Gold Coast vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	20
😀 Quality of life	89	46
🏙️ Population	608K	6.44M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 254% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1270th and 7433rd ($2297 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 255th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Shangrao

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	Gold Coast	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620