Quality of life comparison
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If you lived in Oregon instead of Australia, you would:
Economy
be 13.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Oregon, however, that number is 11.6% as of 2023.
be 24.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Australia, 4.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Oregon, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), The World Factbook (2020), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Oregon is 0.3% more expensive than Australia overall
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Australia is about 31 times bigger than Oregon.
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