Gold Coast vs Oakland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Oakland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$3146
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$8584
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$4358
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$833
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$5746
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	97
😀 Quality of life	88	95
🏙️ Population	608K	441K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 27% less expensive than in Oakland. Cities ranked 1120th and 91st ($2300 vs $3146) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 73rd 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 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.8 months in Oakland. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Oakland ranked 4th in the United States, while ranked 209th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Gold Coast vs Oakland infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/gold-coast/oakland.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Gold Coast vs Oakland infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/gold-coast/oakland" target="_blank">Gold Coast vs Oakland - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Gold Coast vs Oakland

Prices for goods and services in Gold Coast and Oakland are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Gold Coast	Oakland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$24.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$119
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$5.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$1994
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$1640
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$4880
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$3807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$64.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$7086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$7184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$3.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$128
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$4.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$6.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$5.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$23.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$7.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$6.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$11.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$4.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$34.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$181
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$60.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$2725
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$27655

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3274
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$3082
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2940
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$3023
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3781
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2831
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3053
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$3048
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2874
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2981
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$2922
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3180
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2767
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$2851
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2949
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3196
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3224
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3293
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2714
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2726
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3473
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3672
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3152
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$2986
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2845
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3091
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$4155
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3804
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3442
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2885
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3010
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3578
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3584
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3159
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3288