Brisbane vs Cleveland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Cleveland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$1941
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$4584
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1131
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$3404
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	66	82
😀 Quality of life	97	87
🏙️ Population	2.71M	373K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 20% more expensive than in Cleveland. Cities ranked 1241st and 2199th ($2323 vs $1941) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1674th 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 Cleveland. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Cleveland ranked 99th in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 320th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Cleveland

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	Brisbane	Cleveland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$56.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$5.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$1252
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$840
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$2221
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$1512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$66.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	6.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$1613
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$1384
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$94.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$4.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$9.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$40.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$73.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$1137
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$18712

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1938
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1944
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1943
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1947
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$1862
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1928
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1936
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$1938
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1935
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1919
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1923
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$1930
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1889
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1922
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1924
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1909
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1890
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1899
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1908
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1910
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1882
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1864
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1821
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1834
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1823
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1684
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1874
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1688
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1988
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1908
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1835
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1639
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1810
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1599
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1531
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1513
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1936
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$2092