Living in Ushiku

In Ushiku, rents across existing tenancies average €7.82 per m² a month (2023).

An unemployment rate of 3.68% was measured at the end of 2020. The population density of Ushiku stood at 1,436.7 people per km² at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2334 sources

Population83,276people1 Jan 2026Official source · Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total

Median gross salary (region)318EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent7.82EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 25% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.68%country median 3.8% — 2% belowOfficial source · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表)

Recorded crime686.8incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · 令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2

PM2.5, annual mean9.27µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Pricier rent than 78% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 71% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Ushiku.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.

How much does it cost to rent in Ushiku?

Average net cold rent is about 7.82 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): 7.82 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁷

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesUshiku highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Ushiku€7.82

Sapporo€7.56

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¹⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.82 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁷Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	366.1 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 mura⁴Official

Is Ushiku 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–62%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student53%strong on safety, weak on education · range 43–63%

Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–70%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 469 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 7.82 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 Ushiku?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.68 % · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表)²²

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Ushiku is 3.7%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Ushiku 3.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	318 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	3.68 %country median 3.8%	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表)²²Official

What does a salary buy in Ushiku?

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€7.82/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €469
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 Ushiku Salary needed to live in Ushiku

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	9.54 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁵Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.24 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁶Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	230.1 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.³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ushiku 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 residents2.24 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	686.8 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2²⁰Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Ushiku's nearest airport was NRT, 32 km away and offered 103 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	103 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	32 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	NRT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Ushiku?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.3 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: 9.27 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁷

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

PM2.59.3WHO 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 Ushiku is 9.3 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Ushiku 9.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9.27 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Ushiku?

The published population was 83,276 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total¹⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	58.92 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)²¹Official
Foreign-resident share	2.44 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)²⁴Official
Foreign residents	2,033 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²⁴Official
Population density	1,437 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)²³Official
Population	83,276 people	1 Jan 2026	Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total¹⁶Official

International community in Ushiku

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	84,651	100.0%
Japanese	82,372	97.3%
Foreigner	1,373	1.6%
Nationality not reported	906	1.1%
Federative Republic of Brazil	368	0.4%
People's Republic of China	251	0.3%
Others	198	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	162	0.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	122	0.1%
Kingdom of Thailand	86	0.1%
Republic of Korea	67	0.1%

Show 6 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Republic of Peru	43	0.1%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	26	0.0%
United States of America	18	0.0%
India	16	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	14	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

Alternatives for people set on Ushiku

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.

Jōsō as an Ushiku alternative in the same region

15 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 11.9% Jōsō vs 2.4% Ushiku+387%
Rent: €5.20/m² Jōsō vs €7.82/m² Ushiku−33%
Median gross pay, region: €262 Jōsō vs €318 Ushiku−18%
Residents: 60,041 Jōsō vs 83,276 Ushiku−28%
Unemployment: 3.4% Jōsō vs 3.7% Ushiku−7%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 687 Jōsō vs 687 Ushikusame level

Full comparison More about Jōsō

Gotemba as an Ushiku alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 133 km, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 4.0% Gotemba vs 2.4% Ushiku+64%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 506 Gotemba vs 687 Ushiku−26%
Rent: €7.24/m² Gotemba vs €7.82/m² Ushiku−7%
Annual PM2.5: 7.4 µg/m³ Gotemba vs 9.3 µg/m³ Ushiku−21%
Median gross pay, region: €295 Gotemba vs €318 Ushiku−7%
Unemployment: 3.4% Gotemba vs 3.7% Ushiku−8%
Residents: 83,034 Gotemba vs 83,276 Ushiku−0%

Full comparison More about Gotemba

Cities near Ushiku

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

Naka 8.0 km away

Rent: 6.95 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ryūgasaki 8.1 km away

Rent: 6.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Ami-machi 8.2 km away

Rent: 6.85 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Toride 11.7 km away

Rent: 7.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Tsuchiura 12.1 km away

Rent: 6.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Tsukuba 13.3 km away

Rent: 8.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

All Japan cities

Moriyama83,236 residents Gotemba83,034 residents Nakatsu82,863 residents Owariasahi83,692 residents Shimogyo-ku (Kyoto)82,784 residents Kamigyo-ku (Kyoto)83,832 residents

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Is Ushiku part of Tokyo?

Ushiku is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 50.4 km away by straight-line distance. Tokyo city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source³⁴

Which comparable places record less crime than Ushiku?

5 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Ushiku in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Ushiku: 699 offences/100k (2024).

Tsukubamirai — 552.7 offences/100k2024 Toride — 583.9 offences/100k2024 Yachiyo — 610.7 offences/100k2024 Koga — 620 offences/100k2024 Moriya — 627.8 offences/100k2024

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source¹²

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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 Ushiku?

The published population was 83,276 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total.

How much does it cost to rent in Ushiku?

Average net cold rent is about 7.82 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 547 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Ushiku?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.3 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.

What is the unemployment rate in Ushiku?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (October 2020). Source: 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表).

What is the typical salary around Ushiku?

The median gross salary is 318 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Ushiku a good place to live?

Ushiku 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.

Is Ushiku part of Tokyo?

Ushiku is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 50.4 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Ushiku?

Fujishiro, Naka, Ryūgasaki, Ami-machi, Toride are near Ushiku. 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 Ushiku?

The official citizenship distribution records 82,372 people (97.3%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Ushiku?

5 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Ushiku in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Ibaraki Prefectural Police municipal crime table 2024 + Ibaraki Prefecture population estimate, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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