Living

Posted on August 22nd, 2007 in Life

So I have stayed here for 2 months. how much is the basic living cost of Melbourne?

Here are the approximate daily essential expenses:

Rental (for a 2 bed room apartment) :AUD 44
Transportation (Assuming you are staying in the Zone 1, cost will raise when staying in Zone 2) :AUD 3.4
Food & drink (3 basic meals a day): AUD 20
Utility (Water & Electricity): AUD 5

So , by doing nothing, you need around AUD$72.4 (~ USD61.54) a day to live in Melbourne city.

So you need to at least earned AUD 2300 (USD 1955) a month from your day job if you wanna survive in this city.

I am not sure about other countries, but in Singapore, it is roughly as below:

Daily expenses:

Daily total: SGD 63 (~ USD 41)

These are all very basic livng cost, excluding alcohol, weekend dinners, entertainment etc.

Looking at this, well…work harder buddy.

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eyal

It was the same in kiwiland, even people in high paying IT jobs count every dollar and won't buy lunch. Drove me mad when I lived there, I'm just too used to the Asian cultures of Sg and HK.

Gav

Eyal: You're right. My bad. I left out the important stuff, giving the fact that I just spent AUD200 for a winter coat. Dang! Anyway, after doing this kinda silly calculations, I understand why 'lunch box' culture is so common in my office. It is costly to have lunch in Melbourne CBD.

Caravaggio: A matter of fact, AUD/SGD is my biggest FX position now :)

Caravaggio

Interesting info ... potential foundations for a long-term AUD/SGD trade !

eyal

Dude, the only place you can get in Singapore these days for S$40 a day is an old HDB in Jurong, at the furthest point from the MRT ;-)

Btw, I would include in basic costs things like medical, dental, etc. even clothing is a must spend, unless you guys walk around naked in Aus ;-)

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