Gold Coast vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	49	24
😀 Quality of life	89	45
🏙️ Population	608K	6.56M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 281% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 1270th and 7790th ($2297 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 167th 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 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 255th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Shaoyang

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	Gold Coast	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599