Brisbane vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$4969
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1076
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1822
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$605
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$3266
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	85
😀 Quality of life	98	92
🏙️ Population	2.71M	513K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 14% more expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 1349th and 2034th ($2269 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 121st in Australia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Australia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Liverpool ranked 12th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3rd and 81st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Liverpool

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	Brisbane	Liverpool
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$95.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$6.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$4.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1146
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$755
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2016
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1338
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$302
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$46
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$8.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$9.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$22.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$36.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$19.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$83.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$95.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1831
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$16599

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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 Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1893
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1718
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1888
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1862
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1873
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1686
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1928
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2047
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1861
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1764
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1870
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1784
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2079
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1754
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$2033
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2055
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2080
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1846
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1818
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2365
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1674
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$2002
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1827
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1741
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1496
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1873
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1841