Antwerp vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$4896
🏠 One person rent	$909	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$2149
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$3956
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	66
😀 Quality of life	91	98
🏙️ Population	529K	2.71M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 12% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 2669th and 1813th ($1818 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 11th in Belgium and Australia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 196th and 9th 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	$20.4	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$1514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$1022
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$1816
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$8291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$6020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$3.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$1795
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$11423

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736