Living in Shioya-machi

The median age was 60.6 years in 2026. The unemployment rate was 4% in October 2020. The city had 4 schools in May 2024. For 塩谷郡塩谷町, the foreign population count was 103 in 2024. In October 2020, 塩谷郡塩谷町 had a population of 10,354.

Last checked 2026-10-1525 sources

Population10,354people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)246.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average rent313.5EUR/month31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate4%country median 3.8% — 6% aboveOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime439incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)

PM2.5, annual mean7.43µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Shioya-machi?

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 Shioya-machi.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 Shioya-machi. 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 citiesShioya-machi 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)	313.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · regional context

Is Shioya-machi 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 worker47%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 37–57%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–60%

Student39%strong on safety, weak on work · range 31–47%

Family52%strong on safety, weak on legal route · range 44–60%

Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–61%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 塩谷郡塩谷町?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Shioya-machi is 4.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Shioya-machi 4.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	246.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	4 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Shioya-machi?

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

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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	− €313
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 Shioya-machi Salary needed to live in Shioya-machi

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Shioya-machi. 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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	4 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127¹²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.199 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024¹¹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	67.8 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 Shioya-machi 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 residents0.199 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 塩谷郡塩谷町?

Police recorded about 439 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 offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	439 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Confirmed 2025 Penal Code offence counts by municipality and offence category (刑法犯市町村別認知件数)³Official

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 Shioya-machi. 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 Shioya-machi.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 塩谷郡塩谷町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.4 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.43 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³

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

PM2.57.4WHO 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 Shioya-machi is 7.4 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Shioya-machi 7.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.43 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 176.1 km² in 2024. Population density was 55.6 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 塩谷郡塩谷町?

The published population was 10,354 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	176.1 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	103 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.⁶Official
Population density	55.6 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	10,354 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table¹⁰Official

International community in Shioya-machi

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	10,354	100.0%
Japanese	10,299	99.5%
Foreigner	53	0.5%
People's Republic of China	15	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	13	0.1%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	11	0.1%
Kingdom of Thailand	5	0.0%
Republic of Korea	3	0.0%
Others	3	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	2	0.0%
Nationality not reported	2	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Federative Republic of Brazil	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	60.6 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Shioya-machi

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.

Takanezawa-machi as a Shioya-machi alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Residents: 29,229 Takanezawa-machi vs 10,354 Shioya-machi+182%
Unemployment: 2.9% Takanezawa-machi vs 4.0% Shioya-machi−28%
Median gross pay, region: €302 Takanezawa-machi vs €246 Shioya-machi+23%
Annual PM2.5: 8.5 µg/m³ Takanezawa-machi vs 7.4 µg/m³ Shioya-machi+15%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 455 Takanezawa-machi vs 439 Shioya-machi+4%

Full comparison More about Takanezawa-machi

Fuchu-cho as a Shioya-machi alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 716 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 51,155 Fuchu-cho vs 10,354 Shioya-machi+394%
Median gross pay, region: €320 Fuchu-cho vs €246 Shioya-machi+30%
Unemployment: 3.3% Fuchu-cho vs 4.0% Shioya-machi−18%

Full comparison More about Fuchu-cho

Cities near Shioya-machi

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

Yaita 6.7 km away

Rent: 5.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Sakura 14.3 km away

Rent: 6.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Nikkō 15.6 km away

Rent: 5.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ohtawara 17.5 km away

Rent: 6.05 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Takanezawa-machi 20.1 km away

Rent: 6.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Utsunomiya 23.7 km away

Rent: 7.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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Kamifurano-cho10,348 residents Rokkasho-mura10,367 residents Hibarigaoka10,368 residents Takahama10,326 residents Takahama-cho10,326 residents Nambu-cho (Tottori)10,323 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 塩谷郡塩谷町?

The published population was 10,354 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

Is the air quality good in 塩谷郡塩谷町?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.4 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023.

How safe is 塩谷郡塩谷町?

What is the unemployment rate in 塩谷郡塩谷町?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Shioya-machi?

The median gross salary is 246.5 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in Shioya-machi?

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

Is Shioya-machi a good place to live?

Shioya-machi 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 Shioya-machi?

Yaita, Sakura, Nikkō, Imaichi, Ohtawara are near Shioya-machi. 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 Shioya-machi?

The official citizenship distribution records 10,299 people (99.5%) 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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