Brisbane vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$2417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$5664
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$1503
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$2821
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$2696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	80
😀 Quality of life	97	90
🏙️ Population	2.36M	568K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 3% more expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 781st and 890th ($2491 vs $2417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.1 months in Surrey. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Surrey ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 15th and 138th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Surrey

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	Brisbane	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$88.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$1570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$1333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$3345
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$2491
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$66.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$56.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$11501
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$10221
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$3.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$129
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$3.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$8.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$40.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$90.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$59.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$1012
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$12698

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2589
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2330
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$1983
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2650
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2220
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2278
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1789
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2248
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2263
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2185
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2469
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2609
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2576
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2569
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2821
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$3091
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2866
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1913
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2784
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2901
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3229
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$2908
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2491
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3179
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2743
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2655