Gold Coast vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$725
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	49	60
😀 Quality of life	88	53
🏙️ Population	608K	9.4M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 216% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 1278th and 6849th ($2239 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 51st in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 223rd and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Ningbo

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	Gold Coast	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$12465

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522