Living in Ogori

In Ogori, rents across existing tenancies average €5.90 per m² a month (2023).

There were 219.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2022. The median age was 48.5 years in 2020. In October 2020, the unemployment rate was 4.1%. The population of 小郡市, in Japan, was 59,360 in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-1724 sources

Population59,360people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)290.1EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent5.9EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 6% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4.1%country median 3.8% — 9% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

PM2.5, annual mean9.9µg/m³country median 8.4 — 18% aboveOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 小郡市

Higher unemployment than 65% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 82% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 小郡市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.9 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): 5.9 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Ogori yet.

Net rent across major citiesOgori highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

Ogori€5.90

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.9 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	307.7 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 Ogori a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–63%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%

Student60%strong on education, weak on safety · range 52–68%

Family63%strong on family, weak on safety · range 54–72%

Retirement53%strong on housing, weak on admin · range 43–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 354 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.9 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 小郡市?

The unemployment rate is 4.1 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁶

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

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Ogori 4.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	290.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	4.1 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Ogori?

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

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€5.90/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €354
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities, internet, mobile plan	—
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 Ogori. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	21 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹¹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	17.43 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.21 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹⁰Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	219.2 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 Ogori 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 residents2.21 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	45 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.¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ogori. 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 小郡市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9.9 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 — 小郡市¹²

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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59.9WHO 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 Ogori is 9.9 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Ogori 9.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9.9 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 小郡市¹²Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 45.5 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,307.6 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 小郡市?

The published population was 59,360 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	45.51 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 km2.³Official
Foreign residents	1,753 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.²Official
Population density	1,308 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 km2.³Official
Population	59,360 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁸Official

International community in Ogori

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	59,360	100.0%
Japanese	58,257	98.1%
Foreigner	869	1.5%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	361	0.6%
Nationality not reported	234	0.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	183	0.3%
Republic of the Philippines	158	0.3%
Others	70	0.1%
People's Republic of China	41	0.1%
Republic of Korea	26	0.0%
India	18	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	4	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	3	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	2	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	1	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	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 source¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	48.5 years	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality median age table⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Ogori

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.

Miyaki-cho as an Ogori alternative in the same region

12 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €4.36/m² Miyaki-cho vs €5.90/m² Ogori−26%
Residents: 25,511 Miyaki-cho vs 59,360 Ogori−57%
Median gross pay, region: €255 Miyaki-cho vs €290 Ogori−12%
Unemployment: 3.9% Miyaki-cho vs 4.1% Ogori−5%

Full comparison More about Miyaki-cho

Kurihara as an Ogori alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1111 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €4.74/m² Kurihara vs €5.90/m² Ogori−20%
Annual PM2.5: 6.4 µg/m³ Kurihara vs 9.9 µg/m³ Ogori−35%
Median gross pay, region: €256 Kurihara vs €290 Ogori−12%

Full comparison More about Kurihara

Cities near Ogori

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

Kiyama-cho 4.5 km away

Rent: 6.86 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Tosu 5.0 km away

Rent: 6.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Chikuzen-machi 7.7 km away

Rent: 5.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kurume 9.6 km away

Rent: 6.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Chikushino 10.5 km away

Rent: 7.04 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Asakura 10.6 km away

Rent: 4.99 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Miyaki-cho 12.3 km away

Rent: 4.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

All Japan cities

Tahara59,360 residents Shirakawa59,491 residents Koga59,225 residents Shimotsuke59,507 residents Ogōri59,509 residents Kurihara59,147 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 小郡市?

The published population was 59,360 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 小郡市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.9 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 413 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 小郡市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9.9 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 — 小郡市.

What is the unemployment rate in 小郡市?

The unemployment rate is 4.1 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Ogori?

The median gross salary is 290.1 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Ogori?

1,753 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）..

Is Ogori a good place to live?

Ogori 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 Ogori?

Kiyama-cho, Tosu, Chikuzen-machi, Kurume, Chikushino are near Ogori. 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 Ogori?

The official citizenship distribution records 58,257 people (98.1%) 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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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
Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling · e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-12
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