Gold Coast vs Houston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Houston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$2240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$2042
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$199
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$4580
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	49	100
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	608K	2.3M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 3% more expensive than in Houston. Cities ranked 1270th and 1375th ($2297 vs $2240) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1186th 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 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 2 months in Houston. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Houston ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 255th and 77th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Houston

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	Gold Coast	Houston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$18.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$6.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$5.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1397
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$997
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$2394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$1614
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$65.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$2608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$1961
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$21.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$4.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$3.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$9.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$3.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$141
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$1504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$23708

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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 Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2240
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2177
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2216
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2260
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2094
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2155
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2308
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2376
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2110
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2095
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2067
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1828
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1948
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2020
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1592
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1900
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1993
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1881
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1883
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2029
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1975
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1493
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2416
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2148
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2136
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2222
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2188
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2215
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2210
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2241
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2279
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2233