Brisbane vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1896
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$82.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$777
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	66	67
😀 Quality of life	98	71
🏙️ Population	2.71M	10.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 241% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1349th and 7469th ($2269 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 89th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.2 months in Dongguan. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dongguan ranked 25th in China, while ranked 3rd and 3662nd 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	$15.5	$2.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$559
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$326
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$63
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$6553
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$3642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$21.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$5.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$30.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$57.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$22205

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$782
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$621
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$534
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$848
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2415
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1718
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$795
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$765
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$844
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$943
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$832
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$807
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$896
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$589
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$816
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$769
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$464
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$673
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$465
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$602
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$730
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$790
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$814
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$738
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$698
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$699
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$533
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$638
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$587
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$608