Living in Bungoono

In Bungoono, rents across existing tenancies average €4.55 per m² a month (2023).

豊後大野市 is a city in Japan, with a population of 33,695 in October 2020. The city covered 603.1 km² in 2024. Population density was 53.1 people per km² in 2024. In 2022, there were 224.5 physicians per 100,000 residents. The median age was 61.7 years in 2026. The unemployment rate was 4.6% in October 2020. The foreign population count was 418 in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1519 sources

Population33,695people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)245.9EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.55EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 27% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4.6%country median 3.8% — 22% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime303.1incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · 2025 Crime Statistics Book, table 7: Penal Code cases recorded by municipality and crime type (confirmed)

PM2.5, annual mean5.5µg/m³country median 8.4 — 35% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 豊後大野市

Cheaper rent than 82% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 82% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 98% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Bungoono.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 豊後大野市?

Average net cold rent is about 4.55 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): 4.55 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 citiesBungoono highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Bungoono€4.55

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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 10GB³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.55 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official

Is Bungoono 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 worker59%strong on work, weak on legal route · range 51–67%

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

Student65%strong on education, weak on work · range 58–72%

Family73%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 66–80%

Retirement68%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 59–77%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 273 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.55 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 豊後大野市?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Bungoono is 4.6%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Bungoono 4.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	245.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	4.6 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Bungoono?

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€4.55/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €273
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 Bungoono Salary needed to live in Bungoono

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	23 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	11.26 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.2 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	224.5 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.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bungoono 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 residents2.2 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 豊後大野市?

Police recorded about 303 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: 303.1 incidents per 100,000 · 2025 Crime Statistics Book, table 7: Penal Code cases recorded by municipality and crime type (confirmed)¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	303.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	2025 Crime Statistics Book, table 7: Penal Code cases recorded by municipality and crime type (confirmed)¹Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	5 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 Bungoono. 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 Bungoono.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 豊後大野市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.5 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 — 豊後大野市¹³

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

PM2.55.5WHO 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 Bungoono is 5.5 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Bungoono 5.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.5 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 豊後大野市¹³Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in 豊後大野市?

The published population was 33,695 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹

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	603.1 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 km2.⁶Official
Foreign residents	418 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁵Official
Population density	53.1 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 km2.⁶Official
Population	33,695 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁹Official

International community in Bungoono

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	33,695	100.0%
Japanese	33,413	99.2%
Foreigner	209	0.6%
Nationality not reported	73	0.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	69	0.2%
People's Republic of China	40	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	34	0.1%
Others	25	0.1%
Republic of Korea	16	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	7	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	6	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Kingdom of Thailand	4	0.0%
Republic of Peru	4	0.0%
United States of America	3	0.0%
India	1	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	61.7 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Bungoono

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.

Taketa as a Bungoono alternative in the same region

17 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 2.6% Taketa vs 4.6% Bungoono−43%
Rent: €3.59/m² Taketa vs €4.55/m² Bungoono−21%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 211 Taketa vs 303 Bungoono−30%
Residents: 20,332 Taketa vs 33,695 Bungoono−40%
Median gross pay, region: €236 Taketa vs €246 Bungoono−4%

Full comparison More about Taketa

Cities near Bungoono

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

Taketa 17.4 km away

Rent: 3.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

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Ōharu33,694 residents Yaese33,727 residents Shōbara33,633 residents Harima-cho33,604 residents Unnan33,803 residents Koryo-cho33,810 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 豊後大野市?

The published population was 33,695 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 豊後大野市?

Average net cold rent is about 4.55 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 319 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 豊後大野市?

How safe is 豊後大野市?

Police recorded about 303 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 2025 Crime Statistics Book, table 7: Penal Code cases recorded by municipality and crime type (confirmed).

What is the unemployment rate in 豊後大野市?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Bungoono?

The median gross salary is 245.9 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Bungoono a good place to live?

Bungoono 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 Bungoono?

Taketa is near Bungoono. 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 Bungoono?

The official citizenship distribution records 33,413 people (99.2%) 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
e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan 2020 Population Census table 44-1 nationality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-01
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
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Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
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MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127 e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
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