Brisbane vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2403
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$5638
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1453
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2444
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$4246
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	68
😀 Quality of life	98	89
🏙️ Population	2.71M	875K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 6% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 1349th and 1073rd ($2269 vs $2403) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 918th 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 1.8 months in Charlotte. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Charlotte ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 283rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Charlotte

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	Brisbane	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1623
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2971
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$2035
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$4032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2433
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$84.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$3.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$15.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$5.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$8.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$7.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$5.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$25.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$50.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1516
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$24528

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2195
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2113
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2159
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2078
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1963
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1968
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2002
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2126
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1978
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2158
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2080
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2067
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1736
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1913
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2089
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2030
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2079
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1873
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2081
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1917
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2202
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2221
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2036
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1858
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2324
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1951
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2410
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1853
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1769
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1943
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2123
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2709
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2091
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1987
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1952