Living in Uiwang-si

In Uiwang-si, unemployment is 2.5% (2025).

The population of 의왕시 was 164,221 in June 2026. The city covered 54 km² in 2020. Population density was 2,859.3 people per km² in 2024. The housing-vacancy rate was 9.05% at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 2.5% at the end of 2025. The annual mean temperature estimate was 13.2°C at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1925 sources

Population164,221people30 Jun 2026Official source · MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026

Unemployment rate2.5%country median 2.7% — 7% belowOfficial source · 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators

Recorded crime2,014incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Official source · KR-Police-regional-crime-2024

PM2.5, annual mean16µg/m³country median 16.0 — about the sameOfficial source · 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations

Which South Korea-wide rules apply when you move to Uiwang-si?

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 South KoreaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Uiwang-si.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Uiwang-si. 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€29

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	31.8 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT 100 Mbps internet¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	28.91 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KT mobile data plan¹⁵Official · national market
Dwellings	58,832 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1501 2024 housing units by municipality⁷Official
Housing vacancy rate	9.05 %	31 Dec 2024	DT_1JU1512 2024 vacant housing units by municipality⁸Official

Is Uiwang-si a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–68%

Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on safety · range 62–78%

Student44%strong on education, weak on work · range 36–52%

Family62%strong on family, weak on cost · range 54–70%

Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–59%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in 의왕시?

The unemployment rate is 2.5 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators²

Unemployment across cities in South KoreaUnemployment in Uiwang-si is 2.5%. Of 218 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 0.5 to under 1%.

0–0.50.5–11–1.51.5–22–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–55–5.55.5–6

Uiwang-si 2.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	2.5 %country median 2.7%	31 Dec 2025	2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators²Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Uiwang-si. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Work24 public employment service — Public employment service

Ministry of Employment and Labor, Republic of Korea

Job Search

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	30 schools	21 Jul 2026	Schoolinfo official open-data callback response²²Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Doctors per 1,000 residents	1.5 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000¹¹Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,330 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex hospital beds per 100k¹²Official
Hospitals	8 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 시설정보⁹Official
Pharmacies	52 count	30 Jun 2026	HIRA 전국 병의원 및 약국 현황 2026.6 — 약국정보서비스⁹Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	150 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KOSIS e-RegionIndex doctors per 1000¹¹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Uiwang-si 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.

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Doctors per 1,000 residents1.5 per 1,000Verified 2026-07-21

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 의왕시?

Police recorded about 2,014 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,014 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹³Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	26.18 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	KR-Police-regional-crime-2024¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Uiwang-si. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Early Adaptation Program — Newcomer Adaptation

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

For newly arrived foreign residents, international students, workers, marriage migrants.

KoreanIn Person

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Social Integration Program (KIIP) — Integration course

Ministry of Justice / Korea Immigration Service

For foreign residents in Korea, people within three years of naturalization.

KoreanIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Uiwang-si.

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Climate and air quality

The annual precipitation estimate was 1,483.7 mm at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 16 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in 의왕시?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 16 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹

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

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

0°

3°-7°

6°-4°

11°1°

18°6°

24°12°

28°18°

29°22°

30°23°

26°17°

20°9°

13°2°

5°-4°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

123

385

296

134

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

174

179

206

215

230

195

138

169

185

209

163

166

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

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

PM2.516WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1031WHO 15 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in South KoreaAnnual PM2.5 in Uiwang-si is 16.0 µg/m³. Of 235 cities with data, 47 have annual PM2.5 of 17 to under 18 µg/m³.

9–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–23

Uiwang-si 16.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM10 — annual mean	31 µg/m³country median 30.0	31 Dec 2024	2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	16 µg/m³country median 16.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	2024 Air Environment Annual Report — Appendix 1.3 city annual concentrations¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 5.6 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 18.2 · May 23.6 · Jun 27.5 · Jul 29.3 · Aug 30.3 · Sep 26.4 · Oct 20.4 · Nov 12.5 · Dec 4.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Suwon_47119.csv²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -6.6 · Feb -4.5 · Mar 0.6 · Apr 6.4 · May 12.3 · Jun 17.9 · Jul 22.1 · Aug 22.7 · Sep 17.1 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 2.4 · Dec -4.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Suwon_47119.csv²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.1 · Feb 0.3 · Mar 5.6 · Apr 12 · May 17.6 · Jun 22.2 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 26 · Sep 21.4 · Oct 14.5 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 0.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Suwon_47119.csv²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 18.1 · Feb 28.3 · Mar 40.7 · Apr 71.6 · May 95 · Jun 122.9 · Jul 385.1 · Aug 296.3 · Sep 133.5 · Oct 54.1 · Nov 48.9 · Dec 25.8 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Suwon_47119.csv²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 174.3 · Feb 178.7 · Mar 205.7 · Apr 214.5 · May 229.7 · Jun 195 · Jul 138.2 · Aug 168.7 · Sep 184.6 · Oct 208.9 · Nov 162.5 · Dec 166.2 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Suwon_47119.csv²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	13.18 °C	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Annual precipitation	1,484 mm	31 Dec 2024	NASA POWER 2024 daily point climate observation for South Korea municipalities¹⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in 의왕시?

