Gold Coast vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	49	93
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	608K	9.37M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 257% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1270th and 7469th ($2297 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 101st in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 255th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Hefei

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	Gold Coast	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$9056

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663