Brisbane vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$2834
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	66	98
😀 Quality of life	97	94
🏙️ Population	2.36M	1.97M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 27% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 781st and 1964th ($2491 vs $1965) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Australia and Austria, respectively. Check Australia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 15th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Vienna

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	Brisbane	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$15069

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1772
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1307
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$860
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$989
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1136
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1051
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1197
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$789
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$788
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1344
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1436
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1211
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1062
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1067
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1016
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1150
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1764
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1563
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1220
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1137
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1690
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1616
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1604
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$938
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898