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Cost of Living in Adelaide
Summary about cost of living in Adelaide:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 2,758.19$ (3,917.32A$) without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 784.39$ (1,114.03A$) without rent.
- Cost of living rank 115th out of 379 cities in the world.
- Adelaide has a cost of living index of 68.64.
| Restaurants | [ Edit ] | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 19.00 A$ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 70.00 A$ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 10.50 A$ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 8.00 A$ | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 9.00 A$ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 4.23 A$ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 3.44 A$ | |
| Water (12 oz small bottle) | 2.81 A$ | |
| Markets | [ Edit ] | |
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 5.71 A$ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 2.22 A$ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.19 A$ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 4.14 A$ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 3.88 A$ | |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) | 4.34 A$ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 5.81 A$ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 1.73 A$ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 1.48 A$ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 1.47 A$ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 1.99 A$ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 1.22 A$ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 1.01 A$ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 2.70 A$ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 2.27 A$ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 15.00 A$ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 4.66 A$ | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 6.17 A$ | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 30.00 A$ | |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] | |
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 4.00 A$ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 99.00 A$ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 4.00 A$ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 3.01 A$ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 39.30 A$ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 5.62 A$ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 25,490.00 A$ | |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 23,584.80 A$ | |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] | |
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 205.64 A$ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.30 A$ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 72.72 A$ | |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] | |
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 56.69 A$ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 4.38 A$ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 15.00 A$ | |
| Childcare | [ Edit ] | |
| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 1,107.64 A$ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 10,750.00 A$ | |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] | |
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 83.61 A$ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 58.85 A$ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 125.69 A$ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 127.88 A$ | |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 1,361.52 A$ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 1,005.43 A$ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 2,141.73 A$ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,529.09 A$ | |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 413.26 A$ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 286.45 A$ | |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] | |
| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 4,202.38 A$ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 4.27 |
Prices in Adelaide
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Last update: July 2019
Last update: July 2019
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30 Comments so far
as the saying goes "In adelaide, Its not what you know , its who you know"
Working out well then for the state of SA and adelaide the place is backward and getting worse
I arrived in Feb on 190 Finance Mgr Visa. Found job in a week. My predecessor in his role said it is very hard to find decent people in payroll and accounting positions. A strong candidate who is switched on with the right attitude shoudl do fine.
NOTE - I stayed up late at night in the UK to call recruiters in the morning Aus time. This paid off dividends, as one of the relationships I built off the back of this got me a job. It shows you have the right attitude to go the extra mile.
Do some research on schools and boroughs. People have told me the belt from left to right is the safest. Don't stray too far north or south.
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.