Living in Okinoshima-cho

The foreign population count was 91 in 2024. For 隠岐郡隠岐の島町, there were 214 physicians per 100,000 people in 2022. The population of 隠岐郡隠岐の島町, in Japan, was 13,433 in October 2020. The city covered 242.6 km² in 2024. Population density was 53.7 people per km² in 2024. The median age was 57.7 years in 2026. The unemployment rate was 2.7% in October 2020. The city had 14 schools in May 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1517 sources

Population13,433people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)281.9EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average rent287.1EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate2.7%country median 3.8% — 28% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime260.8incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Okinoshima-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 Okinoshima-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 Okinoshima-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 citiesOkinoshima-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¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB⁴Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	287.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · regional context

Is Okinoshima-cho a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–62%

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

Student51%strong on education, weak on work · range 43–59%

Family65%strong on family, weak on cost · range 57–73%

Retirement54%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–65%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 隠岐郡隠岐の島町?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Okinoshima-cho is 2.7%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Okinoshima-cho 2.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	281.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	2.7 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Okinoshima-cho?

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
Internet
Mobile

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
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	− €287
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 Okinoshima-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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	14 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹³Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	8.62 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.17 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹²Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	214 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 Okinoshima-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 residents2.17 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 隠岐郡隠岐の島町?

Police recorded about 261 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: 260.8 incidents per 100,000 · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	260.8 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	2 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.¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Okinoshima-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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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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9°3°

10°3°

14°6°

18°10°

22°14°

25°18°

28°23°

30°24°

27°21°

22°15°

17°10°

12°4°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

172

218

241

294

371

326

236

121

101

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

148

144

162

183

199

136

160

131

161

149

154

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hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.2 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 13.6 · Apr 18.1 · May 22.2 · Jun 24.7 · Jul 28.3 · Aug 30 · Sep 26.5 · Oct 22.3 · Nov 17.1 · Dec 11.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZUHARA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.5 · Feb 3.2 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 10.3 · May 14.4 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 23.1 · Aug 24.2 · Sep 20.6 · Oct 15.3 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 4.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZUHARA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 6 · Feb 6.9 · Mar 10 · Apr 14.2 · May 18.2 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 25.4 · Aug 26.8 · Sep 23.4 · Oct 18.7 · Nov 13.3 · Dec 8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZUHARA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 80.1 · Feb 94.7 · Mar 172.3 · Apr 218.4 · May 241.2 · Jun 294.4 · Jul 370.5 · Aug 326.4 · Sep 235.5 · Oct 120.8 · Nov 100.6 · Dec 68 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZUHARA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 147.6 · Feb 143.5 · Mar 161.5 · Apr 183.1 · May 199.2 · Jun 136.3 · Jul 136.1 · Aug 160.4 · Sep 131.1 · Oct 161.1 · Nov 149 · Dec 153.9 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station IZUHARA¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Isahaya ±1.6 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.7 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.1 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.2 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.3 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±3.3 °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

How many people live in 隠岐郡隠岐の島町?

The published population was 13,433 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	242.6 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	91 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁶Official
Population density	53.7 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	13,433 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰Official

International community in Okinoshima-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	13,433	100.0%
Japanese	13,356	99.4%
Foreigner	73	0.5%
Republic of the Philippines	41	0.3%
Republic of Indonesia	15	0.1%
Others	7	0.1%
United States of America	5	0.0%
Nationality not reported	4	0.0%
Republic of Korea	3	0.0%
People's Republic of China	1	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	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	57.7 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Okinoshima-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.

Yasu as an Okinoshima-cho alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 275 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,513 Yasu vs 13,433 Okinoshima-cho+276%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 618 Yasu vs 261 Okinoshima-chono percentage
Median gross pay, region: €316 Yasu vs €282 Okinoshima-cho+12%

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Alternative cities in Japan

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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 隠岐郡隠岐の島町?

The published population was 13,433 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How safe is 隠岐郡隠岐の島町?

Police recorded about 261 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 by municipality and major offence category.

What is the unemployment rate in 隠岐郡隠岐の島町?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Okinoshima-cho?

The median gross salary is 281.9 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Okinoshima-cho?

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

Is Okinoshima-cho a good place to live?

Okinoshima-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.

How many people are in the Japanese citizenship group in Okinoshima-cho?

The official citizenship distribution records 13,356 people (99.4%) 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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2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents) e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-24
Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category pref.shimane.lg.jp · checked 2026-10-13
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
Japan 2020 Census municipality population table e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16

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Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
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MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127 e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
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
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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

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