Gold Coast vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$969
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	96
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	608K	17.5M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 162% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1270th and 6334th ($2297 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 17th 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 Shenzhen. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 255th and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Shenzhen

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	Gold Coast	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634