Arlington vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2269
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$5424
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1398
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2462
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$574
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$4258
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	66
😀 Quality of life	78	98
🏙️ Population	394K	2.71M

The cost of living in Arlington is 16% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 2397th and 1349th ($1907 vs $2269) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 11th in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 894th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Brisbane

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	Arlington	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$68.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$3002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$94.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$54.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	5.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$7935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$5145
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$4.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$9.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$4.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$7.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$48
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$61.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$1949
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$12459

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

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