Living in Oda

In Oda, rents across existing tenancies average €4.62 per m² a month (2023).

Ootashi is a city in Japan. The city covers 435.3 km², with a population density of 72.3 people per km² in 2024. In October 2020, the unemployment rate was 3.05%.

Last checked 2026-10-1513 sources

Population32,195people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Median gross salary (region)239.9EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.62EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 26% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.05%country median 3.8% — 19% belowOfficial source · e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities

Recorded crime235.1incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category

PM2.5, annual mean7.5µg/m³country median 8.4 — 11% belowOfficial source · tenbou.nies.go.jp

Cheaper rent than 81% of Japanese cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 83% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 73% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 ootashi?

Average net cold rent is about 4.62 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): 4.62 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesOda highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Oda€4.62

Show the other 6 cities

Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

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¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.62 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹¹Official

Is Oda 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 worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 51–67%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–74%

Student60%strong on safety, weak on education · range 51–69%

Family74%strong on family, weak on education · range 66–82%

Retirement64%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 55–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 277 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.62 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 ootashi?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.05 % · e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Oda is 3.1%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Oda 3.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	239.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹²Official
Unemployment rate	3.05 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Oda?

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
Rent, 60 m²€4.62/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €277
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 Oda Salary needed to live in Oda

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	12.33 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.17 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁸Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	216.6 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.⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Oda 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 ootashi?

Police recorded about 235 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: 235.1 incidents per 100,000 · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	235.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offences by municipality and major offence category¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in ootashi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.5 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.jp¹⁰

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

PM2.57.5WHO 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 Oda is 7.5 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Oda 7.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.5 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Dec 2023	tenbou.nies.go.jp¹⁰Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in ootashi?

The published population was 32,195 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	435.3 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 km2.⁵Official
Foreign residents	501 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁴Official
Population density	72.3 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 km2.⁵Official
Population	32,195 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications⁹Official

International community in Oda

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	32,846	100.0%
Japanese	32,347	98.5%
Foreigner	338	1.0%
Nationality not reported	161	0.5%
Federative Republic of Brazil	151	0.5%
Republic of the Philippines	57	0.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	44	0.1%
People's Republic of China	28	0.1%
Republic of Korea	21	0.1%
Others	15	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	13	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	5	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	3	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Alternatives for people set on Oda

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.

Nichinan as an Oda alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.97/m² Nichinan vs €4.62/m² Oda−14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 457 Nichinan vs 235 Odano percentage
Median gross pay, region: €247 Nichinan vs €240 Oda+3%

Full comparison More about Nichinan

Alternative cities in Japan

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Shiwa-cho32,147 residents Asakuchi32,253 residents Kamogawa32,116 residents Tamura32,301 residents Bizen32,320 residents Sakaiminato32,063 residents

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Oda in rankings

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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 ootashi?

The published population was 32,195 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

How much does it cost to rent in ootashi?

Average net cold rent is about 4.62 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 323 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in ootashi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.5 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 ootashi?

Police recorded about 235 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 ootashi?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (October 2020). Source: e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Oda?

The median gross salary is 239.9 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Oda a good place to live?

Oda 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 Oda?

The official citizenship distribution records 32,347 people (98.5%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Oda, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 81b1225baa6f3a8dc9e2aa948f753d5e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/ootashi-322059/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Oda, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
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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
Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
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