~Cost of Living Comparisons

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Feb 21st 2010, 8:45 pm

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Re: ~Cost of Living Comparisons

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Originally Posted by MartinLuther

Looking at it from another angle. I reckon the COL is $2:£1. That is you need twice as many $s as £s to get the same cost of living. Obviously regional and personal variations apply.

I earn 24K GBP in the UK but I have been offered 56K AU$ for Victoria (Mornington) so by what you're saying, I should be ok?

Feb 21st 2010, 10:04 pm

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I earn 24K GBP in the UK but I have been offered 56K AU$ for Victoria (Mornington) so by what you're saying, I should be ok?

As a rough rule of thumb you should be okay but you can't sue me

Although there is a potential trap, in that, if you take up some new lifestyle option (e.g. windsurfing) you make your COL higher.

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Feb 21st 2010, 10:07 pm

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Re: ~Cost of Living Comparisons

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As a rough rule of thumb you should be okay. The only potential trap is that you take up some new lifestyle option (e.g. windsurfing) which could make your COL higher.

Nah, I won't be doing anything like that. We will be doing pretty much the same as we are doing now in the UK, but in nicer weather

Feb 21st 2010, 10:09 pm

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Re: ~Cost of Living Comparisons

I exist in the UK, I live in Australia.

Cost is unimportant.

Feb 21st 2010, 10:18 pm

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I exist in the UK, I live in Australia.

Cost is unimportant.

Feb 21st 2010, 10:24 pm

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Re: ~Cost of Living Comparisons

Average Male Full time total earnings:
May-09
Australia: $70,038 per year
UK: £27,552 per year.

Therefore, based on your figures
$56,000 = 80% of the AUS average
£24,000 = 87% of the UK average

But what is 'average' in each country ?

Feb 21st 2010, 10:26 pm

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Re: ~Cost of Living Comparisons

My figures are here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=655521

Feb 21st 2010, 10:30 pm

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What's that after tax?

Feb 21st 2010, 10:36 pm

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Re: ~Cost of Living Comparisons

ABCD, if I was earning GBP32500 in provincial UK in 2001, what should I be earning now in big city Oz to stay at the same level?

(The answer will probably make me weep but life is not all about money.

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Feb 21st 2010, 10:49 pm

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In Sydney about $200,000.

Feb 21st 2010, 10:59 pm

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In Sydney about $200,000.

Good job I married well, then.

It's a serious question, more out of interest than anything else, although one I could work out myself if I wasn't so lazy - and I wouldn't want to deprive ABCD of some number crunching.