Brisbane vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$354
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$765
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$343
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$90
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$34
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$109
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	36
😀 Quality of life	95	17
🏙️ Population	2.36M	1.48M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 566% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 930th and 9080th ($2356 vs $354) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Australia and Nigeria, respectively. Check Australia vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 0.3 months in Onitsha. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Onitsha ranked 14th in Nigeria, while ranked 18th and 9077th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Brisbane	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$1.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$7.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$1.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$0.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$0.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$170
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$5.82
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$8.94
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	17.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$553
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$255
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$9.07
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$5.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$0.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$2.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$1.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$2.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$0.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$0.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$1.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$0.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$25.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$1.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$1.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$11.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$27.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$50.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$704

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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 Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$325
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$507
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$290
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$330
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$315
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$233
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$351
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$327
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$272
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$243
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$237
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$247
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$250
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$310
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$288
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$860
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$262
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$990
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$587
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$314
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$683
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$407
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$436
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$448
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$313
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$826
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1300
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$761
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$697
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$269
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$732
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$210
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$676
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$677
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$265
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$272
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1242
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$567
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$678
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$617