Adelaide vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$861
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	8
😀 Quality of life	94	59
🏙️ Population	1.39M	24.7K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 32% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 1894th and 3454th ($1978 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Australia vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 46th and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Victoria

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	Adelaide	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$8298

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408