Antwerp vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antwerp	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$2269
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4482	$5424
🏠 One person rent	$927	$1398
🏘️ Family rent	$1528	$2462
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$574
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$4258
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	66
😀 Quality of life	90	98
🏙️ Population	529K	2.71M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 18% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 2628th and 1349th ($1857 vs $2269) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st 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 3rd best city to live in Belgium vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 218th and 3rd 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	$20.6	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$68.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$890	$1660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$1147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1494	$3002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1226	$2079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$94.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.6	$54.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.27%	5.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4499	$7935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3099	$5145
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.6	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.9	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$4.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.59	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$4.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$7.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$48
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$61.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$749	$1949
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20480	$12459

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1734
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1849
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1772
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1877
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1854
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1523
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1734
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1770
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2264
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1730
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1864
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1890
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1756
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2110
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1920
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1993
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1786
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2471
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2206
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1860
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1809
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1846
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1787
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1886
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2050

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894