Gold Coast vs Port Vila - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Port Vila
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$1884
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$4044
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$1157
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$1891
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$48.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$232
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	49	1
😀 Quality of life	89	38
🏙️ Population	608K	49K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 22% more expensive than in Port Vila. Cities ranked 1270th and 2383rd ($2297 vs $1884) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Australia and Vanuatu, respectively. Check Australia vs Vanuatu comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.1 months in Port Vila. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Port Vila ranked 1st in Vanuatu, while ranked 255th and 7974th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Port Vila

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	Gold Coast	Port Vila
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$8.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$4.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$889
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$2429
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$1495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$64.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$98.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$110
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$3691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2257
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$68.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$8.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$5.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$17.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$17.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$5.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$5.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$5.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$3.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$9.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$6.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$2.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$64
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$42.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$6627

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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 Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$1882
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1811
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1807
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1878
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$997
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$596
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$836
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$818
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1419
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1417
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$683
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1022
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1710
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1798
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2140
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2065
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$733
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1662
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1250
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$751
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$753
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$533
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1184
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$1961
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1716
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1678
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1499