The published population was 164,221 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹⁶

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
Cars per 1,000 residents	478.8 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Registered motor vehicles by si, gun and gu²¹Official
City area	54.03 km²	2020	Official KOSIS visual statistics, Korea City Statistics, regional area; joined to the archived MOIS/KOSIS si-gun-gu code and name.¹⁹Official
Foreign-resident share	0.681 %	31 Dec 2025	Korea Immigration Service registered foreigners by si/gun/gu and nationality, 2025-12-31¹⁰Official
Foreign residents	1,114 people	31 Mar 2026	Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026²⁰Official
Population density	2,859 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.¹⁹Official
Female residents	83,201 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁷Official
Male residents	81,020 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁷Official
Population	164,221 people	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026¹⁶Official

International community in Uiwang-si

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	1,092	100.0%
한국계중국인	206	18.9%
베트남	169	15.5%
중국	146	13.4%
미얀마	62	5.7%
타이(태국)	57	5.2%
일본	53	4.9%
네팔	47	4.3%
미국	45	4.1%
필리핀	44	4.0%

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Published group	People	Share
인도네시아	33	3.0%
캄보디아	24	2.2%
우즈베키스탄	19	1.7%
캐나다	19	1.7%
영국	16	1.5%
방글라데시	13	1.2%
타이완(대만)	12	1.1%
남아프리카공화국	12	1.1%
러시아(연방)	11	1.0%
인도	10	0.9%
몽골	9	0.8%
파키스탄	7	0.6%
나이지리아	6	0.5%
홍콩	6	0.5%
아프가니스탄	6	0.5%
오스트레일리아	5	0.5%
라오스	5	0.5%
스리랑카	4	0.4%
프랑스	4	0.4%
이탈리아	4	0.4%
콩고민주공화국	4	0.4%
말레이시아	3	0.3%
독일	3	0.3%
뉴질랜드	3	0.3%
이란	3	0.3%
아일랜드	2	0.2%
튀르키예	2	0.2%
스페인	2	0.2%
모로코	2	0.2%
콜롬비아	2	0.2%
키르기즈	1	0.1%
우크라이나	1	0.1%
브라질	1	0.1%
네덜란드	1	0.1%
멕시코	1	0.1%
폴란드	1	0.1%
벨라루스	1	0.1%
알제리	1	0.1%
헝가리	1	0.1%
과테말라	1	0.1%
투르크메니스탄	1	0.1%
남수단공화국	1	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	67,939 households	30 Jun 2026	MOIS resident-registration population, sex and household counts by administrative area, June 2026¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Uiwang-si

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.

Andong-si as an Uiwang-si alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 3,380.0 Andong-si vs 1,330.0 Uiwang-si+154%
Unemployment: 1.1% Andong-si vs 2.5% Uiwang-si−56%
Foreign residents: 1.4% Andong-si vs 0.7% Uiwang-si+111%
Empty flats: 14.1% Andong-si vs 9.0% Uiwang-si+56%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,599 Andong-si vs 2,014 Uiwang-si+29%
Annual PM2.5: 17.0 µg/m³ Andong-si vs 16.0 µg/m³ Uiwang-si+6%
Residents: 151,864 Andong-si vs 164,221 Uiwang-si−8%

Full comparison More about Andong-si

Alternative cities in South Korea

Other cities in South Korea to compare with Uiwang-si, nearest in population first.

All South Korea cities

Daedeok-gu164,047 residents Seo-gu, Daegu163,508 residents Suyeong-gu168,440 residents Seosan-si171,136 residents Dangjin-si172,400 residents Masanhoewon-gu174,175 residents

How does Uiwang-si compare?

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Uiwang-si in rankings

#1 of 30 in Safest cities in South Korea by recorded crime

Is Uiwang-si part of Seoul?

Uiwang-si is near Seoul, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 22.0 km away by straight-line distance. Seoul city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²⁵

Which comparable places record less crime than Uiwang-si?

4 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Uiwang-si in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Uiwang-si: 2,185.6 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents (2024).

Nowon-gu — 2,056.8 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024 Gwacheon-si — 2,064.9 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024 Seongbuk-gu — 2,133.7 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024 Dobong-gu — 2,140.1 recorded crime occurrences/100k residents2024

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 source⁵

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in 의왕시?

The published population was 164,221 people in June 2026. Source: MOIS resident registration population by si/gun/gu, June 2026.

Is the air quality good in 의왕시?

How safe is 의왕시?

Police recorded about 2,014 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KR-Police-regional-crime-2024.

What is the unemployment rate in 의왕시?

The unemployment rate is 2.5 % (2025). Source: 2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators.

How many foreign residents live in Uiwang-si?

1,114 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Registered foreigners by local government, March 2026.

Is Uiwang-si a good place to live?

Uiwang-si 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 Uiwang-si part of Seoul?

Uiwang-si is near Seoul, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 22.0 km away by straight-line distance.

How many people are in the 계 citizenship group in Uiwang-si?

The official citizenship distribution records 1,092 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Uiwang-si?

4 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Uiwang-si in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Korean National Police Agency regional crime occurrence CSV 2024 + 2024 Registered Census population, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Uiwang-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 98007b99c24c83fac47fb7535bebc3d6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/ui-wangsi/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Uiwang-si, South Korea: population, rent, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {98007b99c24c83fac47fb7535bebc3d6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/kr/ui-wangsi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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