Living in Shoo-cho

The unemployment rate was 3.4% in October 2020. 勝田郡勝央町, a city in Japan, had a population of 10,888 in October 2020. 勝田郡勝央町 had 4 schools in May 2024. The median age was 49.7 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 132 in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1523 sources

Population10,888people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)257.7EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average rent323.1EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate3.4%country median 3.8% — 10% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime419.1incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · 2025 confirmed Penal Code recorded cases by municipality and Okayama City ward

PM2.5, annual mean8.97µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Lower unemployment than 69% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 64% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Shoo-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 Shoo-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.

No city-level rent figure is published for Shoo-cho. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesShoo-cho highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

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Saitama€10.37

Chiba€9.08

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¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB⁴Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	323.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · regional context

Is Shoo-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 worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–60%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–64%

Student40%strong on safety, weak on work · range 32–48%

Family55%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 47–63%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 勝田郡勝央町?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Shoo-cho is 3.4%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Shoo-cho 3.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	257.7 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	3.4 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Shoo-cho?

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

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Rent
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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
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings · 2023-12-31	− €323
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 Shoo-cho Salary needed to live in Shoo-cho

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	4 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹³Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	16.52 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	1.2 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹²Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	110 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.⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Shoo-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 residents1.2 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 勝田郡勝央町?

Police recorded about 419 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: 419.1 incidents per 100,000 · 2025 confirmed Penal Code recorded cases by municipality and Okayama City ward²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	419.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	2025 confirmed Penal Code recorded cases by municipality and Okayama City ward²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	6 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.¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

JapaneseIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Shoo-cho.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 勝田郡勝央町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9 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: 8.97 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁴

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

PM2.59WHO 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 Shoo-cho is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.97 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 54.1 km² in 2024. Population density was 198.6 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 勝田郡勝央町?

The published population was 10,888 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰

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	54.05 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 km2.⁷Official
Foreign residents	132 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁶Official
Population density	198.6 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 km2.⁷Official
Population	10,888 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰Official

International community in Shoo-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 group	People	Share
Total	10,888	100.0%
Japanese	10,835	99.5%
Foreigner	46	0.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	15	0.1%
People's Republic of China	8	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	8	0.1%
Nationality not reported	7	0.1%
Others	5	0.0%
Republic of Korea	3	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	3	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	1	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%
United States of America	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 source⁵

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	49.7 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)³Official

Alternatives for people set on Shoo-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.

Nagi-cho as a Shoo-cho alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 145 Nagi-cho vs 419 Shoo-cho−65%
Unemployment: 2.2% Nagi-cho vs 3.4% Shoo-cho−35%
Residents: 5,578 Nagi-cho vs 10,888 Shoo-cho−49%
Median gross pay, region: €244 Nagi-cho vs €258 Shoo-cho−5%
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Nagi-cho vs 9.0 µg/m³ Shoo-chosame level

Full comparison More about Nagi-cho

Yasu as a Shoo-cho alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 174 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,513 Yasu vs 10,888 Shoo-cho+364%
Median gross pay, region: €316 Yasu vs €258 Shoo-cho+23%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 618 Yasu vs 419 Shoo-chono percentage
Annual PM2.5: 7.8 µg/m³ Yasu vs 9.0 µg/m³ Shoo-cho−13%

Full comparison More about Yasu

Cities near Shoo-cho

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

Mimasaka 4.7 km away

Rent: 4.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Tsuyama 10.6 km away

Rent: 5.88 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Shoo-cho, nearest in population first.

All Japan cities

Meiwa-machi10,882 residents Ichikai10,877 residents Onna-son10,869 residents Chiyoda-machi10,861 residents Ashibetsu10,859 residents Obuse10,849 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 勝田郡勝央町?

The published population was 10,888 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

Is the air quality good in 勝田郡勝央町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9 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.

How safe is 勝田郡勝央町?

Police recorded about 419 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 confirmed Penal Code recorded cases by municipality and Okayama City ward.

What is the unemployment rate in 勝田郡勝央町?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Shoo-cho?

The median gross salary is 257.7 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Shoo-cho?

132 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）..

Is Shoo-cho a good place to live?

Shoo-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 Shoo-cho?

Mimasaka, Tsuyama, Nagi-cho, Misaki-cho (Okayama) are near Shoo-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 Shoo-cho?

The official citizenship distribution records 10,835 people (99.5%) 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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2025 confirmed Penal Code recorded cases by municipality and Okayama City ward pref.okayama.jp · checked 2026-10-13
2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents) e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-24
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
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
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