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Living in Takachiho-cho

The city had 9 schools in May 2024. The median age was 62.2 years in 2026. The foreign population count was 69 in 2024. The unemployment rate was 2.2% in October 2020. 西臼杵郡高千穂町 is in Japan; its population was 11,642 in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1519 sources

Population11,642people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table
Median gross salary (region)239.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average rent276.2EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings
Unemployment rate2.2%country median 3.8% — 42% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality
Recorded crime212.9incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences and municipal crime rate (刑法犯 市町村別 犯罪率・確定値)
PM2.5, annual mean8.6µg/m³country median 8.4 — 2% aboveOfficial source · tenbou.nies.go.jp

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Takachiho-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 Takachiho-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 Takachiho-cho. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Takachiho-cho recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB4Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)276.2 EUR/month31 Dec 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings1Official · regional context

Is Takachiho-cho a good place to live?

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–60%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–70%
Student47%strong on education, weak on work · range 39–55%
Family63%strong on family, weak on cost · range 55–71%
Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–65%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality9

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Takachiho-cho is 2.2%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)239.5 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp16Official
Unemployment rate2.2 %country median 3.8%1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality9Official

What does a salary buy in Takachiho-cho?

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

regional median gross pay: €240 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
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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
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− €276
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 Takachiho-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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools9 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 00004023112713Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents34.06 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 202411Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents1.72 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 202412Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents185.4 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.8Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Takachiho-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 residents1.72 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

Police recorded about 213 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: 212.9 incidents per 100,000 · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences and municipal crime rate (刑法犯 市町村別 犯罪率・確定値)3
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents212.9 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences and municipal crime rate (刑法犯 市町村別 犯罪率・確定値)3Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport11 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

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: tenbou.nies.go.jp14

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 Takachiho-cho is 8.6 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 mean8.6 µg/m³country median 8.431 Dec 2023tenbou.nies.go.jp14Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 237.5 km² in 2024. Population density was 45.5 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

The published population was 11,642 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area237.5 km²2024Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.7Official
Foreign residents69 people2024Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.6Official
Population density45.5 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 km2.7Official
Population11,642 people1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census municipality population table10Official

International community in Takachiho-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
Total11,642100.0%
Japanese11,60299.7%
Foreigner320.3%
Republic of the Philippines90.1%
Nationality not reported80.1%
Republic of Korea60.1%
People's Republic of China30.0%
Republic of Indonesia30.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal30.0%
Others30.0%
United States of America20.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam10.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland10.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source5

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age62.2 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official

Alternatives for people set on Takachiho-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.

Cities near Takachiho-cho

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

Alternative cities in Japan

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

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Kemigawa11,641 residentsHōdatsushimizu11,637 residentsIwanai-cho11,648 residentsShin’imazato11,577 residentsMuroto-misakicho11,742 residentsMuroto11,742 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 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

The published population was 11,642 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

Is the air quality good in 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: tenbou.nies.go.jp.

How safe is 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

Police recorded about 213 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences and municipal crime rate (刑法犯 市町村別 犯罪率・確定値).

What is the unemployment rate in 西臼杵郡高千穂町?

The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Takachiho-cho?

The median gross salary is 239.5 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Takachiho-cho?

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

Is Takachiho-cho a good place to live?

Takachiho-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 Takachiho-cho?

Takamori-machi (Kumamoto) is near Takachiho-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 Takachiho-cho?

The official citizenship distribution records 11,602 people (99.7%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Takachiho-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a668e63a2812aa19adfa67596a9d7fe6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/nishiusukiguntakachihomachi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Takachiho-cho, Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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Sources

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  1. 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
  2. 2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents) e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-24
  3. Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences and municipal crime rate (刑法犯 市町村別 犯罪率・確定値) pref.miyazaki.lg.jp · checked 2026-10-13
  4. docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
  5. e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan 2020 Population Census table 44-1 nationality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-01
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
  10. Japan 2020 Census municipality population table e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
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  1. Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
  2. Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
  3. MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127 e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
  4. tenbou.nies.go.jp tenbou.nies.go.jp · checked 2026-08-26
  5. 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
  6. www.e-stat.go.jp e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-27
  7. ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ ドコモ光 月額料金 · docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-19
  8. Wikidata identity and coordinates — Q1184676 Wikidata identity and coordinates · wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-05
  9. Wikidata identity and coordinates — Q1350939 Wikidata identity and coordinates · wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-05

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