Adelaide vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Adelaide	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2180	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5014	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$1283	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$2184	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2875	$818
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	8
😀 Quality of life	92	59
🏙️ Population	1.3M	24.7K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 36% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 1333rd and 3034th ($2180 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.3 months in Adelaide compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 75th and 5511th 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	$19.5	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.75	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1288	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2505	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7770	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5055	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.3	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.25	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.5	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$91.4	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$136	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11563	$8062

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1888
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1462
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1317
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1327
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1708
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1746
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1688
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1658
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1672
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2356
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1702
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1693
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1669
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1707
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1716
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1719
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1707
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2604
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1819
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1404
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1463
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1723
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1610
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1723
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1430
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1691
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1903
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2348
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2203
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2741
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$1998
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1461
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1354
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524