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Living in Kishiwada

In Kishiwada, rents across existing tenancies average €6.59 per m² a month (2023).

Kishiwada had an unemployment rate of 4.64% at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population185,713people1 Jan 2026Official source · Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total
Median gross salary (region)291.2EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent6.59EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 5% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate4.64%country median 3.8% — 23% 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 crime873.3incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · JP-27-Osaka-2025
PM2.5, annual mean7.4µg/m³country median 8.4 — 12% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 岸和田市

Higher unemployment than 84% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 75% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Kishiwada?

Average net cold rent is about 6.59 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): 6.59 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp16
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Kishiwada recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesKishiwada highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Kishiwada highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Kishiwada€6.59
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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 10GB3Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate13.82 %31 Oct 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.59 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp16Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)320.1 EUR/month31 Oct 2023Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura6Official

Is Kishiwada 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–65%
Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on safety · range 58–74%
Student68%strong on education, weak on work · range 61–75%
Family73%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 66–80%
Retirement63%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 54–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 396 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 6.59 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 Kishiwada?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.64 % · 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)22
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Kishiwada is 4.6%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Public employment offices1 count15 Sept 2026Hello Work Kishiwada — office list5Official
Median gross salary (regional)291.2 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp17Official
Unemployment rate4.64 %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)22Official

What does a salary buy in Kishiwada?

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

regional median gross pay: €291 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
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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€6.59/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €396
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
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Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish—
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Public employment offices in Kishiwada

Hello Work Kishiwada lists 1 public employment office in Kishiwada (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools45 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 00004023112710Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents17.76 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,776 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Hospitals15 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV19Official
Pharmacies96 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV20Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.37 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents236.7 per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kishiwada 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,776 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Kishiwada?

Police recorded about 873 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: 873.3 incidents per 100,000 · JP-27-Osaka-20259
MetricValuePeriodSource
Burglaries per 100,000 residents6.29 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025JP-27-Osaka-20259Official
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents873.3 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025JP-27-Osaka-20259Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents46.68 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025JP-27-Osaka-20259Official

Mobility and administration

Kishiwada's nearest airport was KIX, 12 km away and offered 57 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport57 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights12Official
Destinations from nearest airport69 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.15Official
Distance to the nearest major airport12 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)KIX3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kishiwada. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Kishiwada?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.4 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 — 岸和田市11

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

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 Kishiwada is 7.4 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 mean7.4 µg/m³country median 8.431 Mar 2024MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 岸和田市11Official

Population and city profile

Kishiwada's population density measured 2,621.8 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Kishiwada?

The published population was 185,713 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total14

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area72.72 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)21Official
Foreign-resident share2.66 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)24Official
Foreign residents4,939 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)24Official
Population density2,622 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)23Official
Population185,713 people1 Jan 2026Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total14Official

International community in Kishiwada

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
Total190,658100.0%
Japanese185,19697.1%
Nationality not reported3,0491.6%
Foreigner2,4131.3%
Republic of Korea7440.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam4810.3%
People's Republic of China4600.2%
Others1680.1%
Republic of the Philippines1590.1%
Republic of Indonesia1560.1%
Federative Republic of Brazil930.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal440.0%
Republic of Peru420.0%
Kingdom of Thailand360.0%
United States of America190.0%
India60.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland50.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age50.6 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official

Alternatives for people set on Kishiwada

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.

Kawachi-Nagano as a Kishiwada alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 4.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 481 Kawachi-Nagano vs 873 Kishiwada−45%
  • Foreign residents: 1.3% Kawachi-Nagano vs 2.7% Kishiwada−52%
  • Rent: €6.07/m² Kawachi-Nagano vs €6.59/m² Kishiwada−8%
  • Residents: 96,571 Kawachi-Nagano vs 185,713 Kishiwada−48%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,279.9 Kawachi-Nagano vs 1,775.5 Kishiwada−28%
  • Empty flats: 12.1% Kawachi-Nagano vs 13.8% Kishiwada−12%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Kawachi-Nagano vs 7.4 µg/m³ Kishiwada+8%
Full comparisonMore about Kawachi-Nagano

Kofu as a Kishiwada alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 320 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Foreign residents: 4.3% Kofu vs 2.7% Kishiwada+62%
  • Unemployment: 3.7% Kofu vs 4.6% Kishiwada−20%
  • Empty flats: 18.1% Kofu vs 13.8% Kishiwada+31%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 416 Kofu vs 873 Kishiwadano percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 5.6 µg/m³ Kofu vs 7.4 µg/m³ Kishiwada−24%
  • Median gross pay, region: €311 Kofu vs €291 Kishiwada+7%
  • Rent: €6.64/m² Kofu vs €6.59/m² Kishiwadasame level
Full comparisonMore about Kofu

Cities near Kishiwada

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

Kaizuka 2.2 km away
Rent
5.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tadaoka-cho 4.1 km away
Rent
6.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Izumiōtsu 5.1 km away
Rent
7.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Izumi 6.3 km away
Rent
6.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Kumatori-cho 6.7 km away
Rent
6.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Izumisano 7.2 km away
Rent
6.95 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Takaishi 8.5 km away
Rent
7.08 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

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Numazu185,758 residentsToyokawa185,900 residentsYamaguchi185,982 residentsOdawara185,424 residentsTachikawa186,257 residentsChūō187,404 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 Kishiwada?

The published population was 185,713 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total.

How much does it cost to rent in Kishiwada?

Average net cold rent is about 6.59 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 461 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Kishiwada?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.4 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 — 岸和田市.

How safe is Kishiwada?

Police recorded about 873 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-27-Osaka-2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Kishiwada?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (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 Kishiwada?

The median gross salary is 291.2 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Kishiwada a good place to live?

Kishiwada 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 Kishiwada?

Kaizuka, Tadaoka-cho, Izumiōtsu, Izumi, Kumatori-cho are near Kishiwada. 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 Kishiwada?

The official citizenship distribution records 185,196 people (97.1%) 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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