{"id":12713,"date":"2019-08-30T03:22:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T03:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/blog\/?p=12713"},"modified":"2026-03-01T01:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:19:05","slug":"australia-updated-cost-of-living-in-different-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/australia-updated-cost-of-living-in-different-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia &#8211; updated cost of living in different cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are planning to study or live in Australia is good to know that living costs can be very different from one city to another.<\/p>\n<p>For example if you rent in Sydney, you\u2019ll be paying an average of $3,671 per month to live comfortably. If you compare to a person renting in Hobart you will be paying $1,307 more per month as the average rent there is $2,364. Have a look on the table below:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12714\" style=\"width: 941px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12714\" src=\"https:\/\/educli.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1.png 941w, https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-600x84.png 600w, https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-300x42.png 300w, https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-768x108.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(source: Finder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down to understand where are the major differences. Sydneysiders usually pay more for almost everything, but utilities are actually cheaper. A person living in sydney will usually spend around $181 per month, while a person living in Darwin can pay around $303 per month for the same usage and bill.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re into the movies, you\u2019ll find the cheapest tickets in Adelaide, where they\u2019re $15 on average. However when it comes to grocery, Sydney residents pay 17% more than those in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12715 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/educli.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"659\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How to save money?<\/p>\n<p>Utilities are always the best way to start saving, internet is a very good example, in case you don\u2019t require a super fast internet connection, you don\u2019t have to spend more than $60 a month on it. Gas and Electricity as well\u2026 If you have been with the same energy or gas provider for a while, it\u2019s absolutely worth considering a switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are planning to study or live in Australia is good to know that living costs can be very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,126],"tags":[39,50,51],"class_list":["post-12713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esos-compliance","category-visa-immigration","tag-australia","tag-cost","tag-living"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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