Brisbane vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$4433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	78
😀 Quality of life	98	89
🏙️ Population	2.71M	689K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 8% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 1349th and 924th ($2269 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 798th 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 1.8 months in Nashville. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Nashville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Nashville

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	Brisbane	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$30241

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581