Brisbane vs Brookhaven - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Brookhaven
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2921
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$5483
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1834
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1705
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$4363
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	66	65
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	2.71M	486K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 22% less expensive than in Brookhaven. Cities ranked 1349th and 276th ($2269 vs $2921) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 221st in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Brookhaven. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Brookhaven ranked 1103rd in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 3052nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Brookhaven

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	Brisbane	Brookhaven
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$24.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$99.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$4.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$2314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1523
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$4097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$68.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$5885
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$3.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$4.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$5.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$5.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$18.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$10.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$5.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$53
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$144
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$66.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$2249
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$23283

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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

Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2779
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2686
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2401
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2713
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2144
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3722
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2280
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3059
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2732
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2642
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2718
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2606
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2554
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2302
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2564
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2698
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3460
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3644
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$3032
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2294
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2647
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2387
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2670
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2711
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2971
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2690
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2650
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2127
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2492
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2697
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2816
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2600
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2684
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3020
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3312
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3510
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2809
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2385
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2803