Brisbane vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$2710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$6266
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1703
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$2960
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$652
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$5101
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	97	80
🏙️ Population	2.71M	793K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 14% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 1241st and 568th ($2323 vs $2710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 498th 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 1.9 months in Hempstead. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Hempstead ranked 222nd in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 678th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Brisbane	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$75.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$5.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$1631
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$1464
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$2918
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$2624
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$76.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	6.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$7966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$3853
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$131
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$9.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$15.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$20.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$12.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$5.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$109
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$149
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$24.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$89.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$1500
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$16902

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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 Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2694
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2653
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2727
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2664
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2609
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2724
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2661
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2823
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2815
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2271
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$3087
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2160
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3192
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2940
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4202
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3756
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2913
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3094
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2861
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2842
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2850
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3729
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2840
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3145
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2619
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3562
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3110
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2397
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2917
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$3134
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2697
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2973
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2692
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3304