Living in seobuk-gu
The city had 192,247 households in June 2026. 서북구 had a population of 402,529 in June 2026.
Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to seobuk-gu?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
In South Korea, jeonse is a deposit-only lease with no monthly rent. Where both values are available, the profile's monthly comparison estimates its cost as deposit × annual conversion rate ÷ 100 ÷ 12. Wolse is a separate lease with a monthly payment and its own deposit; that deposit is not included in the monthly figure.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 31.8 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | KT 100 Mbps internet3Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 28.91 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | KT mobile data plan4Official · national market |
| Annual jeonse deposit-to-rent conversion rate | 6.6 % | 31 Jul 2026 | 전국주택가격동향조사 — 지역별 전월세 전환율_아파트 (A_2024_00156, statId S234820263)15Official |
| Median jeonse deposit (deposit-only lease) | 117,610 EUR | 31 Aug 2026 | 국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (전세 rows: 보증금(만원))14Official |
| Median wolse monthly payment (deposit also required) | 288.1 EUR/month | 31 Aug 2026 | 국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 — 아파트 전월세 (월세 rows: 월세금(만원), deposit coexists)14Official |
Is seobuk-gu 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.
Worked out from these numbers
How international is the population?
4.5% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 18,137 of 402,529 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.
Work and income
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public employment offices | 1 count | 15 Sept 2026 | Work24 — 고용복지+센터 institution finder12Official |
What does a salary buy in seobuk-gu?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
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. | €1,660 |
| Jeonse monthly equivalentjeonse monthly equivalent; based on a €117,610 refundable deposit and 6.6% annual conversion rate · official · 국토교통부 실거래가 공개시스템 조건별 자료제공 · 2026-08-31 · official · 전국주택가격동향조사 · 2026-07-31 | − €647 |
| Internet€32 · official · KT 100 Mbps internet · 2026-09-30 | − €32 |
| Mobile plan€29 · official · KT mobile data plan · 2026-09-30 | − €29 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €952 |
Public employment offices in seobuk-gu
Work24 lists 1 public employment office in seobuk-gu (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.
Work24 public employment service — Public employment service
The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.
Family and education
The city had 65 schools in July 2026.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 65 schools | 21 Jul 2026 | Schoolinfo official open-data callback response9Official |
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 959.9 beds per 100,000 | 30 Jun 2026 | HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보1Official |
| Hospitals | 39 count | 30 Jun 2026 | HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보1Official |
| Pharmacies | 175 count | 30 Jun 2026 | HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스1Official |
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 241.5 per 100,000 | 30 Jun 2026 | HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 병원정보서비스1Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in seobuk-gu under the national coverage rules.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 3,150 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001)2Official · regional context |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for seobuk-gu. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Early Adaptation Program — Newcomer Adaptation
Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service
For newly arrived foreign residents, international students, workers, marriage migrants.
Social Integration Program (KIIP) — Integration course
Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service
For foreign residents in Korea, people within three years of naturalization.
Climate and air quality
The annual mean temperature estimate was 13.8°C at the end of 2024. The annual precipitation estimate was 1,541.5 mm at the end of 2024.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
seobuk-gu 16.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 16 µg/m³country median 16.0 — about the same | 31 Dec 2024 | www.airkorea.or.kr13Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 3 · Feb 5.8 · Mar 11.8 · Apr 18.7 · May 24.1 · Jun 27.5 · Jul 29.5 · Aug 30.2 · Sep 26.1 · Oct 20.4 · Nov 12.8 · Dec 5.2 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cheonan_47232.csv11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -7.5 · Feb -5.4 · Mar -0.8 · Apr 4.9 · May 11.4 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 21.2 · Aug 21.3 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 1 · Dec -5.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cheonan_47232.csv11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -2.4 · Feb 0 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 11.7 · May 17.5 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 25.2 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 6.5 · Dec -0.2 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cheonan_47232.csv11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 19 · Feb 27 · Mar 38.3 · Apr 67.5 · May 78.7 · Jun 127 · Jul 284.1 · Aug 299.7 · Sep 146.4 · Oct 55.5 · Nov 47.6 · Dec 27.9 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cheonan_47232.csv11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 167.2 · Feb 178.4 · Mar 211.6 · Apr 221.5 · May 241.5 · Jun 207.3 · Jul 160.5 · Aug 184 · Sep 179.8 · Oct 204.8 · Nov 159.2 · Dec 155.5 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cheonan_47232.csv11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Annual mean temperature | 13.75 °C | 31 Dec 2024 | NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context |
| Annual precipitation | 1,541 mm | 31 Dec 2024 | NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context |
Population and city profile
By nationality
National passport95.5%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign-resident share | 4.51 % | 31 Mar 2026 | Registered foreigners by local government, March 20268Official |
| Foreign residents | 18,137 people | 31 Mar 2026 | Registered foreigners by local government, March 20268Official |
| Female residents | 194,470 people | 30 Jun 2026 | MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 20266Official |
