent: €5.38/m² Tatsuno vs €5.63/m² Ako−4%
Annual PM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³ Tatsuno vs 5.1 µg/m³ Ako−10%
Median gross pay, region: €282 Tatsuno vs €286 Akosame level

Full comparison More about Tatsuno

Nichinan as an Ako alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.97/m² Nichinan vs €5.63/m² Ako−29%
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Nichinan vs 5.1 µg/m³ Ako+96%
Median gross pay, region: €247 Nichinan vs €286 Ako−14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 457 Nichinan vs 591 Akono percentage
Residents: 50,848 Nichinan vs 45,892 Ako+11%

Full comparison More about Nichinan

Cities near Ako

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

Aioi 8.9 km away

Rent: 5.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Tatsuno 18.2 km away

Rent: 5.38 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Bizen 18.4 km away

Rent: 4.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

All Japan cities

Fujiyoshida45,904 residents Hokota45,953 residents Okaya45,765 residents Shima46,057 residents Takahama46,106 residents Ijūin45,667 residents

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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 赤穂市?

The published population was 45,892 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 赤穂市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.63 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 394 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 赤穂市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.1 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 — 赤穂市.

How safe is 赤穂市?

Police recorded about 591 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality and ward (2025 confirmed).

What is the unemployment rate in 赤穂市?

The unemployment rate is 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Ako?

The median gross salary is 286.3 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Ako a good place to live?

Ako 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.

Which cities are near Ako?

Aioi, Tatsuno, Bizen, Tatsunochō-tominaga are near Ako. 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 Ako?

The official citizenship distribution records 45,210 people (98.5%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
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Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
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