Adelaide vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$912
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	8
😀 Quality of life	93	48
🏙️ Population	1.39M	24.7K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 42% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 1210th and 3471st ($2338 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th 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 1.6 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 73rd and 6854th 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	$15.9	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419