Brisbane vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$4411
😷 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 28% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 1813th and 327th ($2065 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 9th and 982nd 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	$14.4	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$19997

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821