Gold Coast vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$6392
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	80
😀 Quality of life	88	92
🏙️ Population	608K	737K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 21% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 1120th and 206th ($2300 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 168th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 209th and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Seattle

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	Gold Coast	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$28179

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263