Adelaide vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$961
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	50	8
😀 Quality of life	92	49
🏙️ Population	1.39M	24.7K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 44% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 1178th and 3452nd ($2355 vs $1637) 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 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 75th and 6808th 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	$15.8	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$8750

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415