Brisbane vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1311
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2822
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$805
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$866
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	66	8
😀 Quality of life	98	64
🏙️ Population	2.71M	133K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 73% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 1349th and 4552nd ($2269 vs $1311) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and Maldives, respectively. Check Australia vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.7 months in Male. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 3rd and 5347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Male

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	Brisbane	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$6.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$9.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$810
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$620
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$1472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1144
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$74.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$72.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	14.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$6.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$3.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$75.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$193
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$3300

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327