Gold Coast vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	94
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	608K	467K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 19% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 1270th and 327th ($2297 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 255th and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Long Beach

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	Gold Coast	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$19997

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821