Brisbane vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$2575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$5897
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$2665
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$255
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$3590
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	86
😀 Quality of life	97	94
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.79M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 3% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 781st and 656th ($2491 vs $2575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th 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 1.4 months in Toronto. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 15th and 52nd 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	$14	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$1664
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$1358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$2388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$10232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$8102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$69.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$1200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$18156

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2332
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2472
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2398
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2127
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2266
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2597
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1635
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2297
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2154
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1971
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2012
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1762
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1798
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1873
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2267
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1999
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1884
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2095
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2051
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$1964
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2041
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2038
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$1986
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2017
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2009
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1814
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2074
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2046
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2085