Living in Ashiya

In Ashiya (Hyōgo Prefecture), rents across existing tenancies average €9.15 per m² a month (2023).

The city faced an unemployment rate of 3.34% at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population93,922people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)739.4EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent9.15EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 46% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.34%country median 3.8% — 11% belowOfficial 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 crime747.6incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · 令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2

PM2.5, annual mean7.7µg/m³country median 8.4 — 8% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 芦屋市

Pricier rent than 87% of Japanese cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 71% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 69% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Ashiya.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 Ashiya?

Average net cold rent is about 9.15 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): 9.15 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 citiesAshiya highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Ashiya€9.15

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

Show the other 6 cities

Kyoto€10.46

Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

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)	9.15 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	550.2 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura⁵Official

Is Ashiya 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–62%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–70%

Student55%strong on education, weak on work · range 47–63%

Family60%strong on family, weak on cost · range 51–69%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 549 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.15 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 Ashiya?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.34 % · 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)²⁰

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Ashiya is 3.3%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Ashiya 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	739.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	3.34 %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)²⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Ashiya?

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€9.15/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €549
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 Ashiya Salary needed to live in Ashiya

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	21 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127⁹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	3.72 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.33 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁸Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	230.7 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.⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ashiya 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 residents2.33 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	747.6 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2¹⁸Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Ashiya's nearest airport was UKB, 13 km away and offered 8 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	8 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Destinations from nearest airport	12 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.¹³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	13 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	UKB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly precipitation was 47 mm in January and 174.4 mm in July. Ashiya's average monthly sunshine was 146.5 hours in January and 184 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Ashiya?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.7 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 — 芦屋市¹⁰

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

103

102

137

185

174

113

153

136

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

147

141

172

193

204

154

184

222

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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

PM2.57.7WHO 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 Ashiya is 7.7 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Ashiya 7.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.7 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 芦屋市¹⁰Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.7 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 14.2 · Apr 19.9 · May 24.9 · Jun 28 · Jul 31.8 · Aug 33.7 · Sep 29.5 · Oct 23.7 · Nov 17.8 · Dec 12.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OSAKA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 3 · Feb 3.2 · Mar 6 · Apr 10.9 · May 16 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 25.8 · Sep 21.9 · Oct 16 · Nov 10.2 · Dec 5.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OSAKA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.2 · Feb 6.6 · Mar 9.9 · Apr 15.2 · May 20.1 · Jun 23.6 · Jul 27.7 · Aug 29 · Sep 25.2 · Oct 19.5 · Nov 13.8 · Dec 8.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OSAKA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 47 · Feb 60.5 · Mar 103.1 · Apr 101.9 · May 136.5 · Jun 185.1 · Jul 174.4 · Aug 113 · Sep 152.8 · Oct 136 · Nov 72.5 · Dec 55.5 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OSAKA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 146.5 · Feb 140.6 · Mar 172.2 · Apr 192.6 · May 203.7 · Jun 154.3 · Jul 184 · Aug 222.4 · Sep 161.6 · Oct 166.1 · Nov 152.6 · Dec 152.1 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OSAKA¹⁴Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Marugame ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.3 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±2.5 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.5 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.9 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Population density was 5,085.1 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Ashiya?

The published population was 93,922 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	18.47 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)¹⁹Official
Foreign-resident share	2.42 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)²¹Official
Foreign residents	2,260 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²¹Official
Population density	5,085 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)⁶Official
Population	93,922 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁶Official

International community in Ashiya

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	93,922	100.0%
Japanese	91,172	97.1%
Foreigner	1,441	1.5%
Nationality not reported	1,309	1.4%
Republic of Korea	495	0.5%
People's Republic of China	376	0.4%
Others	221	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	87	0.1%
United States of America	79	0.1%
Federative Republic of Brazil	39	0.0%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	30	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Republic of Peru	30	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	21	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	21	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	20	0.0%
India	12	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	10	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	53.3 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Ashiya

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.

Hanamaki as an Ashiya alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Rent: €5.33/m² Hanamaki vs €9.15/m² Ashiya−42%
Median gross pay, region: €244 Hanamaki vs €739 Ashiya−67%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 293 Hanamaki vs 748 Ashiya−61%
Foreign residents: 0.8% Hanamaki vs 2.4% Ashiya−65%
Annual PM2.5: 6.3 µg/m³ Hanamaki vs 7.7 µg/m³ Ashiya−18%
Unemployment: 3.3% Hanamaki vs 3.3% Ashiyasame level
Residents: 93,193 Hanamaki vs 93,922 Ashiya−1%

Full comparison More about Hanamaki

Alternative cities in Japan

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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 Ashiya?

The published population was 93,922 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in Ashiya?

Average net cold rent is about 9.15 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 641 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Ashiya?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.7 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 — 芦屋市.

What is the unemployment rate in Ashiya?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (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 Ashiya?

The median gross salary is 739.4 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Ashiya a good place to live?

Ashiya 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.

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

The official citizenship distribution records 91,172 people (97.1%) 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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