Perth vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	96	98
🏙️ Population	2.14M	5.45M

The cost of living in Perth is 14% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 978th and 348th ($2448 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Australia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Ranked 4th vs 2nd best cities to live in Australia, and 10th vs 2nd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Sydney

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	Perth	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$21946

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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