Arlington vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$4896
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$2149
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3956
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	66
😀 Quality of life	77	98
🏙️ Population	394K	2.71M

The cost of living in Arlington is 10% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 2476th and 1813th ($1856 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 1375th and 9th 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	$15.6	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$1022
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1816
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$8291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$6020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$9.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$1795
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$11423

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

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