Living in Chiyoda-ku

In Chiyoda-ku, rents across existing tenancies average €22.80 per m² a month (2023).

千代田区 is a city in Japan, with a population of 66,199 in 2025. The unemployment rate was 1.9% in October 2020. In 2024, the foreign population was 4,108. The median age was 41.3 years in 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1016 sources

Population66,199people31 Dec 2025Official source · 2025 Population Census — Preliminary Counts of the Population and Households, Table 1

Median gross salary (region)979.6EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent22.8EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 264% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate1.9%country median 3.8% — 50% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime4,307incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Criminal offences known to the police by town, crime type and method (Reiwa 7 / 2025)

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³country median 8.4 — 43% aboveOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 千代田区

Pricier rent than any other Japanese city that publishes it, lower unemployment than any other Japanese city that publishes it and dirtier air than any other Japanese city that publishes it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Chiyoda-ku?

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

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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 千代田区?

Average net cold rent is about 22.8 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): 22.8 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 citiesChiyoda-ku highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Chiyoda-ku€22.80

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

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	32.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	NTT FLET'S 100 Mbps fixed internet¹²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	22.8 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official

Is Chiyoda-ku a good place to live?

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Remote worker43%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 35–51%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–66%

Student22%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 13–31%

Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–59%

Retirement23%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 14–32%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 1,368 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 22.8 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 千代田区?

The unemployment rate is 1.9 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Chiyoda-ku is 1.9%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Chiyoda-ku 1.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	979.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	1.9 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Chiyoda-ku?

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€22.80/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €1,368
Internet€32 · official · NTT FLET'S 100 Mbps fixed internet · 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 Chiyoda-ku Salary needed to live in Chiyoda-ku

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	31.94 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	22.65 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	2,849 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 Chiyoda-ku 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 residents22.65 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 千代田区?

Police recorded about 4,307 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Criminal offences known to the police by town, crime type and method (Reiwa 7 / 2025)²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,307 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Criminal offences known to the police by town, crime type and method (Reiwa 7 / 2025)²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	98 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

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 千代田区?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 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 — 千代田区¹¹

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

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.512WHO 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 Chiyoda-ku is 12.0 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Chiyoda-ku 12.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	12 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 千代田区¹¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.8 · Feb 10.9 · Mar 14.2 · Apr 19.4 · May 23.6 · Jun 26.1 · Jul 29.9 · Aug 31.3 · Sep 27.5 · Oct 22 · Nov 16.7 · Dec 12 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.2 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 5 · Apr 9.8 · May 14.6 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 22.4 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 20.3 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 8.8 · Dec 3.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.4 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 9.4 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.8 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 25.7 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 23.3 · Oct 18 · Nov 12.5 · Dec 7.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.7 · Feb 56.5 · Mar 116 · Apr 133.7 · May 139.7 · Jun 167.8 · Jul 156.2 · Aug 154.7 · Sep 224.9 · Oct 234.8 · Nov 96.3 · Dec 57.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 192.6 · Feb 170.4 · Mar 175.3 · Apr 178.8 · May 179.6 · Jun 124.2 · Jul 151.4 · Aug 174.2 · Sep 126.7 · Oct 129.4 · Nov 149.8 · Dec 174.4 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Ichinomiya ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.1 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.4 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.1 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±3.1 °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

The city covered 11.7 km² in 2025. Population density was 5,677.4 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in 千代田区?

The published population was 66,199 people in 2025. Source: 2025 Population Census — Preliminary Counts of the Population and Households, Table 1¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport93.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	11.66 km²	31 Dec 2025	2025 Population Census — Preliminary Counts of the Population and Households, Table 1¹Official
Foreign residents	4,108 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁵Official
Population density	5,677 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	2025 Population Census — Preliminary Counts of the Population and Households, Table 1¹Official
Population	66,199 people	31 Dec 2025	2025 Population Census — Preliminary Counts of the Population and Households, Table 1¹Official

Population over time4 published observations, 2020–2026

65,964

67,101

68,237

69,374

69,139202020252026

Population rose 3.7% between 2020 and 2026, from 66,680 to 69,139.

International community in Chiyoda-ku

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	66,680	100.0%
Japanese	63,790	95.7%
Foreigner	2,724	4.1%
People's Republic of China	1,374	2.1%
Republic of Korea	455	0.7%
Others	388	0.6%
United States of America	178	0.3%
Nationality not reported	166	0.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	74	0.1%
India	55	0.1%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Republic of the Philippines	50	0.1%
Kingdom of Thailand	36	0.1%
Republic of Indonesia	26	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	23	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	12	0.0%
Republic of Peru	2	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	41.3 years	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality median age table⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Chiyoda-ku

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.

Ina as a Chiyoda-ku alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €5.93/m² Ina vs €22.80/m² Chiyoda-ku−74%
Median gross pay, region: €274 Ina vs €980 Chiyoda-ku−72%
Annual PM2.5: 6.5 µg/m³ Ina vs 12.0 µg/m³ Chiyoda-ku−46%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 407 Ina vs 4,307 Chiyoda-kuno percentage

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Alternative cities in Japan

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Ina66,125 residents Fuefuki66,312 residents Sodegaura66,063 residents Yachimata66,393 residents Kashihara66,500 residents Kashima (Ibaraki)65,797 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 千代田区?

The published population was 66,199 people in 2025. Source: 2025 Population Census — Preliminary Counts of the Population and Households, Table 1.

How much does it cost to rent in 千代田区?

Average net cold rent is about 22.8 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,596 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 千代田区?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 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 — 千代田区.

How safe is 千代田区?

What is the unemployment rate in 千代田区?

The unemployment rate is 1.9 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Chiyoda-ku?

The median gross salary is 979.6 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Chiyoda-ku a good place to live?

Chiyoda-ku 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 Chiyoda-ku?

The official citizenship distribution records 63,790 people (95.7%) 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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Sources

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2025 Population Census — Preliminary Counts of the Population and Households, Table 1 2025 Population Census · e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-25
Criminal offences known to the police by town, crime type and method (Reiwa 7 / 2025) keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp · checked 2026-10-08
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 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
Japan 2020 Census municipality median age table e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13

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MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 千代田区 MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 · env.go.jp · checked 2026-07-26
NTT FLET'S 100 Mbps fixed internet flets.com · checked 2026-09-15
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. mlit.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
www.e-stat.go.jp e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-27
www.e-stat.go.jp e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-27

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