Brisbane vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$2757
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$6734
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$1795
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$3490
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$4345
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	82
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	2.36M	468K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 15% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 930th and 304th ($2356 vs $2757) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 266th 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 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Raleigh. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Raleigh ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 18th and 235th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Raleigh

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	Brisbane	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$1793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$3656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$3034
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$83.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$9360
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$4247
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$5.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$5.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$6.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$4.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$22084

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2334
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2313
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1731
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2271
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2161
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2112
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2163
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2071
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2159
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2236
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2063
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2031
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1787
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2084
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2084
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1947
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2098
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2053
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2020
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2052
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2056
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2082
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2105
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2139
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2074
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1929
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2112
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$2056
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2191
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2014
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2441
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2229
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2218
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1857