Gold Coast vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	94
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	608K	4.05M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 128% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 839th and 5023rd ($2528 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 124th and 252nd 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	$19.7	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$18576

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602