Brisbane vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1849
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$549
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$787
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$230
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$83.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$69.9
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	37
😀 Quality of life	98	24
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.48M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 146% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 1349th and 6203rd ($2269 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 5th in Australia and Nigeria, respectively. Check Australia vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Onitsha ranked 7th in Nigeria, while ranked 3rd and 9020th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brisbane/onitsha.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brisbane vs Onitsha infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brisbane/onitsha" target="_blank">Brisbane vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brisbane vs Onitsha

Prices for goods and services in Brisbane and Onitsha are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brisbane	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$0.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$834
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$675
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$21.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$32.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$46.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$813
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1084
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$21.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$8.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$5.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$5.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$1.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$1.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$0.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$92.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$9.13
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$2.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$17.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$51.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$1640

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$785
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1555
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$587
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$849
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$655
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$601
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$878
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$618
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$594
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$578
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$386
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$631
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$775
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$659
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1551
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$834
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$759
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1344
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$641
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$538
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$750
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$665
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$687
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1022
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$785
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1017
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1254
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$750
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$741
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$830
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$796
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$353
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$650
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$612
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$584
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$750
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1239
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$668
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$802
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$673