Living in Ishikari

In Ishikari, rents across existing tenancies average €5.27 per m² a month (2023).

The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.05% at the end of 2020. At the end of 2020, the population density reached 78.7 people per km².

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population56,869people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)263.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent5.27EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 16% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4.06%country median 3.8% — 8% aboveOfficial 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 crime478.9incidents 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 mean6.52µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 71% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 64% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 90% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Ishikari?

Average net cold rent is about 5.27 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): 5.27 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesIshikari highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Ishikari€5.27

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¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.27 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	293.3 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 Ishikari 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–64%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%

Student57%strong on education, weak on work · range 49–65%

Family59%strong on safety, weak on legal route · range 50–68%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 316 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.27 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 Ishikari?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 4.06 % · 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)¹⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Ishikari is 4.1%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	263.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	4.06 %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)¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Ishikari?

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€5.27/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €316
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 Ishikari Salary needed to live in Ishikari

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ishikari. 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

Search jobs

Open the Japan service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ishikari. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	17 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127⁹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	9.71 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.954 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁸Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	98.4 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 Ishikari 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 residents0.954 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	478.9 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1-5-2¹⁷Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Ishikari was 14 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
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.¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	14 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	OKD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Ishikari's monthly mean temperatures were −3.2°C in January and 21.1°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 108.4 mm in January and 90.7 mm in July. Ishikari's average monthly sunshine was 90.4 hours in January and 168 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Ishikari?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.5 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.52 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁰

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

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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

PM2.56.5WHO 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 Ishikari is 6.5 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Ishikari 6.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.52 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.4 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 4.5 · Apr 11.7 · May 17.9 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 25.4 · Aug 26.4 · Sep 22.8 · Oct 16.4 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SAPPORO¹³Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan -6.4 · Feb -6.2 · Mar -2.4 · Apr 3.4 · May 9 · Jun 13.4 · Jul 17.9 · Aug 19.1 · Sep 14.8 · Oct 8 · Nov 1.6 · Dec -4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SAPPORO¹³Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.2 · Feb -2.7 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 7.3 · May 13 · Jun 17 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 22.3 · Sep 18.6 · Oct 12.1 · Nov 5.2 · Dec -0.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SAPPORO¹³Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 108.4 · Feb 91.9 · Mar 77.6 · Apr 54.6 · May 55.5 · Jun 60.4 · Jul 90.7 · Aug 126.8 · Sep 142.2 · Oct 109.9 · Nov 113.8 · Dec 114.5 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SAPPORO¹³Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 90.4 · Feb 103.5 · Mar 144.7 · Apr 175.8 · May 200.4 · Jun 180 · Jul 168 · Aug 168.1 · Sep 159.3 · Oct 145.9 · Nov 99.1 · Dec 82.7 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SAPPORO¹³Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Aizu-Wakamatsu ±3.0 °C. Elsewhere: Markham (Canada) ±0.8 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±0.8 °C, Richmond Hill (Canada) ±0.8 °C, Vaughan (Canada) ±0.8 °C, Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±1.3 °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

How many people live in Ishikari?

The published population was 56,869 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	722.3 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)¹⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	1.82 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)²⁰Official
Foreign residents	1,033 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²⁰Official
Population density	78.7 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)⁶Official
Population	56,869 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁶Official

International community in Ishikari

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	56,869	100.0%
Japanese	56,418	99.2%
Foreigner	451	0.8%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	296	0.5%
Others	71	0.1%
People's Republic of China	27	0.0%
Republic of Korea	21	0.0%
Republic of the Philippines	14	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	9	0.0%
United States of America	5	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	2	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
India	2	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	2	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%
Republic of Peru	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	52.8 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Ishikari

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.

Tobetsu-cho as an Ishikari alternative in the same region

13 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: 15,916 Tobetsu-cho vs 56,869 Ishikari−72%
Rent: €4.74/m² Tobetsu-cho vs €5.27/m² Ishikari−10%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 410 Tobetsu-cho vs 479 Ishikarino percentage
Median gross pay, region: €271 Tobetsu-cho vs €263 Ishikari+3%
Annual PM2.5: 6.5 µg/m³ Tobetsu-cho vs 6.5 µg/m³ Ishikarisame level

Full comparison More about Tobetsu-cho

Murakami as an Ishikari alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 580 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Rent: €4.54/m² Murakami vs €5.27/m² Ishikari−14%
Foreign residents: 1.0% Murakami vs 1.8% Ishikari−44%
Unemployment: 3.5% Murakami vs 4.1% Ishikari−15%
Median gross pay, region: €233 Murakami vs €263 Ishikari−11%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 463 Murakami vs 479 Ishikari−3%
Residents: 57,418 Murakami vs 56,869 Ishikari+1%

Full comparison More about Murakami

Cities near Ishikari

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

Tobetsu-cho 13.3 km away

Rent: 4.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Sapporo 19.8 km away

Rent: 7.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ebetsu 21.1 km away

Rent: 5.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

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 Ishikari?

The published population was 56,869 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in Ishikari?

Average net cold rent is about 5.27 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 369 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Ishikari?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.5 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 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Ishikari?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (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 Ishikari?

The median gross salary is 263.5 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Ishikari a good place to live?

Ishikari 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 Ishikari?

Tobetsu-cho, Sapporo, Ebetsu are near Ishikari. 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 Ishikari?

The official citizenship distribution records 56,418 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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