Louisville vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	99
😀 Quality of life	88	98
🏙️ Population	246K	5.45M

The cost of living in Louisville is 35% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 2713th and 348th ($1837 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 1st in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 333rd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Sydney

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	Louisville	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$21946

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864