Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
- Capital
- Canberra
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Population, 2025
- 28 million
- Currency
- AUD
- Area
- 7,692,024 km²
Across Australia's 104 priced cities, one person needs about $3,045 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $4,230.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
65out of 100
- Purchasing power25%73
- Safety20%53
- Health care15%72
- Climate10%92
- Air quality10%83
- Connectivity10%70
- Cost10%10
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #36
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
76.7
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
41.6
New York = 100
Purchasing power
158.8
New York = 100
One person
$3,045
A month, rent included
Net salary
$4,230
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$1,964
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$65,130
2025
Growth
+1.4%
2025
Unemployment
4.1%
2025
Inflation
2.9%
2025
Life expectancy
83.1 years
2024
Internet users
96%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 45%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 10%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Capital gains, individuals
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 2%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 12%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 52.6
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 47.4
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 0.9
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #46 worldwide
- 174
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #37 worldwide
- 121
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +84%
Cities in Australia
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Canberra | 67 | 77.6 | $1,859 | $4,415 | 166.9 | 367.8K | High confidence, 63 contributors |
| 2Adelaide | 67 | 72.3 | $1,803 | $3,764 | 149.0 | 1.5M | High confidence, 107 contributors |
| 3Mandurah | 66 | 69.7 | $1,425 | $4,274 | 197.7 | 107.6K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 4Logan City | 66 | 55.9 | $997 | $3,312 | 206.1 | 345.1K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 5Ballarat | 66 | 65.5 | $933 | $3,265 | 194.7 | 112K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 6City of Port Phillip | 65 | — | — | — | — | 112.7K | Low confidence |
| 7Bendigo | 65 | 69.2 | $1,140 | $3,075 | 161.3 | 103K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 8Wollongong | 65 | 70.4 | $1,019 | $4,488 | 247.2 | 280.2K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 9Hobart | 65 | 73.9 | $1,852 | $4,213 | 162.6 | 254.9K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 10Melbourne | 65 | 77.6 | $1,745 | $4,422 | 173.7 | 5.4M | High confidence, 241 contributors |
| 11Perth | 65 | 75.6 | $1,964 | $4,331 | 159.7 | 2.4M | High confidence, 131 contributors |
| 12Gladstone | 65 | 64.2 | $855 | $5,639 | 354.4 | 45.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 13Burnie | 64 | 66.4 | $818 | $5,179 | 326.1 | 20.4K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 14Brisbane | 64 | 68.5 | $2,016 | $4,230 | 158.8 | 2.8M | High confidence, 143 contributors |
| 15Kalgoorlie | 64 | 74.5 | $855 | $6,173 | 357.5 | 29.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 16Sunshine Coast | 64 | 69.4 | $1,202 | $3,533 | 180.0 | 398.8K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 17Toowoomba | 63 | 65.5 | $1,245 | $3,975 | 203.9 | 142.2K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 18Orange, NSW | 63 | 74.7 | $843 | $4,843 | 281.9 | 41.9K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 19Central Coast | 63 | — | — | — | — | 346.6K | Low confidence |
| 20Carlton | 62 | 61.3 | $1,289 | $5,967 | 308.6 | 16.1K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 21Bunbury | 62 | 69.3 | $1,000 | $4,763 | 266.7 | 76.5K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 22Launceston | 62 | 66.0 | $1,164 | $5,302 | 281.3 | 91K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 23Cairns | 62 | 70.1 | $1,478 | $4,456 | 201.2 | 153.1K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 24Mackay | 62 | 73.7 | $962 | $5,659 | 312.7 | 84.3K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 25Wodonga | 62 | 68.5 | $966 | $4,274 | 244.8 | 38.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 26Sydney | 62 | 79.2 | $2,630 | $4,204 | 125.9 | 5.6M | High confidence, 190 contributors |
| 27Geelong | 62 | 72.0 | $1,318 | $3,144 | 149.8 | 282.8K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 28Goulburn | 62 | 75.3 | $859 | $4,177 | 239.9 | 24.6K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 29Lake Macquarie | 61 | 67.7 | $1,217 | $5,109 | 261.4 | — | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 30Gold Coast | 61 | 72.2 | $2,449 | $4,258 | 137.7 | 640.8K | High confidence, 31 contributors |
