Brisbane vs Castries - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Castries
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1159
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$829
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$73.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	66	3
😀 Quality of life	97	35
🏙️ Population	2.36M	70K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 115% more expensive than in Castries. Cities ranked 781st and 4713th ($2491 vs $1159) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Australia and Saint Lucia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saint Lucia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.1 months in Castries. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Castries ranked 1st in Saint Lucia, while ranked 15th and 7462nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Castries

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	Brisbane	Castries
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$7.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$46.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$597
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$871
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$615
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$76.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	7.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1473
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$1110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$33.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$8.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$7.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$6.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$4.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$46.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$80.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$6685

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Castries

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
66 km or 41 mi	Fort-de-France	$1665
83 km or 51 mi	Georgetown	$1004
98 km or 61 mi	Kingstown	$981
149 km or 93 mi	Roseau	$1003
172 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1390
180 km or 112 mi	Bridgetown	$1360
181 km or 112 mi	Portsmouth	$1138
222 km or 138 mi	Grenville	$1061
234 km or 146 mi	St. George's	$1065
234 km or 146 mi	Basse-Terre	$1599
249 km or 155 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1593
250 km or 156 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1598
257 km or 160 mi	Les Abymes	$1582
259 km or 161 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1596
260 km or 162 mi	Le Moule	$1594
316 km or 196 mi	Scarborough	$1101
348 km or 216 mi	All Saints	$1081
357 km or 222 mi	St. John's	$1084
377 km or 234 mi	Port of Spain	$1168
378 km or 235 mi	San Juan	$1164
392 km or 244 mi	Chaguanas	$1070
410 km or 255 mi	Basseterre	$1241
415 km or 258 mi	Cayon	$1242
418 km or 260 mi	San Fernando	$964
445 km or 277 mi	Carupano	$719
456 km or 283 mi	La Asuncion	$692
461 km or 286 mi	Porlamar	$684
497 km or 309 mi	Philipsburg	$1926
526 km or 327 mi	Cumana	$691
532 km or 330 mi	Maturin	$871
563 km or 350 mi	Tucupita	$770
577 km or 358 mi	Saint Croix	$2561
578 km or 359 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
586 km or 364 mi	Lecheria	$821
590 km or 367 mi	Barcelona	$704
626 km or 389 mi	Road Town	$2295
635 km or 395 mi	Anaco	$627
640 km or 398 mi	Cantaura	$662
641 km or 399 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2192