Gold Coast vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$713
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1985
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$302
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$533
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$768
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	49	60
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	608K	9.4M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 222% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 1270th and 7025th ($2297 vs $713) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 46th 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 1.1 months in Ningbo. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Ningbo ranked 49th in China, while ranked 255th and 6133rd 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	$18	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$25.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$57.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$8.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$5268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$3300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$18.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$4.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$23.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$598
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$15234

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$576
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$740
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$666
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$597
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$826
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1128
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1003
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$672
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$677
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$696
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$631
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$673
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$771
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$586
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$632
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$696
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$679
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$696
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$753
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$612
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$674
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$642
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$547
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$700
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$634
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$637
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$639
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$601
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$621
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$604
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$659
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$622
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$630
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$597
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$597
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$620
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$634
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$618
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$531