| 31Townsville | 61 | 75.0 | $1,330 | $4,149 | 193.1 | 201.3K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 32Frankston | 60 | 67.1 | $1,211 | $4,511 | 232.4 | 37.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 33Albury | 60 | 76.2 | $1,142 | $4,772 | 238.6 | 5.3K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 34Dandenong | 60 | 64.1 | — | $4,274 | 223.1 | 30.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 35Ipswich | 60 | 75.7 | $1,047 | $4,274 | 223.7 | — | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 36Hawkesbury City | 60 | 73.5 | — | $4,595 | 225.2 | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 37Berry | 60 | 72.2 | — | $4,416 | 218.4 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 38Newcastle | 60 | 77.5 | $1,596 | $3,125 | 129.5 | 508.4K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 39Mount Victoria | 59 | 73.6 | — | $4,296 | 210.6 | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 40Bundaberg | 59 | 67.8 | $873 | $2,856 | 172.7 | 73.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 41Alice Springs | 59 | 70.4 | $855 | $4,452 | 266.1 | 25.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 42Grafton | 58 | 65.9 | $859 | $2,542 | 157.1 | 19.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 43Fremantle | 58 | 68.5 | $1,325 | $3,953 | 192.0 | 8.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 44Epping | 58 | 65.1 | $1,522 | $4,274 | 195.4 | 33.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 45Surfers Paradise (Gold Coast) | 58 | 73.9 | $1,994 | $3,313 | 122.0 | 640.8K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 46Devonport | 57 | 69.9 | — | $3,294 | 165.4 | 26.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 47Bowral | 57 | 69.8 | — | $3,294 | 165.5 | 10.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 48Balga | 57 | 73.4 | — | $3,407 | 167.2 | 13.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 49Coffs Harbour | 57 | 70.1 | $1,417 | $3,707 | 171.6 | 78.8K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 50Hervey Bay | 57 | 68.6 | $1,140 | $2,849 | 150.0 | 52.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 51Rockhampton | 57 | 71.3 | $833 | $3,383 | 203.1 | 81K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 52Mount Gambier | 56 | 85.2 | $799 | $2,576 | 141.7 | 25.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 53Maroochydore | 56 | 67.2 | $1,190 | $2,849 | 148.1 | 18.3K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 54Warragul | 56 | 69.1 | $1,172 | $2,849 | 147.3 | 19.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 55Darwin | 55 | 76.7 | $1,781 | $4,291 | 167.3 | 139.9K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 56Tarneit | 55 | — | $1,288 | — | — | 56.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 57Port Macquarie | 55 | — | $1,083 | $2,871 | — | 52K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 58Berwick | 55 | — | — | — | — | 50.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 59Hoppers Crossing | 55 | — | — | — | — | 37.2K | Low confidence |
| 60Bathurst | 55 | — | $1,068 | — | — | 36.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 61Albany | 55 | — | — | $2,691 | — | 35.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 62Mildura | 55 | — | $1,425 | $3,562 | — | 34.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 63Parramatta | 55 | 75.1 | $1,852 | $4,155 | 159.4 | 30.2K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 64Buderim | 55 | — | — | — | — | 28.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 65Armidale | 55 | — | $392 | $2,867 | — | 21.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 66Griffith | 55 | — | — | — | — | 20.6K | Low confidence |
| 67Mount Isa | 55 | — | — | $4,452 | — | 18.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 68Broken Hill | 55 | — | — | — | — | 17.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 69Karratha | 55 | — | $2,279 | — | — | 17K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 70Muswellbrook | 55 | — | — | $6,441 | — | 16K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 71Port Hedland | 55 | — | — | $5,301 | — | 15.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 72Sale | 55 | — | — | — | — | 14.3K | Low confidence |
| 73Port Lincoln | 55 | — | — | — | — | 13.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 74Belmont, NSW | 55 | — | — | — | — | 13.8K | Low confidence |
| 75Jimboomba | 55 | — | — | — | — | 13K | Low confidence |
| 76Moranbah | 55 | — | — | — | — | 12.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 77Mudgee | 55 | — | — | $5,698 | — | 11.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 78Ballina | 55 | — | — | — | — | 8.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 79Ayr | 55 | — | — | — | — | 8.8K | Low confidence |
| 80Forbes | 55 | — | — | — | — | 8.5K | Low confidence |
