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Livingston vs. Canberra Cost of Living Summary

Livingston is 1.5% more expensive than Canberra.

Restaurants: pay 5.7% more in Livingston
Groceries: pay 13.9% less in Livingston
Transportation: pay 16.2% more in Livingston
Housing: pay 6.1% less in Livingston
Childcare: pay 2.1% more in Livingston
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.3% less in Livingston
Clothing: pay 7.7% more in Livingston

The cost of transportation, clothing, restaurants, and childcare in Livingston are more expensive than in Canberra. Expenses including groceries, housing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Livingston.

Livingston vs. Canberra Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Livingston instead of Canberra, you would:

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pay 5.7% more for restaurants

	Canberra	Livingston
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$16.34 A$23.80	$20.05 £15.11	+22.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.81 A$14.28	$9.88 £7.44	+0.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.59 A$3.77	$2.68 £2.02	+3.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.24 A$3.26	$2.14 £1.62	-4.3%
Average			+5.7%

Canberra vs. Livingston - Cost of restaurants

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pay 13.9% less for groceries

	Canberra	Livingston
Bread 1 loaf	$2.71 A$3.94	$1.73 £1.31	-36.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.99 A$7.26	$5.07 £3.82	+1.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.50 A$8.00	$5.58 £4.21	+1.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.31 A$6.28	$3.43 £2.59	-20.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.17 A$6.07	$4.06 £3.06	-2.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.48 A$2.16	$1.43 £1.08	-3.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.35 A$1.96	$0.75 £0.57	-44.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.33 A$1.94	$1.61 £1.22	+20.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.86 A$2.71	$1.70 £1.28	-8.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.01 A$1.47	$0.79 £0.60	-21.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.04 A$1.52	$0.63 £0.48	-39.5%
Average			-13.9%

Canberra vs. Livingston - Cost of groceries

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pay 16.2% more for transportation

	Canberra	Livingston
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.42 A$6.43	$7.24 £5.46	+64.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$122.90 A$179.00	$76.84 £57.92	-37.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,041.09 A$42,296.99	$37,798.76 £28,491.34	+30.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$18.93 A$27.56	$20.48 £15.44	+8.2%
Average			+16.2%

Canberra vs. Livingston - Cost of transportation

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pay 6.1% less for housing

	Canberra	Livingston
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$51.97 A$75.70	$41.58 £31.34	-20.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,554.45 A$2,263.98	$865.29 £652.22	-44.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,160.39 A$1,690.05	$758.38 £571.64	-34.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$159.03 A$231.62	$277.58 £209.23	+74.5%
Average			-6.1%

Canberra vs. Livingston - Cost of housing

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pay 2.1% more for childcare

	Canberra	Livingston
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,754.20 A$2,554.91	$1,236.13 £931.75	-29.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,323.22 A$19,404.65	$17,818.05 £13,430.60	+33.7%
Average			+2.1%

Canberra vs. Livingston - Cost of childcare

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pay 1.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Canberra	Livingston
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.54 A$9.52	$6.68 £5.04	+2.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.41 A$4.96	$5.01 £3.77	+47.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$31.05 A$45.23	$18.71 £14.10	-39.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.70 A$85.49	$60.14 £45.33	+2.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.07 A$19.04	$10.69 £8.06	-18.2%
Average			-1.3%

Canberra vs. Livingston - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 7.7% more for clothing

	Canberra	Livingston
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$69.40 A$101.07	$104.68 £78.90	+50.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$57.75 A$84.11	$52.34 £39.45	-9.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.06 A$136.99	$113.59 £85.62	+20.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$118.40 A$172.44	$81.29 £61.28	-31.3%
Average			+7.7%

Canberra vs. Livingston - Cost of clothing

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