Melbourne vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Melbourne	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5590	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$1286	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$2187	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4060	$832
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	8
😀 Quality of life	100	63
🏙️ Population	5.35M	24.7K

The cost of living in Melbourne is 46% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 1249th and 3601st ($2308 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Australia vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 1st and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Victoria

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	Melbourne	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.74	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1462	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2675	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1808	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.5	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5978	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$115	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.9	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$72	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1948	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22799	$8213

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1681
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1673
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1736
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1768
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1738
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1728
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1706
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1725
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2058
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1464
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1362
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1813
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1662
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1786
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1667
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1660
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2019
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1771
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1678
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2127
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1364
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1568
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1580
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2117
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1599
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1747
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2292
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1888
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2640
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2181
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1839
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1184
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420