Gold Coast vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	62
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	608K	9.08M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 360% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1270th and 8696th ($2297 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 255th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Xuzhou

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	Gold Coast	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.54
🍌 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	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753