Gold Coast vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$3141
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	49	86
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	608K	2.79M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 9% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 1278th and 861st ($2239 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Australia and Canada, respectively. Check Australia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 223rd and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Toronto

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	Gold Coast	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$17118

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095