Brisbane vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$2702
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$6288
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$1727
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$5400
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	66	97
😀 Quality of life	97	80
🏙️ Population	2.36M	793K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 8% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 781st and 440th ($2491 vs $2702) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 384th 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 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 2 months in Hempstead. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hempstead ranked 139th in the United States, while ranked 15th and 543rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hempstead

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	Brisbane	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$6.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$1599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$1481
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$2892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$2592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$65.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$8270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$2945
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$2.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$5.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$8.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$5.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$110
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$149
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$53.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$1901
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$21852

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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 Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2578
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2577
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2623
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2572
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2517
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2615
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2566
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2722
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2751
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2982
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2117
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3108
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2510
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4051
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3659
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2834
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3050
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2759
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2634
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2732
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3280
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2611
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2857
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2459
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3498
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3002
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2342
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2701
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2888
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2641
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2755
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2590
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3168