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Australia in AUD (about the same as USD these days): One bedroom rent in Sydney: $1200/month (EDIT: increased the rent based on comments) Food: $400 Wages:$6
by aymeric 16y ago
Australia in AUD (about the same as USD these days):
One bedroom rent in Sydney: $1200/month (EDIT: increased the rent based on comments)
Food: $400
Wages:$60K-120K/year (gross)
Internet:$50/month
Phone: $50/month
Bus ticket: $3.20
McDonalds Big Mac small meal: $6.45
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- hartror 16y ago+1 on accuracy of figures, Melbourne is pretty much the same.
- srnm 16y agoGood luck finding a decent one bedroom apt in Sydney for $200/wk. Most places you'd want to live (eastern suburbs, inner west, northern beaches) will start at $350/wk. To get something nice in Alexandria or Newtown will be $450/wk plus.
- pan69 16y agoYep. I live in Newtown and I pay $510pw for a 2 bedroom apartment. I started living there 5 years ago at $420pw (AUD).
- derrida 16y agoI live in newtown in a housing co-operative for $70/week. No landlord. No government agents. I don't know why there are not more housing co-operatives around. NOTE TO FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE IN NEWTOWN: I agree with all other previous estimates, I thought I would just write this here to brag to the other sydneysiders about my cheap rent and plug a misunderstood housing model!
- willcannings 16y agoI'd just add electricity to this list - I normally spend around ~$450 a quarter at a two bedroom place (in Sydney), so for one person you'd perhaps be looking ~$100 p.mth depending on whether you use air conditioning etc.
- aymeric 16y agoYou pay $450/month in electricity?? That seems quite a lot. (even though I can't really tell how much I pay because it's been four years I have automated my bills)
- willcannings 16y agoSorry, that was a bad typo :) I pay $450 a quarter, so $150 a month. Fixed my comment.
- nl 16y ago+1 on those numbers, except the salary varies quite a lot more that that. A graduate developer is often on $40-50K, and an experienced developer can get contracts for $70-75/hour without too much trouble ($130K+/year)
- andrewf 16y agoPerth, Australia is substantially the same. If you're really eating ramen or beans and rice, food could be a bit less. Figure about $100/month for comfortable use of electricity and gas.
- billforsternz 16y agoAuckland or Wellington in New Zealand would not be too different to this also.