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Awaji City Housing Market Report 2025

Data updated 2026-11-10 · Source: MLIT transaction price survey, 2005 Q3–2026 Q2

Key figures for 2025

Median house price (land + building)
¥12.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥32k/m²
+33.3% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
99
#27 of 41 areas in Hyogo by price per m²

What the data says

Price growth is speeding up

House values per m² have risen about 3.9% a year over the past five years, faster than the 1.9% a year of the five years before. Buyers waiting for a dip have so far been paying more each year, and that has not yet changed.

Outperforming Hyogo

Per m², houses here are 58% below the Hyogo average. The discount has shrunk from 63% ten years ago, so Awaji City is catching up with its surroundings.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 26% on the previous three years. Fewer sales mean less choice and slower resale, so allow more time to sell later.

What a typical purchase costs

Half of all house sales last year were between ¥3.5M and ¥26.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 5.9% between 2020 and 2025 (−2.6% for the wider area). More people moved out than in during 2025 (about 8.2 per 1,000 residents), which weakens long-term housing demand.

Many abandoned homes

26.9% of homes were empty in 2023 (13.8% for the wider area), and 16.7% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. That is a high share of truly abandoned homes (akiya), a sign of weak demand. Cheap houses are easy to find, but resale can be slow.

High earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 52% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (33% for the wider area). Check the building's earthquake standard (post-1981, ideally post-2000 for wooden houses) and consider earthquake insurance.

Official land prices are edging up

On the government's fixed benchmark sites, which are valued the same way every year, residential land prices changed +3% in the year to January 2026 and +3% over five years. Because these sites don't change, this is the cleanest measure of land value trends.

Some flood or landslide exposure

Of the official land-price benchmark sites here, which sit in typical neighbourhoods, 8% are inside the worst-case flood zone, 15% are in a landslide warning area. Most worst-case flood zones are shallow (under 0.5 m) at the edges, so depth matters as much as the share. Check the hazard map for any specific address before buying.

Living in Awaji City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
39,472
-5.9% since 2020
Hyogo: -2.6%
Net moves in 2025
-324
-8.21 per 1,000 residents
Hyogo: -0.39
Vacant homes (2023)
26.9%
16.7% empty and not for rent or sale
Hyogo: 13.8%
Median rent (2023)
¥47k
per month, all rented homes
Hyogo: ¥57k
Strong earthquake risk
52.3%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Hyogo: 33.0%
Official land price 2026
¥27k/m²
+2.7% in a year · +2.5% in 5 years
Hyogo: ¥102k/m²
Flood exposure
7.7%
of 13 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Hyogo: 46.1%
Landslide exposure
15.4%
of 13 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Hyogo: 4.3%

Check flood, landslide and tsunami zones for a specific address on the government hazard map ↗

Sources: 2025 Census (preliminary), 2025 Internal Migration Report, 2023 Housing and Land Survey (Statistics Bureau of Japan); J-SHIS seismic hazard model (NIED, 2024); Land Price Publication (MLIT). Earthquake probability is measured at the municipal center.

Example sales in Awaji City

Real transactions from the last four quarters, picked near the lower (20th percentile), middle and upper (80th percentile) price points. Locations are shown at district level, as published by MLIT.

House

Lower-priced2026 Q1

¥4.5M

¥33k/m²

  • Ikuho
  • Land 160 m² · floor 135 m²
  • Built 1996 (30 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q3

¥16.0M

¥168k/m²

  • Gunge
  • Land 165 m² · floor 95 m²
  • Built 1996 (29 yrs) · Steel
Higher-priced2025 Q4

¥29.0M

¥276k/m²

  • Oiso
  • Land 145 m² · floor 105 m²
  • Built 2025 (0 yrs) · Wood
Median transaction price by year
¥0¥5.0M¥10.0M¥15.0M2006200820102012201420162018202020222024
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YearHouse
2006–
2007–
2008¥8.9M
2009¥10.5M
2010¥10.0M
2011¥8.0M
2012¥7.5M
2013¥9.1M
2014¥7.5M
2015¥7.0M
2016¥8.5M
2017¥7.0M
2018¥5.2M
2019¥7.5M
2020¥7.1M
2021¥6.4M
2022¥10.4M
2023¥11.0M
2024¥8.5M
2025¥12.0M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥50k¥100k2006200820102012201420162018202020222024
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YearHouseLand
2006–¥32k/m²
2007–¥34k/m²
2008¥80k/m²¥25k/m²
2009¥90k/m²¥37k/m²
2010¥78k/m²¥30k/m²
2011¥79k/m²¥25k/m²
2012¥58k/m²¥23k/m²
2013¥81k/m²¥19k/m²
2014¥76k/m²¥19k/m²
2015¥74k/m²¥23k/m²
2016¥70k/m²¥20k/m²
2017¥74k/m²¥23k/m²
2018¥53k/m²¥18k/m²
2019¥69k/m²¥16k/m²
2020¥67k/m²¥24k/m²
2021¥52k/m²¥25k/m²
2022¥94k/m²¥27k/m²
2023¥100k/m²¥25k/m²
2024¥77k/m²¥29k/m²
2025¥88k/m²¥32k/m²
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥300k/m²
50¥41k/m²

How much does a house cost in Awaji City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥12.0M in 2025 across 42 sales.

Are property prices in Awaji City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed +33.3%.

About this data

Figures are medians of real transactions reported to Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) through its quarterly price survey. House prices per m² divide the total price (land and building) by the floor area. Medians based on fewer than 20 sales are not shown. The latest quarters are preliminary and are revised as more survey responses arrive.

Information only, not investment advice.