Antwerp vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1506
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$2275
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$280
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$4184
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	66
😀 Quality of life	89	97
🏙️ Population	529K	2.36M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 29% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 2671st and 781st ($1762 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Belgium and Australia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.7 months in Brisbane. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Brisbane ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 176th and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Brisbane

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	Antwerp	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$83.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$1542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$2771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$1860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$7907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$5572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$5.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$27.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$55.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$74.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$9531

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1611
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1709
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1616
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1619
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1636
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1442
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1545
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1559
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1693
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1514
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1779
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1958
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1602
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1813
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1761
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1712
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1799
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1587
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2046
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1750
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1723
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1660
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1645
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1611
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1701
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1911

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876