Gold Coast vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gold Coast	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2530	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5679	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$1644	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$2706	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4225	$924
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	55
😀 Quality of life	93	52
🏙️ Population	608K	9.08M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 377% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 852nd and 8496th ($2530 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 466th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Gold Coast ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 68th and 6556th 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	$20.2	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.74	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2097	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2832	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8667	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5294	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.69	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.53	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.29	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.8	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2112	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9318	$22004

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789