Brisbane vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1882
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$752
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	66	69
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	2.71M	10.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 212% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1813th and 7341st ($2065 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 78th 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 1.1 months in Dongguan. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dongguan ranked 20th in China, while ranked 9th and 3389th 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	$14.4	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$62.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$6823
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$3488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$30
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$61.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$21416

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598