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Living in Matsushige-cho

The unemployment rate was 4% in October 2020. The median age was 50.0 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 234 in 2024. The city had 4 schools in May 2024. 板野郡松茂町 had a population of 14,583 in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population14,583people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table
Median gross salary (region)281.1EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent6.42EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 2% 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 crime471.7incidents 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 mean8.43µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Matsushige-cho?

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 Matsushige-cho.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 板野郡松茂町?

Average net cold rent is about 6.42 EUR/m² per month (2018 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): 6.42 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp15
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Matsushige-cho recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesMatsushige-cho highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Matsushige-cho highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Matsushige-cho€6.42
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Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
Hiroshima€8.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ18Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.42 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2018www.e-stat.go.jp15Official

Is Matsushige-cho 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–58%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–61%
Student39%strong on safety, weak on work · range 31–47%
Family45%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 36–54%
Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–62%

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What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 385 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 6.42 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: 2018 Housing and Land Survey

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 板野郡松茂町?

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

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

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)281.1 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp16Official
Unemployment rate4 %country median 3.8%1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality7Official

What does a salary buy in Matsushige-cho?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €281 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
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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€6.42/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2018-12-31− €385
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—
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Matsushige-cho. 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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools4 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 00004023112711Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents24.44 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20249Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents0.961 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 202410Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents135.8 per 100,0002022Exact 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 Matsushige-cho 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 residents0.961 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents471.7 incidents per 100,00031 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1-5-219Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport3 count2024Unique 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 Matsushige-cho. 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.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 板野郡松茂町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.4 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: 8.43 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 202312
Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Matsushige-cho is 8.4 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean8.43 µg/m³31 Dec 2023NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 202312Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 10 · Feb 10.8 · Mar 14.3 · Apr 19.6 · May 24 · Jun 26.8 · Jul 30.6 · Aug 32.3 · Sep 28.5 · Oct 23.1 · Nov 17.7 · Dec 12.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA14Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.9 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 5.8 · Apr 10.6 · May 15.6 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 21.6 · Oct 15.9 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 5.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA14Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 6.3 · Feb 6.8 · Mar 9.9 · Apr 15 · May 19.6 · Jun 23 · Jul 26.8 · Aug 28.1 · Sep 24.8 · Oct 19.3 · Nov 13.8 · Dec 8.7 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA14Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 41.9 · Feb 53 · Mar 87.8 · Apr 104.3 · May 146.6 · Jun 192.6 · Jul 177 · Aug 193 · Sep 271.2 · Oct 199.5 · Nov 89.2 · Dec 63.9 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA14Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 160.3 · Feb 152.5 · Mar 179.8 · Apr 197.9 · May 205.7 · Jun 151.9 · Jul 192 · Aug 230.6 · Sep 162 · Oct 163.6 · Nov 150.4 · Dec 160.1 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKUSHIMA14Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Matsusaka ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.3 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±2.7 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.7 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.9 °C, Murfreesboro (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 14.3 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,001.1 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 板野郡松茂町?

The published population was 14,583 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area14.34 km²2024Exact 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 residents234 people2024Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.4Official
Population density1,001 people/km²2024Exact 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
Population14,583 people1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census municipality population table8Official

International community in Matsushige-cho

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 groupPeopleShare
Total14,583100.0%
Japanese14,44699.1%
Foreigner1140.8%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam570.4%
People's Republic of China310.2%
Nationality not reported230.2%
Others100.1%
Republic of the Philippines80.1%
Republic of Korea60.0%
United States of America20.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source3

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age50 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)1Official

Alternatives for people set on Matsushige-cho

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.

Kitajima-cho as a Matsushige-cho alternative in the same region

3 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €6.91/m² (2023) Kitajima-cho vs €6.42/m² (2018) Matsushige-chono percentage
  • Unemployment: 3.2% Kitajima-cho vs 4.0% Matsushige-cho−20%
  • Residents: 22,745 Kitajima-cho vs 14,583 Matsushige-cho+56%
  • Median gross pay, region: €295 Kitajima-cho vs €281 Matsushige-cho+5%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 472 Kitajima-cho vs 472 Matsushige-chosame level
Full comparisonMore about Kitajima-cho

Fuchu-cho as a Matsushige-cho alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 193 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 51,155 Fuchu-cho vs 14,583 Matsushige-cho+251%
  • Rent: €8.90/m² (2023) Fuchu-cho vs €6.42/m² (2018) Matsushige-chono percentage
  • Unemployment: 3.3% Fuchu-cho vs 4.0% Matsushige-cho−18%
  • Median gross pay, region: €320 Fuchu-cho vs €281 Matsushige-cho+14%
Full comparisonMore about Fuchu-cho

Cities near Matsushige-cho

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

Kitajima-cho 3.2 km away
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6.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Naruto 5.0 km away
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5.06 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tokushima 7.6 km away
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6.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Aizumi-cho 7.9 km away
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6.27 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Komatsushima 14.4 km away
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5.53 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Ishii-cho 14.5 km away
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5.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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Fujisaki14,573 residentsFujisaki-machi14,573 residentsMiho-mura14,602 residentsKihoku14,604 residentsKawanishi-machi14,558 residentsShichinohe-machi14,556 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 板野郡松茂町?

The published population was 14,583 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 板野郡松茂町?

Average net cold rent is about 6.42 EUR/m² per month (2018 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 449 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 板野郡松茂町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.4 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 板野郡松茂町?

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

What is the typical salary around Matsushige-cho?

The median gross salary is 281.1 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Matsushige-cho a good place to live?

Matsushige-cho 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 Matsushige-cho?

Kitajima-cho, Naruto, Tokushima, Narutochō-mitsuishi, Aizumi-cho are near Matsushige-cho. 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 Matsushige-cho?

The official citizenship distribution records 14,446 people (99.1%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Matsushige-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 07986ce7df5122bf137b793c12f0f591]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/itanogunmatsushigemachi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Matsushige-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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