| Male residents | 208,059 people | 30 Jun 2026 | MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 20266Official |
| Population | 402,529 people | 30 Jun 2026 | MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 20265Official |
International community in seobuk-gu
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Citizenship
Persons recorded in the official KOSIS registered-foreigner population table; this is not the total resident population and is not interchangeable with resident citizenship. · 2025
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 계 | 17,859 | 100.0% |
| 베트남 | 5,634 | 31.5% |
| 한국계중국인 | 2,530 | 14.2% |
| 중국 | 1,822 | 10.2% |
| 미얀마 | 1,212 | 6.8% |
| 네팔 | 984 | 5.5% |
| 캄보디아 | 852 | 4.8% |
| 타이(태국) | 638 | 3.6% |
| 몽골 | 630 | 3.5% |
| 우즈베키스탄 | 597 | 3.3% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 필리핀 | 409 | 2.3% |
| 인도네시아 | 349 | 2.0% |
| 스리랑카 | 311 | 1.7% |
| 방글라데시 | 295 | 1.7% |
| 일본 | 213 | 1.2% |
| 미국 | 181 | 1.0% |
| 인도 | 177 | 1.0% |
| 카자흐스탄 | 138 | 0.8% |
| 러시아(연방) | 133 | 0.7% |
| 키르기즈 | 110 | 0.6% |
| 파키스탄 | 86 | 0.5% |
| 라오스 | 71 | 0.4% |
| 타이완(대만) | 55 | 0.3% |
| 남아프리카공화국 | 49 | 0.3% |
| 케냐 | 49 | 0.3% |
| 티모르민주공화국(동티모르) | 32 | 0.2% |
| 한국계러시아인 | 29 | 0.2% |
| 튀르키예 | 18 | 0.1% |
| 캐나다 | 17 | 0.1% |
| 모로코 | 16 | 0.1% |
| 영국 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 우크라이나 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 말레이시아 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 예멘공화국 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 헝가리 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 타지키스탄 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 이란 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 가나 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 투르크메니스탄 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 오스트레일리아 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 이집트 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 브라질 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 에티오피아 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 페루 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 프랑스 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 나이지리아 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 아르메니아 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 짐바브웨 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 이탈리아 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 폴란드 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 아프가니스탄 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 홍콩 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 뉴질랜드 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 싱가포르 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 멕시코 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 콜롬비아 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 벨라루스 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 르완다 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 알제리 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 튀니지 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 브루나이 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 독일 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 노르웨이 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 아일랜드 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 우간다 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 루마니아 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 라이베리아 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 에콰도르 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 포르투갈 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 아르헨티나 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 팔레스타인 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 우루과이 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 모리타니 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 사우디아라비아 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 네덜란드 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 스페인 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 오스트리아 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 탄자니아 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 아제르바이잔 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 칠레 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 세네갈 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 몰도바 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 가봉 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 엘살바도르 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 말라위 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 부르키나파소 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 트리니다드토바고 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 기타 | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households | 192,247 households | 30 Jun 2026 | MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 20266Official |
Alternatives for people set on seobuk-gu
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.
Wonmi-gu as a seobuk-gu alternative in the same country
Better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,488.2 Wonmi-gu vs 959.9 seobuk-gu+55%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,030 Wonmi-gu vs 3,150 seobuk-gu−4%
- Foreign residents: 4.2% Wonmi-gu vs 4.5% seobuk-gu−7%
- Residents: 382,339 Wonmi-gu vs 402,529 seobuk-gu−5%
- Annual PM2.5: 16.0 µg/m³ Wonmi-gu vs 16.0 µg/m³ seobuk-gusame level
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Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
Is the air quality good in seobuk-gu?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 16 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: www.airkorea.or.kr.
How safe is seobuk-gu?
Police recorded 3,150 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KOSIS e-Regional Indicators; population-adjusted crime rate by city/province (Table DT_1YL3001).
How many people live in seobuk-gu?
The published population is 402,529 people. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.
How many foreign residents live in seobuk-gu?
18,137 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.
Is seobuk-gu a good place to live?
seobuk-gu 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 계 citizenship group in seobuk-gu?
The official citizenship distribution records 17,859 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). seobuk-gu, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 750e623b252309afd14dc510312efcd8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/seobuggu/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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