Gold Coast vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	95
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	608K	4.04M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 117% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1120th and 5212th ($2300 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 209th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs New Taipei

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	Gold Coast	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$13786

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605