Gold Coast vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$999
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$382
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$672
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$77.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$1411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	80
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	608K	2.72M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 153% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 839th and 5666th ($2528 vs $999) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.4 months in Kaohsiung. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 124th and 364th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Kaohsiung

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	Gold Coast	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$3.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$31.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$745
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$535
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$46.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	2.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$4856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$3306
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$12.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$3.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$7.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$4.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$69.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$450
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$11481

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$910
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$841
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$910
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$889
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$879
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$888
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$957
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$709
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$937
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$882
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$796
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$903
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1108
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$630
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$723
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$997
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$668
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$602
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$465
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$656
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$464
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$589
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$698
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$654
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$673
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$634
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$682
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$943
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$705
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$416
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$765
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$763
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$621
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$610