Gold Coast vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	53
😀 Quality of life	89	70
🏙️ Population	608K	8.78M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 270% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1270th and 7641st ($2297 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 138th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 255th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Quanzhou

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	Gold Coast	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941