Brisbane vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$2317
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$5372
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$2327
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$90.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	82
😀 Quality of life	98	89
🏙️ Population	2.71M	468K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 2% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 1349th and 1246th ($2269 vs $2317) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1054th 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 1.9 months in Raleigh. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Raleigh ranked 64th in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 245th 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	$15.5	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$6.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$1149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$2208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$5.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$137
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$1374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$24650

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736