saff

I'm sure you guys get sick of this question, but I cant find a consistant answer! I'm due to move out there soon, but just not sure what to expect in terms of cost of living!

for example what will a cheap/reasonable meal out cost?

how much do things like bread, cereal, mik, meat cost in supermarkets? a drink on night out?

Rent seems to be between 300 and 600 dollars a week, somewhere a good size with a driveway would be nice.

It's just me, no family, so shouldnt expect it would be mega expensive, just trying to get as much info before I go! want enough to cover rent, usual costs and the car or motorbike comfortably tbh!

any info would be grand!

thanks

Kim67

Some sites to check out that may give you an indication of grocery, rent and car prices.

http://www.woolworths.com.au/wps/wcm...s+Of+The+Week/

http://www.coles.com.au/

http://www.carsales.com.au/

http://www.realestate.com.au/rent

saff

thanks v much Cars seem much more expensive out there (less so for Holdens which is good as that's what I'm after!) but the groceries are much less than I had been told by a few freinds etc

a colleague said about $20 for shampoo, but I forget that being a woman it was probably much more specialised stuff than me with my shaved head would need

moneypenny20

I think the colleague was taking the pee.

Kim67

My girls go through shampoo and conditioner like it's going out of fashion so I wait for the 2 for 1 special on Treseme' - two 750ml bottles for $10.

saff

I thought so at first but she was dead serious! think it was a case of 'a freind of a freind said..'

can't wait to get out there and find a place now.. typical that I'd loose my passport now though !!!

Sunshine7

This is the kind of stuff I always wanted to know before we came here! It will vary widely I would think but here goes, just to give you an idea (can only speak for WA and all prices are approx);

Rent - well it depends on where you go and how far from the CBD you live. I would think you have a pretty good budget there at $300-600 but I only have experience of family homes. Living 25 mins from CBD you could get a pretty decent 4X2 for $400/$500 so I would think, as a single person in a smaller house, you could go a lot lower.

A meal out, for 2 adults and 2 children, $80/$90 - nothing posh but not fast food. Probably a main course would be around $30 for an adult on average.

Pint of beer - $8 - not in the poshest nor the cheapest pub (though a bottle of Magners is $13 )

Milk - $2 for 2l

Meat - $12 per kg chicken breast, $30 per kg cold meat i.e. sandwich ham etc and beef/lamb somewhere in between and supermarkets usually have special offers. Burgers and sausages are cheap if you want those.

Bread - $4

Cereal - cheap as anything if you want own brand cornflakes/rice crispies, but for a decent cereal without loads of sugar and rubbish, around $6/$8

Bottle of wine $10

Fruit & Veg - pretty expensive (i.e. a cucumber £3.80) - and don't even think about buying bananas!

EvannTel

while these are realistic I would say they are very much at the bottom end rather than an average.

rozellem

https://www.colesonline.com.au/webap...s:ShowWebStore

Go on the Coles website, type in a Perth post code, and do a "virtual" shop. This way you can see exactly how much your chicken breasts, shampoo, cornflakes, etc. would be. You would be able to bag cheaper bargains and specials in person. But the website will give you a good "worst case scenario" to prepare your budget to.

mulben

Coming from the east back in 2003 the biggest difference was the price of eating out , at least double what I was used to.

So beer / wine and eating out - expensive

Meat is as cheap - not supermarkets thou ie rump roast $5.99 , chicken breast $8.00 , porterhouse $12.99

Fruit & Veg - applies SOR , its cheap at various outlets Spudshed ,etc
tatties 69c
broccoli 69c
celery 99c
pumpkin $1.20 kg
mandarins $1.20 kg

bread 79c all types not just white death

any way you get the drift , its not all dear unless you stick to the big supermarkets