Adelaide vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2269
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$5424
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1398
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$2462
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$574
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$4258
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	66
😀 Quality of life	93	98
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.71M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 3% more expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 1210th and 1349th ($2338 vs $2269) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 11th in Australia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Ranked 5th vs 3rd best cities to live in Australia, and 73rd vs 3rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Brisbane

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	Adelaide	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$68.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$1147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$3002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$2079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$94.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$54.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	5.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$7935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$5145
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$9.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$4.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$7.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$48
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$61.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$1949
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$12459

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894