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Cost of Living in Adelaide
Summary about cost of living in Adelaide:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 3,337.65$ (4,161.98A$) without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 954.63$ (1,190.41A$) without rent.
- Cost of living index in Adelaide is 12.62% lower than in New York.
- Cost of living rank 57th out of 512 cities in the world.
- Adelaide has a cost of living index of 87.38.
| Restaurants | [ Edit ] | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 17.00 A$ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 70.00 A$ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 10.00 A$ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 7.00 A$ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 7.00 A$ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 4.14 A$ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (11.2 oz small bottle) | 3.31 A$ | |
| Water (11.2 oz small bottle) | 2.55 A$ | |
| Markets | [ Edit ] | |
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 5.42 A$ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 2.37 A$ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.45 A$ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 4.63 A$ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 4.26 A$ | |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) | 4.52 A$ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 7.41 A$ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 1.86 A$ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 1.40 A$ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 1.57 A$ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 2.55 A$ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 1.53 A$ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 1.11 A$ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 2.49 A$ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 1.55 A$ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 15.00 A$ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 4.29 A$ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 5.18 A$ | |
| Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro) | 25.00 A$ | |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] | |
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 4.35 A$ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 121.40 A$ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 3.85 A$ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 2.96 A$ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 39.30 A$ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 4.73 A$ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 25,000.00 A$ | |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 24,246.47 A$ | |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] | |
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 283.67 A$ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.29 A$ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 67.40 A$ | |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] | |
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 53.83 A$ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 11.11 A$ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 18.00 A$ | |
| Childcare | [ Edit ] | |
| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 2,000.00 A$ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 18,800.00 A$ | |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] | |
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 89.45 A$ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 67.66 A$ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 123.04 A$ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 131.95 A$ | |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 1,558.50 A$ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 1,126.24 A$ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 2,325.47 A$ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,510.86 A$ | |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 432.61 A$ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 317.42 A$ | |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] | |
| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 3,576.19 A$ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly | 4.41 |
Prices in Adelaide
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Last update: September 2017
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40 Comments so far
I have 3 months plan to Adelaide and my company is paying me me $2500AUD PM for my accommodation food and transport.
My question will 2500 AUD is sufficient for 1 person to live in Adelaide for 1 month.
Can I save any thing in this.
Thanks
Ramesh
i got admission in flinders uni in Ms (Gis)..
and want to know that how much a student can earn to live a normal life and bear all his expenses...
and how much one can save for his university fee? thank you
My other question is about a rental house. Because I will live in Gawler, What price is economic for us? Is AUD$ 300 proper for our situation?
Thank you
My other question is about a rental house. Because I will live in Gawler, What price is economic for us? Is AUD$ 300 proper for our situation?
Thank you
We stayed around the places near the CBD.
Looking forward in staying here for good by March next year. :)
Gurveen! Great! and hope to see you as well!
Lysh, Flagstaff Hill is a beautiful area and is all private housing as far as I am aware. It is only about 25-30 minutes to the CBD of Adelaide depending on traffic and a great environment to raise a family. You might also have some great views over Adelaide or the beaches depending on the property you purchase. Additionally you are only 10-15 minutes away from Flinders University if you have children interested in going to Uni. Adelaide is the City of Churches, so I am sure you will find the right church for you and your family close by. There are also some pretty good schools around the place. Compared to Sydney Adelaide is very affordable with a high standard of living and pretty good weather for most of the year.
Is it suitable for starting a family there? And what's the general population there like? Are there churches in the area?
Sorry for the questions, but we're hoping to move the Adelaide for a more affordable lifestyle. Sydney's just impossible.
What is the pace of family life like? If anyone from there that has a family and you'd help give a "real" idea of what daily life looks like, I'd appreciate it.
Australia isn't that bad by a long shot.. or to re phrase it, Australia is actually pretty darn good..
The whole world has changed and the same generalizations the previous author made
could just as easily be made at Britain, Canada, The USA, New Zealand.
(as well as numerous non English speaking countries)
In all of these countries and in all of their major cities there has been large price inflation of residential housing and other general living costs.
We all know that Australia is an expensive country to live in, but it doesn't have to be that way.
You can choose to get smart and know how to cut down the high cost of living just by being a little more sensible and less wasteful.
Australia is also home to over a million millionaires (approx 1 in 20 people are a millionaire and 1 in 40 people are multi multi millionaires) so it's little wonder things have moved this way..
If Aust was so bad you wouldn't have huge numbers of wealthy individuals emigrating into Australia..
For people who have money from China, Malaysia, Singapore and India they see the Australian cities real estate prices as not being prohibitively expensive because in their major cities it's even more costly and you only get an apartment whereas in Australia for one or two million dollars you can own a house on your own land.
For the rest of us who have a more modest financial position it just means we have to adapt and/or learn how to become smart with money and build up some new wealth for ourselves.
My yearly income was $35,000 and the first house I bought cost $32,000...You'd have to make $450,000 a year nowadays!!No way!
The price of food was quite affordable and life, over all was good and relaxed, compered to the life in Paris..
Now, I live abroad 5 months a year and every time I return to Adelaide, I feel like being taken hostage and to be ripped off right, left and center.