| 81Oakleigh East | 55 | — | — | — | — | 6.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 82Wyndham | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 83Eden NSW | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 84Exmouth | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 85Southern Cross | 55 | — | — | $7,156 | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 86St Clair NSW | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 87Tasmania | 55 | — | $1,140 | $4,796 | — | — | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 88Springsure | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 89Latrobe Valley | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 90Derby | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 91Denver | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 92Charleville | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 93Bega NSW | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 94Geraldton | 55 | 66.1 | $1,247 | $2,493 | 127.2 | 38.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 95Noosa Heads | 55 | 61.2 | $1,638 | $3,122 | 139.5 | 7K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 96Byron Bay | 55 | 68.3 | $2,457 | $4,986 | 163.6 | 6.3K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 97Caboolture | 55 | 54.9 | $1,100 | $1,868 | 111.0 | 26.3K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 98Dubbo | 54 | 78.4 | $973 | $2,218 | 117.9 | 43.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 99Broome | 54 | 96.8 | $1,531 | $3,918 | 150.0 | 14.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 100Doncaster | 54 | 66.2 | $641 | — | — | 25K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 101Shepparton | 54 | 86.9 | $1,092 | $2,598 | 123.9 | 32.1K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 102Margaret River | 54 | 75.2 | $1,504 | $2,988 | 129.7 | 7.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 103Esperance | 53 | 76.2 | $1,932 | $3,578 | 132.9 | 13.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 104Deniliquin NSW | 53 | 72.2 | $712 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 105Campbelltown | 53 | 60.7 | $945 | — | — | 13.2K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 106Wagga Wagga | 52 | 68.1 | $926 | — | — | 7.7K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 107Gympie | 52 | 68.0 | $940 | — | — | 22.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 108South Yarra | 51 | 68.7 | $1,074 | — | — | 25.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 109Cranbourne | 51 | 69.5 | — | $1,780 | 89.6 | 21.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 110Richmond | 51 | 64.7 | — | — | — | 28.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 111Wanneroo | 51 | 65.6 | — | — | — | 12.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 112Ormond, VIC | 51 | 67.4 | — | — | — | 8.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 113Collie | 51 | 73.3 | $1,146 | — | — | 7.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 114Katherine | 51 | 68.1 | — | — | — | 6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 115Yamba NSW | 51 | 68.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 116Ningi | 51 | 68.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 117Boonah, QLD | 51 | 68.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 118Katoomba | 50 | 70.6 | — | — | — | 8.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 119Nuriootpa | 50 | 70.8 | — | — | — | 6.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 120Redcliffe | 50 | 70.2 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 121Double Bay | 50 | 70.9 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 122Pakenham | 50 | 72.2 | — | — | — | 54.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 123Wangaratta | 50 | 71.2 | — | — | — | 29.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 124Kellyville | 50 | 71.7 | — | — | — | 27.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 125Busselton | 50 | 71.6 | — | — | — | 27.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 126Dee Why | 50 | 71.7 | — | — | — | 21.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 127Forster | 50 | 71.2 | — | — | — | 13.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 128Casino, NSW | 50 | 71.1 | — | — | — | 10.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 129Lake Haven | 50 | 71.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 130Nowra NSW | 50 | 71.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 131Blacktown | 50 | 73.5 | — | — | — | 46.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 132Mount Martha | 50 | 72.5 | — | — | — | 19.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 133Winmalee | 50 | 73.6 | — | — | — | 6.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 134Romsey | 50 | 72.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 135Tweed Heads | 50 | 74.1 | — | — | — | 9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 136Cape Tribulation | 50 | 74.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 137Port Douglas | 50 | 74.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 138Millmerran | 50 | 73.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 139Penrith | 50 | 72.0 | $1,360 | — | — | 13.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 140Moe | 50 | 63.6 | — | $1,432 | 75.0 | 9.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 141Redland City (Redlands) | 49 | 64.8 | $1,542 | — | — | — | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 142Warrnambool | 49 | 70.6 | — | $1,377 | 68.8 | 32.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 143Gosford | 48 | 75.0 | $1,994 | $3,059 | 112.0 | — | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |