Gold Coast vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$2395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$5245
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$2384
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$4432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	69
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	608K	1.61M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 7% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 1278th and 955th ($2239 vs $2395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 875th 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 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.9 months in Phoenix. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Phoenix ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 223rd and 146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Phoenix

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	Gold Coast	Phoenix
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$12.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$6.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$1215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$2412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$2009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$3133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$63.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$4.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$50.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$1103
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$12281

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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 Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724