Australia has become the most crooked country in the world and the government doesn't seem to do much about it.
They create new rules everyday to narrow down your freedom of movements and do whatever they can to robotize society in general.
...The air is clean though.
1. Summer it's too damn hot
2. Lot's of unemployed bums, robbers, druggies, bashers/muggers and crooks
3. Water has horrid taste
4. Lack of diversity/cultures
5. Narrow minded bogans/chavs/rednecks
Good Points:
1. Less traffic congestion
2. Cheaper houses (than Melbourne/Sydney)
3. More relaxed lifestyle (potentially)
4. Parts of the countryside are very nice
5. Affordable lifestyle of house/car/trips
Not sure I agree with Adelaide being the equal of other states for public transport. I don't call one train that goes north and one that goes south a very comprehensive train network and buses are just archaic for most these days not to mention slow.
Of course the payoff is you can buy a car and drive to work in Adelaide and not be too frustrated by the horrid traffic you find in the major states. You can actually ride a bike quite safely to work and many who live within a 10km radius of the cbd do just that. This is all possible, given the far more affordable house prices.
One only needs to look at the climate statistics to see that Adelaide is warmer than the east coast states. 18 days of Summer? Absolute rubbish. I've lived across the east coast and Adelaide and BY FAR the most warm and wild climate is Adelaide. For anyone who wants the real story, Adelaide has mild winters, warm-to-hot summers and relatively low humidity, hence it can often be dry. You can get quite warm weather for around 4 months of the year, Dec-March.
As for the beaches, how precious do you want to be Terry!? Hypothermia? You've got to be kidding. Toughen-up princess! I've never, ever heard anyone say that about the water temperature in over three decades. Victorian friends who visit are always at pains to say how much nicer the beaches are here and I would agree, having lived in both states. If Brighton beach or eating dinner on the beach at Henley Square doesn't do it for you then you are very hard to please indeed!
Admittedly, the current unemployment situation is relatively poor due to the slowdown in mining (Olympic Dam) and the slow decay of the manufacturing industry, which has been a staple of this state's economy in previous times. It really depends what your field is. I had no trouble returning to Adelaide (from Vic) with a good salary but if you won't nearly as many finance jobs as a Melb or Sydney. Adelaide does have a large public service sector (I believe the highest per capita in Australia) and they adopt very liberal diversity policies for recruitment, which may aid those migrating. Other than that, the usual trades and health professionals are always in demand and the three large universities are quite active employers for those with an education background. IT is OK without being huge like a Melb or Sydney.
Hope that helps clear a few things up.
Now that Melbourne and Sydney (and I think Brisbane too) are so amazingly expensive for housing.. it's making me look at the B-List
of capital cities on offer.
The downside of Adelaide is that in summer it gets damn hot .. and I mean HOT !! 40~45~50 degrees...!!
People say the water is terrible and some parts of S.A. have high background radiation levels because of all the nuclear testing
back in the day...
We are on the verge of shifting to SA. Most probably Adelaide. A little skeptical about the move as currently we are in a relatively good position in India. Hubby is a self taught businessman, wife is professionally qualified in pharma field and in a managerial position with an MNC. Both husband and wife combined earns a respectable 6 figure salary. Has a house of our own though not the current upscale versions. Have a club membership where our kids can swim, play tennis, indoor games etc. etc., have our fair share of McDonalds and Pizzahut outings. And being a basic lifestyle types - not heavily into partying, tripping, shopping kind, saves a pretty penny every month. Kids are going to an excellent IB type schools and is currently in 9th and 5th grade. We are at a moments notice from our aged parents and close relatives, so at hand for any eventualities mutually. Moving to SA would mean a total new place - for everyone. Age wise we are in older side of the 40s. Will this move be wise? Can our children cope? Can we?
Comments welcome.
Compared to other Australian cities, housing within 10Km of the CBD is affordable, in Sydney you could be 30 - 50 Km out.
One thing you need to understand about Australia is there is no real poverty here. Sure we have what we call poverty, but not on an Indian level. There is a minimum wage (several times the US minimum), so there is no cheap labour. That keeps some prices up, but everyone can afford a reasonable, if not extravagant, lifestyle. The gap between rich and poor here is very small compared to most countries.
Adelaide is a very multi-cultural society. I count among my friends people from over 10 nationalities from Asia, Africa & Europe. But wherever you go in the world you will always find someone who will discriminate on race, religion, class or whatever difference they can find. Don't associate with them and don't get caught up in their problem.
With two school going kids things could be tough any words of wisdom would be helpful
Thanks
Being in my mid thirties, I don't feel it too much from the youngsters (who genuinely warm up once they realise I speak English just like them) but definitely from the older generation.
I guess the Adelaide community is still steeped in tradition when it comes to a lot of things but it's sometimes hurtful because I am an Australian citizen and have been here for over 10 years. I feel more judged by my skin colour and how i look here than when i lived in Sydney and Melbourne.
It pains me and makes me think I can't have my kids grow up here if this mentality does not change.