Gold Coast vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$854
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	21
😀 Quality of life	88	40
🏙️ Population	608K	6.71M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 149% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 1278th and 6043rd ($2239 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 223rd and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Yancheng

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	Gold Coast	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$22179

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984