Antwerp vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$2016
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$2041
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$503
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$3747
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	66
😀 Quality of life	89	97
🏙️ Population	529K	2.71M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 19% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 2896th and 1792nd ($1640 vs $2016) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 10th 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 4th in Australia, while ranked 203rd and 7th 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	$18.3	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$1015
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1744
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$77.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$48.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$7172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$4905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$8.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$23.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$57.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$7949

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645