Brisbane vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2224
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$5181
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2236
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$641
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$3821
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	56
😀 Quality of life	98	87
🏙️ Population	2.71M	950K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 2% more expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 1349th and 1439th ($2269 vs $2224) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1197th 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 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Jacksonville ranked 106th in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Jacksonville

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	Brisbane	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1441
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1035
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$64.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2143
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$65.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$3.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$8.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$4.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$11934

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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 Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2214
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2204
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2130
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2152
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2133
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2365
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2160
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2234
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1979
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2237
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2292
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2290
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2362
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2285
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2330
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1503
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2130
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2288
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2320
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2356
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2333
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2364
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2352
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2325
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2381
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2359
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2352
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2313
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2450
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2491
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2234
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2095
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2293
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2610
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2613
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2232
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2278
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2146
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1860