Gold Coast vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$733
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	49	85
😀 Quality of life	89	71
🏙️ Population	608K	9.07M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 315% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 1270th and 8245th ($2297 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 341st 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 1.3 months in Shenyang. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 255th and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Shenyang

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	Gold Coast	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$24707

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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 Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501