Brisbane vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$2576
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$5834
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$1582
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$2702
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$610
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$3483
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	86
😀 Quality of life	95	94
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.79M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 9% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 930th and 571st ($2356 vs $2576) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 18th and 36th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Toronto

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	Brisbane	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$1662
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$1377
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$2941
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$2385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$98.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$10196
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$8230
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$2.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$2.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$3.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$4.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$52.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$62.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$18837

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2390
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2600
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2358
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2128
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2192
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2578
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2293
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2244
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$2073
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2218
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1734
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1821
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1915
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2125
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1408
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1949
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2072
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2084
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2217
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2194
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2031
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2156
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2004
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2074
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2049
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2085
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1816
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2178
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2151
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2190