Brisbane vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$2452
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$5516
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1566
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$2522
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$4239
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	74
😀 Quality of life	97	88
🏙️ Population	2.71M	459K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 5% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 1241st and 978th ($2323 vs $2452) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 841st 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 1.7 months in Virginia Beach. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Virginia Beach ranked 82nd in the United States, while ranked 3rd and 286th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brisbane/virginia-beach.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brisbane vs Virginia Beach infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brisbane/virginia-beach" target="_blank">Brisbane vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brisbane vs Virginia Beach

Prices for goods and services in Brisbane and Virginia Beach are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brisbane	Virginia Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$89.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$5.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$1653
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$1301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$2788
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$2127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	5.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$2280
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$2279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$5.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$5.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$1579
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$16143

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2191
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2342
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2191
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2657
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2295
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2311
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2058
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2375
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2392
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2055
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1953
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2045
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1803
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2363
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2016
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2508
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1849
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2116
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2073
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2608
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2696
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$2003
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2913
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2367
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2862
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1766
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2572
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2596
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3350
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2169
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3031
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2379
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2803
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2774
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$3016
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2644
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3338
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2223
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2769