Brisbane vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2035
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$542
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	66	69
😀 Quality of life	97	69
🏙️ Population	2.36M	10.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 268% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 781st and 7055th ($2491 vs $678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 115th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Dongguan ranked 18th in China, while ranked 15th and 3115th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Dongguan

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	Brisbane	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$5799
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$25.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$6.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$50.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$67.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$21927

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623