Brisbane vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$6311
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1782
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$3096
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$654
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$4305
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	98	78
🏙️ Population	2.71M	467K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 17% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 1349th and 524th ($2269 vs $2732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 453rd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Long Beach ranked 282nd in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 992nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Long Beach

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	Brisbane	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1919
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1544
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$3153
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$2806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$7165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$7.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$95.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$22757

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059