Brisbane vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$2661
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$5993
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$3159
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$5087
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	95	77
🏙️ Population	2.36M	467K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 11% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 930th and 440th ($2356 vs $2661) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 394th 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 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 1.9 months in Long Beach. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Long Beach ranked 152nd in the United States, while ranked 18th and 720th 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	$13.8	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$6.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$1874
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$1558
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$3303
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$2822
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$6502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$7284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$72.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$9.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$7.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$4.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$91
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$1199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$18490

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652