Living in Oi-machi

In Oi-machi, rents across existing tenancies average €6.62 per m² a month (2023).

The city had 5 schools in May 2024. 足柄上郡大井町 had a population of 17,129 in October 2020. The unemployment rate was 4% in October 2020. The median age was 51 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 195 in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1026 sources

Population17,129people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)285.4EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent6.62EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 6% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4%country median 3.8% — 6% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime637incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)

PM2.5, annual mean6.7µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Oi-machi?

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 Oi-machi.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 足柄上郡大井町?

Average net cold rent is about 6.62 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): 6.62 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 citiesOi-machi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Oi-machi€6.62

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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)	6.62 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official

Is Oi-machi 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–59%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–61%

Student43%strong on safety, weak on work · range 36–50%

Family53%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 46–60%

Retirement51%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 397 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 6.62 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 足柄上郡大井町?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Oi-machi is 4.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Oi-machi 4.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	285.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	4 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Oi-machi?

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€6.62/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €397
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 Oi-machi Salary needed to live in Oi-machi

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	5 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹¹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	1.72 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.687 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	69.1 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 Oi-machi 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 residents0.687 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 足柄上郡大井町?

Police recorded about 637 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 (2025 confirmed)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	637 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Recorded Penal Code offences by municipality (2025 confirmed)¹³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	4 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 Oi-machi. 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 Oi-machi.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 足柄上郡大井町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.7 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹²

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

PM2.56.7WHO 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 Oi-machi is 6.7 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Oi-machi 6.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 14.4 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,211.8 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 足柄上郡大井町?

The published population was 17,129 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	14.38 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	195 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	1,212 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	17,129 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸Official

International community in Oi-machi

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	17,129	100.0%
Japanese	16,897	98.6%
Foreigner	120	0.7%
Nationality not reported	112	0.7%
People's Republic of China	50	0.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	25	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	12	0.1%
Republic of Korea	9	0.1%
Others	9	0.1%
Federative Republic of Brazil	6	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	3	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	3	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	1	0.0%
India	1	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	51.4 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Oi-machi

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.

Nakai-machi as an Oi-machi alternative in the same region

6 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 360 Nakai-machi vs 637 Oi-machi−44%
Residents: 9,300 Nakai-machi vs 17,129 Oi-machi−46%
Unemployment: 3.7% Nakai-machi vs 4.0% Oi-machi−7%
Annual PM2.5: 7.3 µg/m³ Nakai-machi vs 6.7 µg/m³ Oi-machi+9%
Median gross pay, region: €277 Nakai-machi vs €285 Oi-machisame level

Full comparison More about Nakai-machi

Sakaide as an Oi-machi alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 496 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,624 Sakaide vs 17,129 Oi-machi+196%
Rent: €5.03/m² Sakaide vs €6.62/m² Oi-machi−24%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 793 Sakaide vs 637 Oi-machino percentage
Unemployment: 3.6% Sakaide vs 4.0% Oi-machi−10%
Median gross pay, region: €278 Sakaide vs €285 Oi-machisame level

Full comparison More about Sakaide

Cities near Oi-machi

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

Kaisei-machi 3.2 km away

Rent: 8.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Minamiashigara 5.2 km away

Rent: 6.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Odawara 6.9 km away

Rent: 7.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Hadano 7.9 km away

Rent: 7.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ninomiya-machi 9.5 km away

Rent: 6.86 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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Chikujo-machi17,189 residents Minakami-machi17,195 residents Azamino17,034 residents Minamirinkan17,228 residents Ranzan17,228 residents Kawai-cho17,018 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 足柄上郡大井町?

The published population was 17,129 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 足柄上郡大井町?

Average net cold rent is about 6.62 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 463 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 足柄上郡大井町?

How safe is 足柄上郡大井町?

What is the unemployment rate in 足柄上郡大井町?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Oi-machi?

The median gross salary is 285.4 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Oi-machi a good place to live?

Oi-machi 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 Oi-machi?

Matsuda-machi, Kaisei-machi, Minamiashigara, Nakai-machi, Odawara are near Oi-machi. 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 Oi-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 16,897 people (98.6%) 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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