Liverpool vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Liverpool	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1937	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4778	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$1057	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$1802	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3068	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	85	99
😀 Quality of life	91	100
🏙️ Population	513K	5.45M

The cost of living in Liverpool is 27% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 2203rd and 649th ($1937 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 132nd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Australia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Liverpool ranked 30th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 190th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Sydney

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	Liverpool	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.63	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.3	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1131	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2021	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.4	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.39%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3531	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2577	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.68	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.88	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.2	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.91	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.8	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.6	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.4	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1594	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16116	$19140

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1832
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1655
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1834
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1804
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1815
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1680
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1873
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1883
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2023
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1813
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1712
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1828
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2040
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1682
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2001
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1759
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1578
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1921
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1788
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1698
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1513
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1839
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1840
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1783

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710